FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE. No fresh outbreak has been detected since the end of March last, and there is therefore good reason to believe that the country is once more free from this disease.

Reports had been received from the Judges of horse-shoeing at the Carlisle Meeting, recommending for the Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Farriers the first prize winners in Classes 1 and 2 at the horse-shoeing competitions at the Carlisle Meeting. One competitor in Class 1 and twelve competitors in Class 2 had passed the examination for admission to the official Register of the Worshipful Company of Farriers. The Committee considered it desirable that horseshoeing competitions, open to candidates in all parts of the United Kingdom, should be held in connection with the Society's Show of 1903.

Stock Prizes.

Mr. SANDAY (Chairman) reported that various suggestions made by the Stewards and Judges at the Carlisle Meeting as to the prize-sheet and regulations for 1903 had been reserved to be dealt with when the composition of the prize-sheet for next year's Meeting was under consideration.

The Committee had considered various letters with reference to fines for the non-exhibition of live stock at the Carlisle Meeting, and had given instructions thereon.

A letter had been read from the Board of Agriculture, explaining that arrangements had been made with the Foreign Office whereby lists of the names and addresses of breeders of horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs, in this country, would be kept at certain Consular Offices on the Continent, in the United States, and in South America, for the information of persons who might desire to purchase stock for breeding purposes, and inviting the Society to send to the Board for distribution to the selected Consular Offices forty copies of any list of pedigree animals which might be published by the Society. The Committee were of opinion that the various Breed Societies would be in the best position to afford the exact information required by the Board of Agriculture. While it would not be possible for the Society to supply a list of breeders of pedigree live stock

generally, it might be advantageous to breeders if they would individually communicate with the Board of Agriculture, giving information as to the particular class of live stock bred by them.

Implement.

Mr. FRANKISH (Chairman) reported that the Judges of Miscellaneous Implements at Carlisle had recommended the award of the Society's silver medal to the two following "New Implements" :

Article No. 258. Perpetual Straw

Baling Press, exhibited by
George Stephenson & Sons,
Trent Bridge Works, Newark-
on-Trent, at Stand 32.

Article No. 1,666. Side- Delivery
Reaping Attachment for
Mower, exhibited by the
McCormick Harvesting
Machine Company, at Stand
186.

Some correspondence having been received as to the last-named award, and a misleading advertisment relative to it having been published by a firm of agents, the attention of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company had been called to the matter, and they had sent to the Secretary on July 25, a copy of the following circular, which they had issued that day to all their agents:

London, S.E.

We

DEAR SIR.-It has come to our notice that one of our agents in the United Kingdom is advertising that the Silver Medal awarded to this Company at the Carlisle Show was given for binders or machines other than the side delivery reaping attachment for mowers, for which the medal was awarded. wish it to be distinctly understood that the Royal Society of England only award medals for new machinerytherefore it would be impossible for them to award us a medal for binder, mower, or other machine that had been on the market for a considerable period of time. This medal was awarded for our new side-delivery reaping attachment for mowers, and in advertising the fact in your territory that this Company received the silver medal we wish you would be explicit and say for just what the medal was awarded. In doing this you will confer a great favour upon us, and also advertise the true facts of the case, and not allow anything to leave your hands that may be misleading. Yours truly,

(Signed)

MCCORMICK HAR. MACHINE CO.

recommended to the Finance Committee for payment.

Site Committee.

Mr. CRUTCHLEY (Chairman) reported that the question of the position of the entrances to the new Permanent Showyard was at present engaging the attention of the Committee, in addition to numerous other matters connected with the adaptation of the site for the purposes of the Society's shows.

Arrangements for Meeting of 1903.

The Hon. CECIL PARKER reported his election as Chairman of the Special Committee appointed by the Council on June 4 last, to consider the arrangements for the Show to be held on the new Permanent Show yard in London next year. The Com

mittee had received a letter from Mr. Richard Stratton advocating the holding of the Show in May, but they were unanimously of opinion that the Show should be held at the usual date in the month of June, and that the Show should open on Tuesday, June 23, and close on the Saturday night of that week. They thought it important that the Council should reassemble after the recess at an earlier date than usual, to deal with various matters connected with the Permanent Show, and that, instead of adjourning as customary till November, there should be a meeting of the Council in October.

