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was 12,310, against 9>3 5 5 i n the corresponding period last year, 
the value having been £345,024, against £290,852. There were 
312 stallions, 2,519 mares, and 9>47^ geldings exported. The 
number of horses imported was 22,755, against 15,614. In this 
years figures there were 583 stallions, 6583 mares, and 15,589 
geldings, the value having been £605,586, against £360,913 last 
year. The greater part of the increase in numbers was from the 
United States and Canada.— Veterinary Journal {England) 
Government Veterinary Positions.—A dispatch from 
Washington, D. C., dated February 14, says : The United States 
civil service commission will hold examinations on March 10, in 
Boston, New York, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Kansas 
City, Chicago, Los Angeles and San P'rancisco for, the positions 
of meat inspector, stock examiner and tagger. For all of these 
positions the supply of eligibles is not equal to the demand. 
Applicants for the meat inspector examination must be graduates 
of some recognized veterinary college, and applicants for the stock 
examiner examination must have had at least three years* experi¬ 
ence in handling meat-producing animals. 
Fire in a Veterinary Hospital.— On Feb. 12, fire 
in the veterinary infirmary of Geo. H. Berns, D.V.S., 74 Adams 
Street, Brooklyn, did damage to the amount of $1,500, fully 
covered by insurance. The insurance patrol threw covers over 
his large cases of instruments and books, and they were practi¬ 
cally unharmed. It originated from an overheated stove in the 
stableman’s apartments. 
In the discussion of the agricultural appropriation bill before 
the House on Feb. 17th an amendment was adopted setting 
aside $42,360 for another edition of “ Special Report on the 
Diseases of the Horse.” 
J. J. Monaghan, D.V.S., of Holyoke, Mass., has recently 
been appointed veterinarian to the Fire Department of that 
city. 
Dr. U. B. Smith, of Basil, Ohio, was elected Secretary of 
the Ohio State Board Veterinary Examiners at the last meeting 
of said Board. 
Dr. H. A. Pressler, of the Chicago Veterinary College, has 
located in Fairburg, Ill. 
