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thanks to the President for his services 
in the Chair. He said that his Lord- 
ship had had to steer the vessel 
through stormy seas and tempestuous 
weather. With many other interests, 
he had yet devoted a great deal of 
his time in the endeavour to pull 
the Society round. They had the 
satisfaction of knowing that he had 
now inaugurated a new era for 
the Royal Agricultural Society of 
England. 
Surg.-Lt.-Col. Ince seconded the mo- 
tion, which was carried unanimously. 
The President, in reply, thanked 
the meeting for their kind vote, and 
said they had passed through an 
anxious time during the year that he 
had been President ; but he hoped that 
the new bye-laws might he the means 
of giving a fresh start to the Society 
and of keeping the Council more 
closely in touch with the Members. 
The proceedings then terminated, 
Hbstracts from tbe proceedings of tbe Council. 
WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 1905. 
LORD MIDDLETON (PRESIDENT) IN THE CHAIR. 
Death of Mr. J. H. Arkwright. 
The President, in opening the 
proceedings, said it was with much 
regret that he had to announce from 
the Chair the death of one of the 
oldest and most highly respected of 
their colleagues, Mr. J. Hungerford 
Arkwright, who had passed away on 
the 25th instant. Mr. Arkwright was 
first elected a Member of Council 
in 1862, and he was elected a Vice- 
President in 1901. For many years 
he had worked actively on the 
Society’s scientific committees, in- 
cluding the Chemical and Woburn, 
the Botanical and Zoological, the 
Education, and the Dairy Committees. 
He was also a member of the Stock 
Prizes Committee, and had been a 
noted breeder of Herefordshire cattle. 
As a typical country gentleman inter- 
ested in agriculture and rural affairs 
he would be greatly missed by his 
colleagues, not less than in his own 
county of Hereford, of which he had 
been Lord-Lieutenant. 
Veterinary Committee. 
The Hon. Cecil Parker (Chair- 
man) reported the Committee’s 
recommendation that a letter be 
addressed to the Board of Agriculture 
asking the Board to issue a special 
Order enabling local authorities of 
districts to which the Swine Fever 
(Regulation of Movement) Order of 
1903 applied to issue licences author- 
ising the movement of swine from 
the Society’s Show to premises 
situated in the districts of such local 
authorities, notwithstanding the pro- 
visions of the principal Order. 
The Committee recommended that 
a letter be addressed to the Board of 
Agriculture drawing attention to the 
previous correspondence between the 
Society and the Board on the subject of 
glanders, and again urging the Board 
to give effect to the recommendations 
of the Departmental Committee whose 
Report was presented on June 2, 1899. 
Sir Walter Gilbey, on the motion 
for the adoption of this Report, depre- 
cated the publication of these reports 
on the diseases of animals, especially 
of horses. In giving publicity to 
these matters they were doing a large 
amount of harm abroad amongst tho.se 
who were purchasers of English 
animals. For instance, with regard 
to glanders, there was as great a 
diversity of opinion amongst the 
veterinary profession in questions of 
diagnosis as there was amongst 
medical men in regard to human 
diseases, and Mr. Cope himself had 
admitted the failure of some of the 
measures adopted. He knew of two 
instances in his own practical experi- 
ence within the last forty years where 
prominent veterinary experts had 
pronounced cases to be glanders, but 
were mistaken in their diagnosis. 
He agreed that they should do all 
they could to check the disease, but 
he greatly questioned the advisability 
of publishing these full reports. 
