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any alterations which the Privy Council and the law officers of the Crown 

 might think necessary to make upon it. 



Resignation of Professor Hallen — Appointment of Mr Williams. 



Mr Swinton further reported that Professor Hallen had resigned his ap- 

 pointment as Professor of Veterinary Surgery to the Society, in consequence 

 of his being required to return to his duties under his commission in Her 

 Majesty's Indian service, and that the Directors had to propose in his place 

 Mr William Williams, of Bradford, who had been appointed Principal of the 

 Edinburgh Veterinary College. Mr Williams is a graduate of the College, 

 and holds the Society's certificate or diploma. 



The proposal of the Directors was unanimously adopted, and Mr Williams 

 was appointed Professor accordingly. 



Chair of Cattle Pathology. 



Mr Swinton reported that the Directors had had under their consideration 

 the expediency of establishing a Chair of Cattle Pathology in connection with 

 the Dick College, and at a meeting of the Board on the 5th June, it was re- 

 solved to recommend to the general meeting that an annual vote of L.100 

 should be given for five years, on the condition that the patronage of the 

 Chair be vested in the Society, so long as the grant was paid by it. If the 

 proposal met with the sanction of the general meeting, the Directors were of 

 opinion that it should be remitted to a committee — two to be named by the 

 Society and two by the Town Council — to make such regulations as might be 

 considered necessary for the proper conduct of the Chair. 



The report was unanimously adopted. 



Chemical Department. 



Dr Anderson reported that the work during the last half-year had been 

 mainly confined to the performing of analyses for the members. The work in 

 this way had been very large. They had had to consider a number of im- 

 portant cases of adulteration, and in some instances had thus succeeded in 

 protecting the interests of members of the Society. They' had also been 

 engaged in arranging for field experiments. The experiments were, so far, a 

 following out of those of last year. Seed had been sown and preliminary steps 

 taken with a view to developing their knowledge of manuring ; but the ex- 

 periments, this year, would be connected with other ordinary operations of 

 the farm in sucb a way as was likely to make the experiments more generally 

 interesting and useful to farmers than those of last year. They had several 

 matters of investigation in hand, of which the results would be published in 

 due time. 



Steam Cultivation. 



The Secretary read a letter from the Marquis of Tweeddale, who has 

 charge of this subject, stating that, if there had been anything to report, he 

 would have attended the meeting. The Secretary added that the Committee 

 on Steam Cultivation had determined that their reports should cover a series 

 of two years. No report, therefore, would be issued till next year, and Lord 

 Tweeddale had not thought it necessary to be present to make any statement 

 till nearer the time for publishing the report. 



This concluded the business, and the meeting separated shortly before two 

 o'clock, after passing, on the motion of Mr Wardlaw Ramsay, a vote of 

 thanks to the Duke of Buccleuch for his conduct in the chair. 



