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ss. Kent with 236 horses, out of which 

 34 died, the mortality being 14 per cent. 

 Also, our military authorities, without con- 

 sulting the A.V. D., gave veterinary appoint- 

 ments to Colonial and American men who 

 did not possess a veterinary diploma of any 

 kind. By this remark, I make no adverse 

 reflection on Colonial veterinary graduates 

 who received veterinary commissions from 

 their respective governments, and who are 

 on war service and under the orders of the 

 A.V.D. in South Africa. The Imperial 

 Government, by accepting the services of 

 Colonial troops, are bound to recognise the 

 Colonial veterinary graduates who came with 

 these troops. The graduates of the Melbourne 

 Veterinary College are specially worthy of 

 recognition, because the four years' course 



