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ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 
Monthly Council, Wednesday, February 5th, 1870. Present, 
Colonel Kingscote, C.B., M.P., Ex-President, in the chair. 
Veterinary. 
The Hon. W. JEgerton , M.P., reported that he had been elected 
Chairman of the Committee for the year 1879. A letter had 
been received from the Secretary of the Royal Veterinary College, 
stating that the Governor complied with the wishes of the 
Council of the Royal Agricultural Society to obtain the services 
of the Inspector of the College for the members of the Society 
during the present year, and asking whether the list of charges 
would be as laid down in an accompanying scale; and also what 
would be the rate of payment for special reports or investigations 
of outbreaks of disease. The Committee recommended that the 
proposal of the Governors be accepted, and that the charges to 
members in future be as follows : — 
Keep of an ox per week ... 
,, a sheep ,, ... ... ... ... 
„ a pig „ . 
Personal consultation 
Consultation by letter ... 
Post-mortem examination and report thereon 
Visits in cases of serious or extensive outbreaks 
of disease, exclusive of persons and travelling 
expenses, per diem . 
It was further recommended that special reports or investiga¬ 
tions should be paid for according to the nature and importance 
of the investigation, or according to the scale of charges paid for 
an article in the Journal. With regard to chemical analysis, the 
payment should be made according to the scale applicable to 
subscribers to the College. Since the last meeting of the Com¬ 
mittee, Professor Axe had reported on an outbreak of scab in 
sheep, and a case of lead poisoning in cattle; and the Committee 
recommended that the report in the latter case be published in 
the agricultural newspapers, viz :— 
10s. 6d. 
3s. 6d. 
3s. 6d. 
10s. 6d. 
10s. 6d. 
21s. Od. 
42s. Od. 
“ Royal Veterinary College, 
“ Jan. 13^, 1879. 
“ Dear Sir, —I beg to inform you that I visited Hobb Hill 
Farm on the 7th inst., and inquired into the circumstances 
attending an outbreak of disease in a herd of beasts the property 
of Mr. Handley. 
“ I have to report that the disease first appeared on the 1st of 
January, and at the time of my visit six cows had died, and 
several others were seriously ill. Messrs. Flower of Derby, and 
