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they should be laboured for, and here, according to the 
zeal and exertion manifested, so will be the reward. 
With respect to the pay. We remember the time when 
this commenced with six shillings per diem. It was in good 
King George’s days, when the times were so “ hard ” that 
our grandams used to say, 6C if people can live now, they 
can live always.” Unquestionably the means of living then 
were much dearer than at the present time. 
It was afterwards raised to eight shillings, and now it 
begins with ten shillings. Surely this is no mean advance; 
while with increase of servitude there is also a corresponding 
increase of emoluments. 
Does not this gradual addition to the pay of the veterinary 
surgeon show that the authorities more highly appreciate 
his services, and approve of the manner in which his duties 
are performed? 
In private practice, it is true, there is a possibility and a 
probability of a man, possessing scientific attainments and 
endowed with energy and herculean strength, acquiring 
greater wealth than in the army; but the amount of labour 
to be endured ere this is obtained, and all the unpleasant¬ 
nesses, risks, and anxieties connected therewith, have to be 
taken into account and placed in the balance before the 
decision is made. 
We believe that in only a very few armies veterinary 
surgeons take the same position they do in ours. To the 
late Professor Coleman is due the honour of their being* 
ranked as commissioned officers. Nobly he contended for 
this, and yet with all his endeavours, and the interest he 
was known to possess, he could not obtain a higher grade 
for them than that of captain. Now, however, they may 
ranked as major. It is thus seen that greater inducements 
are now held out to young men to enter the army than 
was once the case. The duties connected with their ap¬ 
pointment are by no means onerous, and the association is 
gentlemanly. The man of liberal education, and who is 
practically conversant with his profession, will always find 
himself respected, while at the same time he will ensure 
