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’Report of the Council, 
1895 . . . . 
1896 District B. 
1897 District C. 
1898 . . . . 
1899 District D, 
1900 District E. 
1901 District F. 
1902 District G. 
At Birmingham. 
Some town in Cumberland, Durham, Northumberland, 
or Westmoreland. 
Some town in Derby, Leicester, Lincoln, Northampton, 
Notts, or Rutland. 
At Liverpool or Manchester alternatively. 
Some town in Berlis, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Hants, 
Kent, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex, or AVilts. 
Some town in Yorkshire. 
Some town in Gloucester, Hereford, Monmouth, Salop, 
Stafford, AVarwick, AVorcester, or South AA'ales. 
Some town in Cheshire, Lancashire, or North AA'ales. 
The advantages expected from this arrangement are that the 
important and populous cities of Birmingham, Liverpool, and 
Manchester will come into the rotation every third or fourth year, 
and there will thus be a reasonable prospect of securing financial 
surpluses, whilst giving a better chance for ordinary towns in the 
districts to send invitations without bringing into competition the 
more important and populous places. 
18 . The Council have appointed as Provincial A'eterinary 
Surgeons of the Society, Mr. Joseph H. Carter, of Burnley, in the 
room of Mr. J. B. Folding, deceased, and IMr. Thomas Horton, of 
20 Jury Street, AA^arwick, in the room of Mr. Osborn Hills, 
deceased. 
19 . The Examiners on the Diseases of Animals of the Farm other 
than the Horse, in the examinations for the diploma of the Royal 
College of Veterinary Surgeons held last year, have reported that 
the following gentlemen attained the greatest distinction : — 
1. Mr. G. H. AA^illiams, Riverside, AVest Drayton. 
2. Mr. M. T. Sadler, Burton-on-Trent. 
The Society’s Silver Medal has therefore been awarded to Mr, 
AAJlliams, and the Bronze Medal to Mr. Sadler. 
20 . The outbreak of Foot and IMouth Disease in this country, 
which first manifested itself in the London Cattle Market early in 
February last, gave serious cause for apprehension, but owing to the 
energetic measures of the Board of Agriculture for the localisation 
and suppression of the disease, there is reason to hope that its con- 
sequences have been reduced to a minimum, and that its total 
eradication from this country will be shortly effected. 
21 . It is satisfactory to be able to state that in regard to other 
Contagious Diseases of Animals the country is in a better position 
than it has been for many years. During the first quarter of the 
present year there have only been fifteen fresh outbreaks of pleuro- 
pneumonia in this country as compared with forty-seven in the corre- 
sponding quarter of 1891. The disease has for some time been 
confined to the Metropolitan Police District, Midlothian, and part of 
the West Riding of Yorkshire. Of Swine Fever there have beep 408 
