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Report of the Council, 
Monday, April 1, 1895, which is also the date for the closing of the 
ordinary implement entries. 
19. In accordance with the scheme of rotation of districts as 
revised in 1892, the Countiy Meeting of 1896 will be held in 
District C, which consists of the counties of Derby, Leicester, 
Lincoln, Northampton, Nottingham, and Rutland. 
20. To fill vacancies that have occurred, the Council have 
appointed Mr. Lewis P. Rees, M.R.C.V.S., of Brecon, and Mr. 
Charles Morgan, M.R.C.V.S., of Carmarthen, as the Society’s 
Provincial Veterinary Surgeons for the counties of Brecon and 
Carmarthen respectively. 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. H. T. Sawyer, Veterinary-Lieu- 
tenant, A.V.D., care of Veterinary-Colonel Lambert, C.B., 
5 King Street, Westminster, SAV. 2. Mr. E. T. Thorburn, Morton 
House, Frome, Somerset. The Society’s Silver Medal for Pro- 
ficiency in Cattle Pathology has therefore been bestowed upon 
Lieutenant Sawyer, and the Bronze Medal upon Mr. Thorburn. 
21. The retirement, after nearly thirty years of active service, 
of Professor Brown from his position as Chief of the Veterinary 
Department of the Board of Agriculture, affords the Council an 
opportunity of placing upon record their high sense of the value of 
his past efforts in the extirpation of the contagious diseases of 
animals, and of the conspicuous services which he has rendered to 
the Society, both in his professional capacity and as a contributor 
to the Journal. The Council are glad to state that the Society will 
continue to have the advantage of Professor Brown’s co-operation 
and assistance. 
22. In the Report for 1893, reference was made to the steps 
which had been taken to bring under the notice of the President of 
the Board of Agriculture the subject of epizootic abortion among 
cows. A reply has been received to the effect that while admitting 
the importance of an inquiry into the nature and causes of the 
disease, the Government regret that the present state of the public 
finances does not permit the granting of moneys for the purpose. 
Under these circumstances, it appeared to the Council desirable that 
they should at once appoint a Special Committee of Inquiry to 
collect evidence upon the subject, and to report as to the advisability 
of experiments with breeding animals being undertaken by the 
Society itself. Schedules of questions have been extensively circu- 
lated, and some important evidence has been taken from stock- 
owners and veterinarians. A leaflet has also been distributed among 
stockowners, recommending the adoption of Professor Nocard’s 
system of antiseptic treatment, which was described in the article on 
