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A vote of thanks was unanimously awarded to the President and 
essayist respectively, and the proceedings terminated. 
[The essay alluded to as having been read by Mr. Armatage was 
too lengthy for publication in our present number.] 
SCOTTISH METROPOLITAN VETERINARY 
ASSOCIATION. 
The Annual General Meeting of the above Association was held 
at Mrs. Cumming’s Hotel, Lothian Road, Edinburgh, on Wednesday, 
13th February, at 2 o’clock, p.m., Mr. Borthwick, Kirkliston, 
presiding. 
There was a large attendance of members present. The Secre- 
tary read the minutes of last meeting, which were approved of ; 
after which the Treasurer submitted his financial statement, which 
showed the funds of the Society to be in a satisfactory condition. 
The Secretary handed in the accounts for the past year. 
Mr. Robertson proposed that the accounts be paid, which was 
seconded by Professor Williams , and carried. 
Professor Williams next proposed that the Secretary be instructed 
to print 300 circulars for the Society, which was also approved of. 
Some discussion followed ‘on the day and hour of the meeting, when 
Professor Williams proposed, and Mr. Waugh seconded, that the 
annual meeting be convened at 1 o’clock p.m., instead of 2, as at 
present, and that the quarterly meeting be held on the same day as 
hitherto and at the same hour. 
The Treasurer received the subscriptions for the current year, 
which concluded the preliminary business of the meeting. Mr. 
Borthwick, President of the Society, then proceeded to read the 
following inaugural address : 
Gentlemen, — I can assure you it is with the greatest diffidence 
that I appear before you to-day. The position to which you have 
so kindly promoted me I most reluctantly occupy, although I would 
rather have yielded the honour in favour of gentlemen around me, 
much more worthy than l am and far better qualified, who could 
fill the office with greater efficiency and with greater satisfaction 
than can be expected from me. 
But I cannot refrain from shrinking at the duty now devolving 
upon me, more especially when I consider the abilities of the gen- 
tle man whom I now succeed, and the zealous and efficient way lie has 
conducted the meetings of our Society. We all know him to be a 
gentleman of the highest qualifications, eminent in his profession, 
and an ornament to the association to which we belong. To follow 
such a worthy President is no easy matter. Nevertheless, for the 
