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Report to the Annual General Meeting. 
arising out of reports on the diseases of animals in the United 
Kingdom and other questions connected therewith.” The Sub- 
Committee decided, in the first place, to deal with Swine Fever, 
and they have met several times and had interviews with gentle- 
men interested in pig breeding or connected with the bacon- 
curing industry. A Report on the subject of their inquiry has 
been prepared, and this will be presented to the Veterinary 
Committee at their meeting in December. 
At the Tenth International Congress of Agriculture held 
this year at Ghent the Society was represented by Mr. Alfred 
Mansell. 
As the result of the examination at the Royal Veterinary 
College for the Society’s Medals for proficiency in Cattle 
Pathology, including the diseases of Cattle, Sheep and Pigs, the 
Silver Medal has been awarded to Mr. H. W. Dawes, Camden 
House, West Bromwich, and the Bronze Medal to Mr. A. A. 
Pryer, North House, Bishop’s Stortford. 
For the Gold Medal for Original Research in Agriculture 
offered this year only two entries have been received, and the 
Referees’ award will be announced at the General Meeting in 
December. 
The trustees of the “ Queen Victoria Gifts” Fund have 
made a grant of £440 for the year 1913 to the Royal Agricultural 
Benevolent Institution, to be distributed as fourteen grants of 
£10 each to the five male candidates, five married couples, and 
four female candidates who polled the largest number of votes 
in their class, and who would not this year receive grants from 
any other fund in connection with the Royal Agricultural 
Benevolent Institution. 
The. Fourteenth Annual Examination for the National Diploma 
m Agriculture was held at the Leeds University from the 19th to 
• 6 ^-P r il last, when thirty-four candidates were successful 
m obtaining the Diploma, the first three gaining Honours For 
list see pp. 338 and 339. 
The Examination for the National Diploma in Dairying was 
ini? ^ i ^ or students from September 13th to 
19tn, a t the British Dairy Institute and University College, Read- 
mg ; and for Scottish students from September 19th to 26th, at 
the Dairy School for Scotland, Kilmarnock. Thirty-three can- 
didates were examined at the English Centre, of whom twentv- 
two were successful, and at the Scottish Centre thirty-six candi- 
riates were examined, of whom twenty-four passed. ‘The names 
ot the Diploma winners will be found on pp. 342 and 343. 
By Order of the Council, 
THOMAS McROW, 
16, Bedford Square, London, W.C., Secretary. 
November 5th, 1913 
