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was  well  got  up,  yet  here  was  a general  “ shakiness  ” as  regards 
sound  knowledge  of  the  elementary  facts  and  principles  of 
Chemistry.  More  careful  attention  should  be  paid  to  this  in 
the  future. 
7.  The  Examiner  in  Chemistry  and  Bacteriology  at  the 
Examination  in  Scotland  (Dr.  T.  W.  Drinkwater,  F.R.S.E., 
F.I.C.),  reports  that  generally  speaking  the  candidates  were  not 
so  well  prepared  as  they  were  last  year.  Some  of  them  had 
not  realised  the  scope  of  the  Examination  and  had  not  devoted 
sufficient  time  to  the  theoretical  work.  There  were,  however, 
one  or  two  exceptions  to  this. 
MORETON, 
Chairman. 
16  Bedford  Square,  Loudon,  W.C. 
November,  1910. 
ANNUAL  REPORT  FOR  1910  OF 
THE  PRINCIPAL  OF 
THE  ROYAL  VETERINARY  COLLEGE.1 
Anthrax. 
The  following  Table  shows  the  number  of  outbreaks  of 
this  disease,  and  the  total  number  of  animals  attacked  in 
each  of  the  last  six  years  : — 
Year 
Outbreaks 
Animals  attacked 
1905 
970 
1,317 
1906 
939 
1,330 
1907 
1,084 
1,456 
1908 
1,105 
1,429 
1909 
1,317 
1,698 
1910 
1,496 
1,776 
Unfavourable  as  is  the  position  revealed  by  these  figures, 
it  could  be  made  to  appear  much  worse  by  including  in  the 
Table  the  statistics  relating  to  the  period  1895-1904,  for 
during  the  last  fifteen  years  the  number  of  outbreaks  reported 
annually  has  increased  by  nearly  300  per  cent.  The  earlier 
figures,  however,  must  be  regarded  as  very  inaccurate,  both 
because  at  that  period  knowledge  regarding  the  disease  was 
less  widely  diffused  among  farmers,  with  the  result  that  many 
cases  were  not  reported,  and  because  the  diagnosis  was  often 
1 In  return  for  special  privileges  which  the  Royal  Veterinary  College  allows 
to  members  of  the  Society,  the  College  receives  an  annual  grant  of  200/.  from 
the  Society.  With  a view  to  enabling  the  College  to  carry  out  investigations 
regarding  certain  diseases  of  cattle  and  sheep,  the  Society  have  also  agreed 
to  make  a special  grant  to  the  College  of  200/.  per  annum  for  three  years, 
commencing  January  1,  1911. 
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