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]p)rocect)ing0 at Deputation to tbe preoibent 
of tbe Boarb of aoincultuce, 
ON THE SUBJECT OF THE OUTBREAK OF PLEURO-PNEUMONIA 
AMONGST CATTLE IMPORTED FROM CANADA, 
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1892. 
The President of 'the Board of 
Agriculture (the Right Hon. Herbert 
Gardner, M.P.) received on Friday, 
November 4, 1892, at 3, St. James’s 
Square, S.W., deputations from the 
Royal Agricultural Society of Eng- 
land, the Central and Associated 
Chambers of Agriculture, the Smith- 
field Club, and the Shorthorn Society 
of Great Britain and Ireland, to irrge 
the Board to put at once into force 
the Contagious Diseases (Animals) 
Act of 1878, by rescinding the special 
regulations under which Canadian 
cattle w'ere exempted from slaughter 
at the port of landing. 
Owing to the shortness of the 
notice as to the time appointed for 
the reception of the deputations, 
many members of Council of the 
various bodies represented were pre- 
vented from attending, and communi- 
cations expressing regret at inability 
to be present were received from the 
following : — ■ 
Hoyal Agricultural Society of 
England. — H.R.H. Prince Christian 
of Schleswig-Holstein, K.G., Eight 
Hon. Henry Chaplin, M.P., Mr. G. 
Mander Allender, Mr. J. Bowen-Jones, 
Mr. J. Dent Dent, Mr. Charles 
Howard, Mr. Joseph Martin, Mr. 
James Rawlence, Mr. W. T. Scarth, 
Mr. Henry Smith, Mr. Martin J. Sutton, 
Mr. Garrett Taylor. 
Central and Associated Chamhers 
of Agriculture. — Eight Hon. James 
Lowther, M.P. (Chairman), Mr. W. 
Stratton (Chairman of Cattle Diseases 
Committee), Mr. Carrington Smith, 
Mr. H. Marriage, Mr. T. Duckhara. 
Shorthorn Society — Mr. Philo Mills 
(Vice-President). 
Smithfield Club. — Mr. James Hemp- 
son, Mr. Latham (Stewards). 
The members of the various depu- 
tations present were as follows : — 
B.oyal Agricultural Society of 
England. — The Duke of Westminster, 
K.G. (President), Sir John Thorold, 
Bart. (Chairman of the Veterinary 
Committee), Mr. Walter Gilbey 
(Vice-President), Mr. C. S. Main- 
waring and Mr. J. P. Terry (Members 
of Council), Mr. Ernest Clarke 
(Secretary). 
Central and Associated Chambers 
of Agriculture. — Mr. Clare Sewell 
Read, Mr. W. W. Glenny, and Mr. 
Barfoot-Saunt (Members of Council), 
Mr. R. Henry Rew (Secretary). 
Smithfield Club. — Sir John Swin-- 
burne, Bart. (President), Mr. E. J. 
Powell (Secretary). 
Shorthorn Society of Great Britain 
and Ireland. — Mr. S. P. Foster 
(Member of Council), Mr. E. J. 
Powell (Secretary). 
The President of the Board of 
Agriculture was attended by Mr. T. 
H. Elliott (Secretary of the Board), 
Mr. Richard Dawson (Assistant Se- 
cretary), Mr. Alexander Cope (Chief 
Inspector of the Veterinary Depart- 
ment), and Mr. A. W. Anstruther 
(Private Secretary). 
The Duke of Westminster intro- 
duced the deputations, and said : 
Having the honour of being President 
of the Royal Agricultural Society of 
England for this year, I appear, with a 
number of mycolleagues on theCouncil, 
to represent that Society', and I have 
also to introduce to you deputations 
