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EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS. 
Presidents, vice-presidents, and treasurers may very well 
afford to devote an occasional hour of their valuable time 
to the general interest ; but the business of the secretary 
is incessant, and often most important when least obtru- 
sively apparent ; and it is simply absurd to expect any 
good man to sacrifice his time and professional opportunities 
for nothing beyond the soothing conviction that he has done 
his best for his friends. No real difficulty, however, is likely 
to arise on this score ; all that is wanted is the right man 
to undertake the work ; he may confidently reckon upon 
the support of the profession, every member of which would 
naturally claim the right to be a member of the Central 
Veterinary Association. 
MEMBERS OE COUNCIL AND THE VETERINARY 
ASSOCIATIONS. 
A resolution, emanating from the Yorkshire Associa- 
tion, relating to the election of members of Council, has 
been submitted to several associations in various parts of 
the kingdom, and so far as we have seen has always been 
approved. This resolution affirms the propriety of en- 
suring the proper representation of the associations by 
returning a member from each to the Council of the Royal 
College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
Without at the present time discussing the value of the 
principle which is involved in the resolution, we may be 
allowed to express our belief that the thing proposed is quite 
impracticable. The Charter provides that members of the 
Council shall be elected annually at a general meeting of 
the profession. No particular societies have special privi- 
leges in this respect ; and it is difficult to see how in the 
exercise of ordinary electoral rights the members of associa- 
tions can secure the return of their selected representative. 
To put the matter argumentum ad hominem , six members 
of Council go out of office every year, but are generally re- 
elected — at least, the majority of them are. If all the 
