The _Cattle Plague Committee_ deals with the outbreak of contagious diseases on farms—such as swine fever, foot and mouth disease, sheep scab, and the most dreaded anthrax. It has to see that the various Acts of Parliament concerning these are fully carried out. Hence it may have to order the immediate slaughter of all the cattle or sheep on a farm, or perhaps to order that no animals are moved from one farm to any other. Should there be during a hot summer a plague of destructive insects, it issues instructions to farmers how to fight the plague, and moreover it can compel farmers to carry out these instructions. The work of the _General Purposes Committee_ is very varied. It is concerned with the protection of wild birds during the nesting-season, the testing of the weights and measures used in some seven thousand shops, the inspection of places where ‘Living Pictures’ are shown, the granting of licenses for these, and the choice of places at which men and women shall record their votes at the time of an election. Under the notice of the _Public Health Committee_ come all proposals for the planning of new town-districts and all those dealing with sanitation; under the _Small Holdings Committee_ come all requests for allotments. The applicant for an old-age pension must prove to the _Old-Age Pensions Committee_ that he or she is seventy years old, and has not a greater income than £31 10s. a year. The control and repair of roads and bridges, and the management of the County Asylum at Walkington, are in the hands of the _Highways and Bridges Committee_ and the _Asylums Committee_. * * * * * But of greatest influence over the lives of schoolboys and schoolgirls is the work of the _Education Committee_. The work is felt to be so important that the Committee is divided into Sub-Committees. These are called respectively:— The Higher Education Sub-Committee. The School Management Sub-Committee. The School Attendance Sub-Committee. The School Buildings and Sites Sub-Committee. The Finance Sub-Committee. [Illustration: CREST OF THE EAST RIDING COUNTY COUNCIL. ]