280  Report  to  the  Annual  General  Meeting. 
to  provide,  free  of  all  expense  to  the  Society,  thirty  calves  for 
the  purposes  of  the  proposed  demonstration.  The  arrangements 
are  in  the  hands  of  a Special  Committee  of  the  Council,  and 
Sir  John  McFadyean  has  kindly  undertaken  to  supervise  the 
demonstration. 
27.  With  the  view  of  enabling  the  Royal  Veterinary  College 
to  make  further  investigations  as  to  Johne’s  disease,  an  obscure 
disease  of  sheep  met  with  in  certain  parts  of  England,  and 
vaccination  as  a preventive  against  tuberculosis  in  cattle,  the 
Council  have  agreed  to  make  a special  grant  to  the  College  of 
£200  per  annum  for’  three  years,  commencing  on  the  1st  January, 
1911. 
28.  Evidence  on  behalf  of  the  Society  has  been  given  by 
the  Earl  of  Northbrook  before  the  Departmental  Committee 
on  the  British  Export  Trade  in  Pedigree  Live  Stock,  and  by 
Mr.  Mansell  and  Mr.  Tindall  before  the  Departmental  Com- 
mittee on  Swine  Fever. 
29.  As  the  result  of  the  examination  at  the  Royal  Veterinary 
College  for  the  Society’s  medals  for  proficiency  in  Cattle 
Pathology,  including  the  diseases  of  Cattle,  Sheep  and  Pigs,  the 
Silver  Medal  has  been  awarded  to  Mr.  D.  Meadows,  of  Thom- 
ville,  Ballycoyley,  Co.  Wexford,  and  the  Bronze  Medal  to  Mr. 
R.  C.  G.  Thwaytes,  of  the  Red  Lodge,  South  Hill  Avenue, 
Harrow-on-the-Hill. 
30.  Lord  Moreton,  Mr.  Luddington,  and  Mr.  Ernest  Mathews, 
have  kindly  undertaken  to  represent  the  Society  at  the  Rural 
Education  Conference,  and  Mr.  Mathews  and  Mr.  Reynard  have 
been  appointed  by  the  Society  as  Members  of  the  Preliminary 
Committee  formed  in  connection  with  the  proposed  scheme  for 
the  establishment  of  a National  Poultry  Institute  and  Experi- 
mental Station. 
31.  The  Society  joined  with  the  Breed  Societies  in  an  Exhibit 
at  the  Brussels  Exhibition.  The  Exhibit  was  destroyed  by  the 
disastrous  Fire  which  occurred  on  August  14th,  but  fortunately 
a duplicate  of  the  Exhibit  had  been  sent  to  the  “ Centennial  ” 
Exhibition  at  Buenos  Aires,  and  will  be  available  for  the  Turin 
Exhibition  of  next  year. 
32.  The  Trustees  of  the  “ Queen  Victoria  Gifts  ” Fund  have 
made  a grant  to  the  Royal  Agricultural  Benevolent  Institution 
of  £140  for  the  year  1910,  which  on  this  occasion  will  be  added  to 
the  fund  being  raised  in  connection  with  the  “Jubilee”  of  the 
Institution,  and  from  which  Fund  all  Candidates  who  are  unsuc- 
cessful will  receive  the  full  Pension  for  one  year.  To  fill  the 
vacancy  caused  by  the  death  of  Earl  Spencer,  Mr.  F.  S.  W. 
Cornwallis  has  been  elected  a Trustee  of  the  Queen  Victoria 
Gifts  Fund. 
