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announced would prove a great 
encouragement. He believed that if 
an appeal for further support were 
organised in every county in England 
and Wales it would have very good 
results, and he quite hoped that by 
the end of the financial year the 
Society would be placed on a really 
sound basis. So far as he could see, 
the Society could not continue to 
exist without an income of at least 
10,000/. a year. At present they 
received something over 6,000/., and 
their efforts should therefore be 
directed to the raising of another 
4,000/. 
Veterinary Committee. 
The Earl of Northbrook (Chair- 
man) said that with reference to the 
reply of. the Board of Agriculture to 
the deputation from the Society on 
December 6, 1905, a letter had been 
received from Sir Thomas Elliott, 
dated December 15, 1905, intimating 
that the Treasury had decided to 
make a grant of 800/. to the Ro} r al 
Veterinary College for the year 1906-7. 
At the request of the Committee, Sir 
John McFadyean had explained that 
this Treasury grant of 800/. had been 
made to the Royal Veterinary College 
in order that it might be placed in the 
position of a recognised school of the 
University of London, and that the 
grant was conditional upon the require- 
ments of the University of London 
being met by the College. These 
requirements involved an increase of 
staff and an. increase in the building 
accommodation ; so that no portion of 
the grant would be available for the 
provision of the veterinary privileges 
hitherto accorded to the Members of 
the Royal Agricultural Society in 
return for the Society’s annual grant. 
The Committee had arrived at the 
conclusion that it was essential that 
the veterinary privileges hitherto 
accorded to Members should be 
continued ; and they resolved to 
recommend to the Council that a 
grant of 200/. be made to the Royal 
Veterinary College for the year 1906, 
upon the understanding that the 
College would afford the same privi- 
leges to the Governors and Members of 
the Royal Agricultural Society as 
heretofore. 
Lord Northbrook, in presenting 
this report, said that it made absolutely 
clear the position of the Society with 
regard to the grant given by the 
Treasury to the Royal Veterinary 
College. That grant was given for 
special higher Veterinary Education, 
and was ear-marked for that purpose. 
Not one penny of that sum of money 
could go to the relief of work done by 
the Royal Veterinary College for this 
Society. The Committee had had, 
therefore, to consider the question as if 
that grant had never been made. They 
had come to the conclusion that it 
would be very unfortunate if they had 
to discontinue the work done through 
the Royal Veterinary College. That 
work had been of great benefit to the 
Members of this Society, and to 
farmers, stock owners and breeders 
throughout the whole country. The 
Society’s grant was the only money 
that was available for this purpose, 
and if it was discontinued the work 
would have to cease, and the veterinary 
privileges of their Governors and 
Members would have to come to an 
end. He hoped, therefore, that the 
Council would continue the grant, and 
he begged to move the adoption of the 
report, and also a formal resolution 
that a grant of 200/. be given to 
the Royal Veterinary College for the 
present year on the same conditions as 
before. 
Mr. Reynard seconded, and the 
motion was formally adopted, Mr. 
Adeane explaining, in reply to a 
question by Sir Charles Knightley, 
that the grant involved no increase on 
last year’s expenditure. 
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1906- 
MR. F. S. W. CORNWALLIS (PRESIDENT) IN THE CHAIR. 
The late King Christian of Denmark. 
The President said that since the 
last meeting of the Council they had 
all read with great sorrow the news of 
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the bereavement that had befallen the 
Royal Family by the death of His 
Majesty the King of Denmark. Their 
deepest sympathies had gone out to 
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