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Very little discussion took place. 
The Secretary read a letter of thanks from Mr. T. B. Darling, 
accompanied by the requisite certificates. 
Mr. J. Turner gave notice “ that the Committee of Reply be 
reappointed, adding thereto Mr. Mayhew.” 
Mr. A. Cherry stated, that, at the last meeting, not any Scotch 
practitioner had been recommended as a corresponding member, 
not from any disrespect towards the members in that portion of 
the kingdom, but simply from not knowing on whom such selec- 
tion should fall : he should, therefore, give notice, that the follow- 
ing gentlemen be appointed “ Corresponding Members to the Regis- 
tration Committee: — Messrs. Alex. Grey, senior, Edinburgh; 
Thos. Turnbull, Hawick ; John Steel, Biggar ; William Aitkin, 
Kilmarnock; John Bisset, Montrose; James Tindall, Glasgow; 
John Fulton, Ayr ; and that Mr. James Dawber, of Liverpool, be 
added to the English division of the list.” 
Adjourned. 
MISCELLANEA. 
Live Stock in the United Kingdom. 
From “ M'Queen’s Statistics of the British Empire,” we learn 
the enormous value of the live stock in the kingdom. It appears 
that there are 2,250,000 horses, of total value of £67,000,000, of 
which more than £1,500,000 are used in agriculture ; and that 
their value is £45,000,000. The number of black cattle in the 
kingdom is about 14,000,000 to 15,000,000, of the value of 
£216,000,000. The number of sheep 50,000,000, whose value 
is estimated at £67,000,000 ; and the extent of capital invested 
in swine is still more extraordinary, when we reflect how lit- 
tle it is thought upon or taken into account. The number of 
pigs of all ages, breeding and rearing, is calculated to be upwards 
of 18,000,000, which, taking one-third at £2 each, and the re- 
mainder at 10s. each, gives a value of £11,870,000 as the capital- 
invested in pigs alone; making the total amount of capital invested 
in the above species of agricultural stock, £346,270,000. — 
Morning Post. 
M. Le Masson assures us, that he once had a very old fox pre- 
pared and dressed en civet, for some Parisian sportsmen who were 
very fond of venison, and that they took it for chevreuil de com - 
pQgne. They must have been persons of exquisite taste and 
discernment ! 
