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lion of the Board of Examiners be dissolved, and the Council 
do proceed to re-organise the same.” The following six gen¬ 
tlemen were then proposed and seconded as Veterinary 
Members of the Scotch Board, viz., Messrs. J. Cowie, B. 
Cartledge, J. Lawson, W. Cockburn, W. Robertson, and 
L. Seeker; and on the ballot being taken, they were declared 
dulv elected. 
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Five gentlemen were then named and seconded as the 
Medical Members of the same board—Professor Miller, Drs. 
Dunsmore, Begbie, Struthers, and Watson; and on the ballot 
being taken, the first four gentlemen were declared duly 
elected. 
Cheques were ordered for the current expenses of the 
quarter. 
E. N. Gabriel, 
Secretary . 
VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
THE ACTING-SECRETARY’S REPORT, 
Eor the Twenty-fourth Session, 1859-60. 
Mr. President and Gentlemen, —The close of another 
session has rendered it necessary for me, as your acting 
secretary, to lay before you a brief report of the transactions 
of the Association during the past year. We see in the 
success attending our proceedings many causes of con¬ 
gratulation, not the least of these being an addition of twenty- 
six new members to our body ; a fact which speaks sufficiently 
for itself, that the institution is in a prosperous condition. 
It is quite unnecessary for me to refer at any length to the 
particular essays which have been read, but, nevertheless, it 
is right to observe that very many of them did great credit 
to their authors for the amount of practical information which 
they contained. On looking over the minutes of our meetings, 
I also perceive that there have been three more essays brought 
before us this session than in the one immediately preceding 
it. 
I may likewise remark that several of the essays were of 
unusual length, occupying for their reading and discussion 
no less than three meetings. And when we look to the 
number brought before us, and the clearness with which 
many were written, I think you will agree with me in saying 
