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had been issued, and that notice be given that an Act of Parliament to 

 effect this, should be passed within five years. Since then, the feeling 

 has grown that some action should be taken in this direction more quickly, 

 • and a conference of all the agricultural societies of the State convened 

 by the Maryborough Society with a view of deciding on the requirements 

 in this respect and of promoting a Bill to give effect to its recommenda- 

 tions, is shortly to be held. 



Officers. 



The number of horses examined by each officer with the percentage of 

 rejections is shown in the following table : — 



Officers. 



S. S. Cameron, 



M.K.C.V.S., Chief 



Veterinary Officer 



W. J. Colebatcli, B.Sc. 

 (Ag.), M.R.C.V.S., 



Assistant C'liief Vet- 

 erinary oaicsr 



W. A. N. Robertson, 

 G.M.V.C., Assistant 

 Veterinary Officer . . 



Norman McDonald, 



G.M.V.C, Assistant 

 Veterinary Officer 



J. Lyons, M.B.-C.V.S., 

 Assistant Veterinary 

 Officer 



E. A. Kendall, G.M.V.C, 

 Assistant Veterinary 

 Officer 



Totals 



I have again to thank the Officers of the Veterinary Staff for their 

 consistent enthusiasm in carrying out the work. Half-way through the 

 .season I personally cea.sed conducting examinations in order that I might 

 be left free and unprejudiced to sit on any Court of Appeal that might 

 require to be appointed. After that, the whole of the work fell upon the 

 other Officers, and it was no small task to get through 118 parades in the 

 course of two months, and to maintain throughout that savoir jaire and 

 disregard of personal inconvenience which have so largelv contributed to 

 the success of the scheme. 



S. S. CAMERON, M.R.C.V.S., 



Chief Veterinarv Officer. 

 Department of Agriculture, April, 1909. 



