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tricts, to cost not more than £90 each. The conditions relating 
to certain classes of live stock have been under the careful con¬ 
sideration of the Council, and the following rules have been in¬ 
serted in the prize sheet for the Cardiff meeting in place of those 
relating to the same classes which were previously in force : 
“ No cow will be eligible for a prize unless certified either at the 
date of entry, or between the date of entry and that of the show, to 
have had a living calf—or that the calf, if dead, was born at 
its proper time—within the twelve months preceding the date of 
the show. 
“No heifer, except yearlings, entered as in-calf will be eligible 
for a prize unless she is certified to have been bulled before the 
31st of March in the year of the show, nor will her owner after¬ 
wards receive the prize until he shall have furnished the Secretary 
with a further certificate before the 31st of January in the sub¬ 
sequent year, that she produced a living calf; or that the calf, 
if dead, was born at its proper time. 
“No mare will be eligible for a prize unless certified either at 
the date of entry, or between the date of entry and that of the 
show, to have had a living foal—or that the foal, if dead, was 
born at its proper time, and in the year of the show—-or in the 
event of a mare being exhibited without a foal at foot, a certifi¬ 
cate shall be produced at the time of entry of her having been 
served, and the prize shall be withheld till a certificate be pro¬ 
duced of her having produced a foal. 
“ In accordance with the scheme of rotation of districts recently 
arranged by the Council, the Country Meeting for 1873 will be 
held in the district comprising Northumberland, Durham, and 
the North and East Eidings of Yorkshire. Invitations have been 
received from the authorities of Darlington, Hull, and Newcastle, 
a Committee was appointed to inspect and report upon the sites, 
and other accommodation offered by the competing localities. 
After duly considering the report of this Committee, the Council 
have decided that the country meeting for 1873 shall be held at 
Hull. The Council have also to announce that the district 
which has been assigned for the country meeting of 1874 com¬ 
prises the counties of Bedford, Cambridge, Essex, Hertford, 
Huntingdon, Norfolk, and Suffolk. 
“The Governors of the Eoyal Veterinary College have appointed 
Professor J. B. Simonds to fill the vacancy in the office of 
Principal of the College created by the death of Professor 
Spooner. In consequence of this appointment Professor Simonds 
is unable to retain the post of Veterinary Inspector to the 
Eoyal Agricultural Society. The Council have resolved to make 
the usual grant to the Eoyal Veterinary College for the current 
year, on condition that one of the Professors of the Eoyal 
