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with a Champion class for the Society’s Silver Medal and a prize of 
51. There will also be a competition of Shoeing Smiths practising 
in the district of the Show, comprising the counties of Northumber- 
land, Cumberland, Durham, and Westmorland. The competition 
will be in two classes, viz. for Cart Horses and Hunters, and Prizes 
amounting to 16?. will be offered in each class. The Worshipful 
Company of Farriers have offered to present the Freedom of their 
Guild, free of cost, to the winner of the First Prize in each Class, 
provided the Judges consider that sufficient ability has been dis- 
played. The Registration Committee of the Farriers’ Company will 
also admit the First Prize winners in these Competitions to the 
Official Register of Farriers or Shoeing Smiths free of charge, and 
(on payment of the usual fees) all other competitors who shall duly 
satisfy the J udges of their efficiency. 
15. The Council have decided to publish the list of the Veteri- 
nary Inspectors of Stallions and Brood Mares, with the names of the 
Judges, in the March number of the Journal, and to furnish owners 
of rejected animals, upon their application in due form, with a copy 
of the Veterinary Inspector’s certificate. 
16. Memorials having been received from the authorities of 
Leicester and Northampton, inviting the Society to hold its Country 
Meeting of 1896 in their respective localities, the question as to 
which of the two boroughs should be selected came up for final decision 
on November 7 last, when influential deputations attended from 
both places. After duly considering the arguments advanced on 
behalf of each town, as well as the report presented by the Com- 
mittee of Inspection appointed to visit and examine the sites and other 
accommodation offered, the Council decided in favour of Leicester, 
where the Country Meeting of 1896 will accordingly be held. 
Leicester’s central position renders it easily accessible from all parts 
of the kingdom, as well as from those Midland counties in the 
immediate district of the Show ; and the Council anticipate, there- 
fore, a successful Country Meeting for the year 1896. 
17. The Special Committee appointed by the Council to inquire 
into the nature and causes of abortion in cattle have presented their 
report. This report, which is printed in Part II. of the J ournal for 
1894, recommends that, for practical purposes and with a view 
to the adoption of the necessary precautions, the disease should be 
deemed to be contagious, and states that the evidence laid before 
the Committee justifies the adoption of the antiseptic treatment 
described in the leaflet issued by the Society, to which reference was 
made by the Council in their last report. Scientific investigations 
into the causes of abortion in cattle are now proceeding at the 
Royal Veterinary College, under a special grant of 200?. made by the 
Council for this purpose. 
18. In view of the spreading of Anthrax, caused by the neglect 
of pi’ecautions in the disposal of Anthrax carcases, and of the 
