REPORT OF THE PUBLICATION COMMITTEE. 
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ing. They might be changed to advantage by printing there¬ 
on our rules and by-laws relating to the qualifications of appli¬ 
cants. 
The list of veterinarians which I had compiled one year 
ago, numbering at that time some thirteen hundred, has now 
reached about twenty-one hundred, scattered over our entire 
country and can be carried to about three thousand if time 
would only permit. Most of these names and addresses have 
been in some way or another verified during the past year and 
will be of great service during the coming year in measuring 
our plans and completing the same for our International meet¬ 
ing. They have been arranged alphabetically and as far as 
possible their college parent investigated This year it was 
of great service in aiding the work of Assistant Secretaries 
by furnishing lists of the members of the profession in their 
respective States. If our now three hundred and fifty mem¬ 
bers would resolve themselves into committees of one, we 
could in less than three months make a complete canvass of the 
members of the profession throughout our whole country. 
The expense of this Committee during the coming year 
will be extraordinary, and I am not sure but that in view of 
these and a large increase in every other direction, that it 
would be wise to so clothe your Conntia Minora with power 
to devise ways and means for providing money through our 
membership to cancel the same. We cannot afford in view 
of the international character of our next meeting, to limit 
or restrict the great good it promises for our profession, on 
the grounds of lack of pecuniary means. With some seven 
hundred and fifty dollars in the Treasury and a careful esti¬ 
mate of our income during the year we will have about two 
thousand dollars at our disposal. 
It became necessary to procure an issue of our certificates 
during the year, and I procured two hundred copies, which 
at the rate new applicants are seeking admission will only last 
another year. 
Many minor matters were placed in print during the past 
year and some mimeograph work was utilized, all tending to 
increase our usefulness and promote the welfare of our or¬ 
ganization. 