Mr. CRUTCHLEY, in formally moving that the date of the Show of 1903 be fixed in accordance with the recommendation of the Special Committee, said the present meeting was that at which it was the custom to fix the date for the Show of the following year. He thought it was essential that the date for the holding of their Show next year should be fixed now, in order that other societies might not make important fixtures for the same week. He did not think that it would be prudent to have the Show at an earlier date in 1903, having regard to the amount of work to be carried out both inside and outside the Showyard. The Committee had

had before them a suggestion from Mr. Stratton, advocating that the Show should be held earlier-i.e., in May. He (Mr. Crutchley) always wished to treat any recommendation from Mr. Stratton with the greatest possible respect; but at the same time the Committee felt that there had been no cause to alter the week from that in which they had hitherto been accustomed to hold the Show. He, therefore, begged to move: "That the Show of 1903 be held on the Society's new Permanent Showyard in London, and that it be opened on Tuesday, June 23, and closed on Saturday night of the same week."

The Hon. CECIL PARKER seconded the motion.

Mr. WHEELER asked whether consideration had been given to the question of closing the Show on the Friday night, as hitherto.

Mr. CRUTCHLEY explained that it was thought to be very important that they should not ignore the Satur day in London.

The CHAIRMAN then formally submitted Mr. Crutchley's motion to the Council, and it was carried unanimously.

Miscellaneous.

On the motion of the Hon. CECIL PARKER, seconded by MR. SANDAY, it was resolved that the Council should reassemble after the autumn recess on Wednesday, October 8, 1902, and that the November and December Council meetings should be held as usual.

The date of the December General Meeting of Governors and Members was fixed to be held at the Society's House at 13 Hanover Square, on Thursday, December 11, 1902 (the Thursday of the Smithfield Show week). The dates of the Council Meetings in 1903 were also provisionally settled as follows:-February 4, March 4, April 1, May 6, May 27, June 24, July 29, November 4, and December 9.

Other business having been transacted, the Council adjourned over the autumn recess until Wednesday, October 8, 1902.

Present:

Trustees.-Colonel Sir Nigel Kingscote, K.C.B., Sir John Thorold, Bart. Vice-Presidents.-The Rt. Hon. Sir Massey Lopes, Bart., the Hon. Cecil T. Parker.

Other Members of Council.-Mr. J. Bowen-Jones, Lord Brougham and Vaux, Mr. Percy Crutchley, Lieut.Col. Curtis-Hayward, Mr. William Frankish, the Marquis of Granby, Mr. R. Neville Grenville, Mr. James Hornsby, the Earl of Jersey, G.C.B., Captain W. S. B. Levett, Mr. H. D. Marshall, Mr. Joseph Martin, Mr. T. H. Miller, Mr. F. Reynard, Mr. H. P. Ryland, Mr. G. H. Sanday, Mr. W. Scoby, Mr. A. J. Smith, Mr. R. Stratton, Mr. Martin J. Sutton, Mr. Joseph P. Terry, Mr. R. A. Warren, Mr. E. V. V. Wheeler.

Professor Sir George Brown, C.B. Officers.-Sir Ernest Clarke, Secretary; Dr. J. Augustus Voelcker, Consulting Chemist; Mr. J. E. Compton-Bracebridge, Assistant Director; Mr. R. S. Burgess, Superintendent of the Showyard; Mr. Ernest H. Godfrey, Assistant Editor.

Apologies for non-attendance were received from the Earl of Coventry, the Earl of Derby, K.G., Viscount Baring, Lord Middleton, Lord Moreton, Sir Walter Gilbey, Bart., Sir P. Albert Muntz, Bart., M.P., Sir Jacob Wilson, Mr. J. H. Arkwright, Mr. Alfred Ashworth, Mr. R. C. Assheton, Mr. Victor C. W. Cavendish, M.P., Mr. F. S. W. Cornwallis, Mr. J. Marshall Dugdale, Mr. R. M. Greaves, Mr. Albert Pell, Mr. W. A. Prout, Mr. J. E. Ransome, Mr. C. Coltman Rogers, Mr. Henry Smith, Mr. E. W. Stanyforth, Mr. Garrett Taylor, and Mr. J. C. Williams.

