ADJOURNED MEETING OF THE 
Mr. U allen. — lam sorry to make any personal allusion, i 
but I was at the last meeting. It was any thing but a fair and 
respectable meeting. What was the conduct of the chairman ? 
We always look to the chairman. If he is not impartial, what is • 
the meeting? I can state, that when the chairman put one of 
the questions he held up his hand himself ; he voted himself, j 
The chairman has a light to vote, but it is only when the num- I 
bers are equal. 
A Gentleman. —When the questions were put, it was all one j 
way. I did not wait to the end of it. I saw that it was a mere i 
deception. W hen one of the motions was carried, the chairman 
threw himself back in his seat and exclaimed “ We have got it !” 
I heard this. What does it amount to ? Was this an impartial 
chairman ? Was this a regular meeting? No ! Now we have i 
a respectable chairman—qualified for his situation—impartial. 
I his is what I like. This I glory in. This is a regular, proper | 
meeting. It is not a packed meeting with a partial chairman. 
Mr. Rashman.—I am very much averse to take part in pro- j 
ceedings of this nature. The last meeting was anv thing but a ii 
fair and properly convened meeting. It was a disgrace to the i 
profession. The proceedings were perfectly nugatory. It ought 
not to be placed on record as a meeting of veterinary surgeons. | 
I disclaim any part in the proceedings of that meeting. It was 
a disgrace to the profession at large. 1 do not believe that the i 
public are so dissatisfied with the members of the veterinary pro- ; 
fession as some very kind friends are willing to let them know; not 
do I believe that the education of the practitioner is at so low 
an ebb as to render a second examining committee necessary. 
I ani satisfied with the present examining committee, and shall 
Over feel indebted to them for the privilege of attending on their 
valuable lectures. It is only throwing dirt upon ourselves to 
speak of an inefficient education, and to tell the public that we 
are not fit to be entrusted with the care of their property. These - 
proceedings are disgracing the profession, and throwing it back. 
After forty years of continual advancement in veterinary science, 
shall any one tell the surgeon that he is not able to practice his 
profession, and that he knows nothing at all about it. 
Mr. Child. —It seems to be my fate to act here as a middle 
man. I am totally independent of any or every party. I confess 
that I totally dissent from the proceedings of the last meeting. : 
When I arose on one occasion to oppose a question, I merely 
turned my head to speak to some one, and it was carried. I never 
saw a public meeting conducted by a chairman in that way. 
But then, on the other hand, are we to say that the profession is 
of improvement. 
incapable of improvement ? This is the age 
