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set them in order. There are things which demand our atten- 
tion in the formation of these associations besides the reading 
of papers, which must have a great effect on the future of vete- 
rinary science. The development of these questions must 
come after their establishment. I do not believe we shall 
ever pass our Bill until the profession, through its associ- 
ations, join the colleges, and by showing the injustice we 
labour under, force Parliament to grant us our right. We 
may depend upon it we must agitate this question if not 
exactly from the stump. 
THE VETERINARY PROFESSION IN INDIA. 
By a local Veterinary Surgeon. 
The letter of “ Centaur ” in your periodical for August is 
a step in the right direction, and it is to be hoped will not 
pass unnoticed by Indian local veterinary surgeons. 
The question is a very serious one to us, and the fault very 
much our own, for allowing so long a period to pass, and so 
many supercessions to take place without notice. 
The last War Office Gazette received in India notices the 
promotion to first class of two junior men of session 1858. 
What have these young men done more than their seniors, 
who can almost count year for year of service to their 
age? Yet it is not their good fortune I find fault with, 
but with the injustice towards us, whose only fault, as 
“ Centaur ” says, lies in their being members of a local 
service. 
The question does not bear analysing, for young men 
that formerly belonged to the Indian establishment, and since 
elected for general service, have passed over our heads. 
These were children at school when some of us were assisting 
in the struggles on the frontiers of India. 
“Centaur” proposes a remedy, one I think both feasible 
and just ; and as we have a precedent for it in the Medical 
and Staff Corps, it cannot be said that it is an innovation. 
The two services just mentioned (Staff Corps and Medical) 
owe their present status to the forces brought to bear by them 
on the legislators of our country. The same path is open to 
us with precedent and justice to back it. 
“Centaur” calls on the service to agitate; by this he 
means to petition either the Secretary of State for India, or 
War; perhaps the latter would be the better channel, as it 