In the unavoidable absence of the President (H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, K.G.), Earl Cawdor (Trustee) was VOL. 63.

Sir NIGEL KINGSCOTE (Chairman) reported that the accounts for the two months ended September 30, 1902, as certified by the Society's Accountants, showed total receipts amounting to 11,9427. 16s. 6d., and expenditure amounting to 12,1757. 28. 8d. Accounts amounting in all to 1,8237. 198. 2d. had been passed, and were recommended for payment. The quarterly statement of subscriptions, arrears, and property to September 30, 1902, had been laid upon the table. The Secretary had submitted a draft financial statement for the Carlisle Show, which showed an excess of expenditure over receipts of a little over 2,9007. The Committee had ordered the statement to be referred for examination to the Auditors and Accountants (see page clxxvi).

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The Report of the Committee was adopted.

Arrangements for London Show of 1903.

The Hon. CECIL PARKER brought up a further report from the Special Show Committee appointed on June 4 last" to consider the arrangements to be made for the Show of 1903, with more particular reference to the general composition of the prize-sheet, the allocation of space to the several departments, the entry fees to be paid for exhibits of live stock, machinery, &c., and the arrangements for the accommodation of visitors to the Show."

The report contained a number of detailed recommendations having reference to the construction of roads and sewers on the site, the provision of a ramped trotting track within the large ring, the construction of stands around the large ring, reserved enclosures for members and the public, and the erection of the Royal Pavilion and of the Council and Members' Pavilions. A plan was also laid before the Council showing the general disposition of the site for the purposes of the showyard, including the roads and sewers and indicating the space proposed to be devoted to the various departments for the exhibition of implements, machinery, cattle, sheep, pigs, poultry, produce, &c. Provision was proposed to be made for auction sales of live stock in the showyard on one of the days of the Show.

The Committee had considered the questions of the composition of the prize-sheet and of the entry fees to be paid by exhibitors of stock and implements. They recommended that the total amount of the grant to be made out of the Society's own funds for prizes should, at the Meeting of 1903, be 5,0007., and that the Society should adhere to its custom of offering prizes for breeding animals only, with the possible exception of the classes for harness horses and ponies, and for jumping competitions.

The Committee further recommended that the Presidents of the several Breed and Herd-Book Societies be invited to a conference with a Sub

Committee of the Stock Prizes Committee as to the classes to be provided for the breeds in which such Societies were interested.

The Committee thought that the fees charged to exhibitors of live stock should meet the expenses incurred by the Society in erecting the shedding for them and providing forage, and they proposed, therefore, that the fee per entry should be 17. for members, and 17. 10s. for nonmembers. The charges for the taking of stands by implement exhibitors had also been revised, and it was proposed to make an increased charge per foot of shedding.

The Hon. CECIL PARKER, after the formal presentation and reading of the Report, proposed that the Council should resolve into Committee for the purpose of fully discussing the various matters dealt with. This, he thought, was the best mode of procedure, as it would enable the members of the Council to enter fully into the discussion, and to ask any questions that arose on the Report.

A discus

Mr. FRANKISH seconded the motion, and the Council thereupon resolved into Committee. sion ensued, in which Mr. STRATTON, Mr. ALFRED SMITH, Mr. SUTTON, Mr. MARTIN, Lord BROUGHAM AND VAUX, Earl CAWDOR, Mr. CRUTCHLEY, Mr. HORNSBY, Mr. WHEELER, Mr. SANDAY, the Earl of JERSEY, the Marquis of GRANBY, Mr. RYLAND, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. BOWEN-JONES, and Colonel CURTIS-HAYWARD took part.

The Council having resumed, it was resolved, on the motion of Mr. HENRY D. MARSHALL, seconded by Mr. E. V. V. WHEELER: "That the Council approve of the arrangement of the roads and sewers and of the formation of the Showground, and they empower the Committees concerned to procure suitable estimates, and to carry the work through."

On the further motion of Mr. MARTIN J. SUTTON, seconded by Mr. HOWARD P. RYLAND, it was resolved: "That the Council thank the Special Show Committee for their report, and refer all other questions therein dealt with to the several Standing Committees concerned."