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4. When contingencies arise to prevent a personal discharge of the 
duties, the Consulting Veterinary Surgeon may, subject to the approval 
of the Committee, name some competent professional person to act in 
his stead, who shall receive the same rates of remuneration. 
II. — Consultations without Visit. 
Personal consultation with Veterinary Inspector . 10s. 6d. 
Consultation by Letter .... 10s. 6d. 
Post-mortem Examination, and report thereon . 21s. 
A return of the number of applications from members of the Society 
during each half-year is required from the Veterinary Inspector. 
III. — Admission of Diseased Animals to the Royal Veterinary College, Camden, 
Town , N. JV. : Investigation and Reports. 
1. All Members of the Society have the privilege of sending cattle, 
sheep, and pigs to the Infirmary of the Royal Veterinary College, on the 
following terms : viz. by paying for the keep and treatment of cattle 
10s. 6d. per week each animal, and for sheep and pigs 3s. 6d. per week. 
2. A detailed Report of the cases of cattle, sheep, and pigs treated in 
the Infirmary of the College, or on farms in the occupation of Members 
of the Society will be furnished to the Council quarterly; and also 
special reports from time to time on any matter of unusual interest 
which may come under the notice of the Officers of the College. 
The Committee also recommended that Professor Simonds be granted 
gratuitously a further supply of 200 copies of his paper on c ‘ Sheep-rot.” 
The Committee presented the following report from the Examiners 
for the Society’s prizes and medals for proficiency in cattle pathology : 
Gentlemen, —We have the honour to report that the examination 
for the prizes offered by the Royal Agricultural Society took place on 
Thursday, the 22nd January, at the Islington Cattle Market, and the 
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, 10, Red Lion Square. 
Six candidates were eligible for competition. Of these, one declined; 
one, in consequence of the regiment in which he holds his appointment, 
having been removed from Aldershot to Leeds, did not receive his notice 
until too late; and one sent no reply. 
Three presented themselves, and these having afforded such proofs of 
their practical acquaintance with the subjects brought under their 
notice, we adjudicate the prizes in the following order :—Pirst prize, 
William Alston Edgar, 1000 marks ; second prize, William Frank Smith, 
875 marks; third prize, Nicholson Almond, 735; out of a maximum of 
1200 marks. 
It is a subject for great regret that the liberal inducements offered by 
the Royal Agricultural Society have not been more appreciated by the 
recent graduates of the veterinary profession. Possibly, this may in 
some degree arise from the expenses occasioned by a journey to London, 
and we would therefore suggest that some allowance for travelling ex¬ 
penses might overcome the difficulty. 
Thomas Walton Mayer, 
D. Gresswell, 
William Duguid. 
The Committee had received reports on anthrax experiments from 
Dr. Burdon Sanderson and Dr. Greenfield, which they had recom¬ 
mended to the Journal Committee for immediatepublication. They re¬ 
commended that Mr. Arkwright be added to the Committee. 
This report was adopted. 
