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Foot and Mouth Disease. — Mr Menzies read the following memorial to tlie Privy 

 Council and reply : — 



" To the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, the memorial of 

 the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, iucorj)orated by Royal 

 Charter. 



" Humbly showeth, — That your memorialists learn with deep concern that foot-and- 

 mouth disease is prevalent in twenty-four counties in England. That Scotland has 

 been free from this scourge for a considerable time. That your memorialists would 

 humbly beg to impress on her Majesty's IMost Honourable Privy Council the necessity 

 of immediate action being taken to prevent the spread of this disease into Scotland, 

 by calling on the local authorities to take such steps at once, under the Contagious 

 Diseases (Animals) Act, as may be deemed proper, and, if necessary, to stop the 

 transit of cattle and sheep from England into Scotland. — (Signed) by order of the 

 Directors, " Adam Smith, Chairman. 



" Edinburgh, 5th January 1881." 



" Veterinary Department, Privv Council Office, 44 Parliament Street, 

 '' Westminster, S.'W., lOth January 1881. 



"Sir, — I have submitted to the Lords of the Council the memorial addressed to 

 their Lordships by the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, transmitted 

 with your letter of the 6th inst., referring to the danger of allowing disease to be 

 taken ' into Scotland by animals from England ; and I am directed, in reply, to 

 forward copies of the various Orders of Coimcil issued by their Lordships with 

 reference to foot-and-mouth disease, and to add that, if they fail to arrest the 

 si:)readiug of the disease in question, their Lordships will be prepared to take such 

 further steps as may be deemed expedient for the protection of Scotland. — I am, sir, 

 your obedient servant, (Signed) " C. L. Peel. 



" The Secretary, Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland." 



On the motion of Mr Irvine of Drum, a vote of thanks was accorded to Lord 

 Napier and Ettrick for presiding, and the proceedings terminated. 



REPORT OF THE SOCIETY'S VETERINARY EXAMINATION, 

 Fifty-seventh Session, 1879-80. 



The examination for this session took place on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, 

 the 5th, 6th, and 7th April. The examination on Monday, which was held in Mr 

 JBuist's Auction Mart, Lauriston, kindly lent for the occasion, was upon the practical 

 branches of the course ; and those on the two subsequent days upon the theoretical 

 subjects. The distribution of certificates and medals to the successful candidates took 

 place on the 7th in the Society's Hall, George IV. Bridge. Major Wauchope of 

 Niddrie Marischall, chairman of the Society's Veterinary Committee, presided. 

 Among the other gentlemen present were — Drs Douglas Maclagan, Craig, and Dycer, 

 Edinburgh ; Messrs Finlay Dun and Thomas Dollar, London ; Mr Thomas Taylor, 

 Manchester ; and Professors Walley and M'Fadyean, Edinburgh. 



The Chairman congratulated the successful students on their having obtained the 

 certificate of the Society, and wished them every success in life. He then distributed 

 the certificates and medals to the following successful candidates . — Messrs Christopher 

 Black, Meath ; William Calvert, Middleham ; Joseph Donald, Cumberland ; James J. 

 Fraser, Keith ; James Wood Ingram, Manchester ; Frank Mavor, London ; Archibald 

 I\Iunro, Holytown ; William Ryan, Limerick ; George Whitehead, Barnsley : Joseph 

 Woods, Kirkham, Lancashire ; James Chalmers, Annan ; and Edward J. A. C. 

 Yorston, INIanchester. The medal for the best practical examination was awarded to 

 Mr Yorston, with 39 marks out of a possible 40. In the best general examination two 

 candidates were equal, each having obtained 44 marks — viz., William Calvert, Middle- 

 ham, and Jas. Wood Ingram, Manchester ; and the Chairman intimated that the 

 Society would grant a medal to each. 



Drs Dycer and Craig each briefly addressed the students. Tlie latter referred to 

 the high standard of efiiciency, as manifested by the exanunation, which the students 

 had attained to, very few having failed in both departments. 



The following gentlemen acted as examiners : — Botany — Professor Balfour ; Dr 

 Cleghorn of Stravithie, St Andrews. Cheniistry—Dr W. Craig ; A. Inglis M'Callum. 

 Anaicmy — Dr Dycer ; C. Cunningham, Slateford ; A. Spreull, Dundee. Physiolof/i/ 

 ami Histology — Dr Dycer ; C. Cunningham, Slateford ; Andrew Spreull, Dundee. 

 Materia Medica — Professor Balfour ; Professor Douglas Maclagan ; Finlay Dun ; Dr 

 Craig; A. I. M'Callum. iJlseaaes of Horses — John Borthwick, Kirkliston; John 

 Lawson, Manchester ; Tom Taylor, Manchester. Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, Sicine, and 

 Docjs. — Thomas A. Dollar, London; Alexander Pottie, Paisley; R. Rutherford, 

 Edinburgh. 



A vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the proceedings. 



