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Wishart and Cockburn, to the Scotch portion ; and on these 
we may safely rely to support the influence and dignity of 
the Board. 
The Finance department continues satisfactory. The 
balance in hand of the Treasurer being double that of last 
year. For the first time, too, interest is being received on 
the capital, the sum of £250 having been transferred to the 
deposit account at the Bank of London at the present rate of 
five per cent. The balance in hand, as will be found on 
reference to the Treasurer’s report, is £303 10s. \0d. 
The Library and Museum have not received that degree 
of augmentation which your Council had anticipated. Con- 
tributions to the latter, however, have been received from 
Messrs. J. Turner, J. R. Cox, T. C. Shorten, J. Brown, 
A. B. Henderson, W. Robinson, and J. Wattam. 
Should the question be asked, what more is wanted to 
raise the position of the Veterinary Profession and Science 
and to secure its onw r ard progress? the answer would be 
union and reunions. Union of the professors of the recognised 
schools, with the elected representatives of the profession, 
the Council — reunions of the Members of the body corporate 
with each other. The first once permanently established, and 
the second regularly and periodically carried out, would do 
all that is still unhappily left undone to ensure to us not 
only our own self-respect but also the respect of the public. 
If it be further asked, can the latter by any efforts be ac- 
quired? let the soirees of our President constitute the 
reply — at his invitation the Aristocracy, the Clergy, the 
Magistracy, wdth the representatives of Law, Physic, and 
Surgery, the Sciences and Fine Arts, rallied round the lowly 
pillar of Veterinary Medicine to do it honour, and to lend a 
friendly hand to complete the building thereof and to main- 
tain its stability. With such proofs before us, only let us 
be true to ourselves, and then the professional title which 
has hitherto been the barrier to our entrance, shall freely 
open to us the portals of Learning, Science, and the Arts. 
E. N. Gabriel, 
Secretary . 
