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stables or sheds where diseased animals have been located, 
there would be no inconvenience when they have been tho- 
roughly disinfected in allowing the reoccupation after a delay 
of twenty-five days ; it would he useless to add that animals 
which have been in contact with diseased animals should not 
be readmitted except after the term of forty-five days. 
Such are the measures which, after having taken the advice 
of the most competent persons, we pray your Excellency to 
recommend to the communal administrations of your pro- 
vince, in order to mitigate the ravages of pleuro-pneumonia ; 
you will do well to give the same instructions to the Govern- 
ment veterinary surgeons. 
The dispositions contained in articles 319 to 331 of the 
Penal Code authorise the burgomaster to take measures to 
prevent the infractions that might be committed. 
The Minister of the Interior, 
Ed. Pirouet. 
SCOTTISH METROPOLITAN VETERINARY 
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The annual general meeting of the above Association was held in 
Mrs. Cummings’s Hotel, Lothian Road, Edinburgh, on Wednesday 
the 23rd ultimo, at 2 o’clock, p.m. There was a large attendance 
of members. Mr. Robertson, V.S., President of the Association, 
occupied the chair. 
The following members were also present, viz., Professor Williams, 
of the Veterinary College, Edinburgh ; Messrs. T. Pollock, Edin- 
burgh ; J. Aitken, Dalkeith; J. Borthwick, Kirkliston; C. Baird, 
Edinburgh; W. Cumming, Edinburgh; A. Robinson, Greenock; 
C. Cunningham, Slateford ; — Connachie, Selkirk ; — Laing, Fal- 
kirk ; J. Aitken, Edinburgh ; and J. Mitchell, Musselburgh, Hon. 
Secretary. 
The following gentlemen, members of the profession, attended 
as visitors, viz., Messrs. Balfour, Kirkcaldy ; Pender, Whitburn ; 
Brown, West Calder ; McLean, Royal Artillary, Leith Fort. 
Letters of apology were read from Professor McCaul, Veterinary 
College, Glasgow, and Mr. Anderson, Cathedral Street, Glasgow. 
The President then called upon the Secretary to read the minutes 
of previous meeting. 
The minutes having been read. 
The Chairman moved that the minutes be approved. 
The motion having been put to the meeting, was unanimously 
adopted. 
The Chairman then moved that the meeting now proceed to the 
