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EDITORIAL. 
The sessions of the Congress were held in the halls of the 
Societe de Geographie, where the members were greeted by 
a few words of welcome by the President of the Committee 
on Organization, M. Chauveau. The Secretary, Director 
Nocard, of Alfort, responded that 650 veterinarians had ac¬ 
cepted their appointments as delegates to the Congress, includ¬ 
ing 178 from foreign lands, apportioned as follows: Belgium, 
48 ; Switzerland, 46 ; Spain, 27 ; England, 8 ; Italy, 7 ; Roum¬ 
anian ; Holland, 6; Russia, 5; Denmark, 4; Austria and 
Hungary, 3 ; the United States, 4; Egypt, 3 ; Luxembourg, 
2 ; Portugal, 2 ; Japan, 2 ; Germany, 2 ; Alsace, 1 ; Sweden, 
1 ; and 1 from Norway. 
This was followed by the nomination of several honorary 
members and of M. Pasteur, Professor Roll, of Vienna and 
M. Tisseraud, of the Ministry of Agriculture, as honorary 
Presidents. 
The election of permanent officers succeeded, resulting in 
the choice, by a unanimous vote, of M. Chauveau as President, 
and M. Nocard as Secretary, with twelve Vice-Presidents, 
selected from amongst the foreign veterinarians, and consist¬ 
ing of Messrs. Degive of Brussells, Jacops of Belgium, Berdez 
and Potterat of Switzerland, Bang of Denmark, Perroncito of 
Italy, Thomassen of Holland, Semmer of Russia, Fleming of 
England, Liautard of the United States, Lopez Martinez of 
Spain, and Fisher of Luxembourg. 
The official staff was completed by the selection of ten 
Secretaries, to record the work of the Congress. 
The arrangements for conducting the business of the meet¬ 
ing were excellently conceived, and with perhaps the single 
drawback of a somewhat limited attendance, attributable to 
the lack of representatives from Germany, the Congress of 
1889 was a most gratifying and memorable event, and cannot 
but be largely conducive to the progress and the influence of 
practical veterinary science. 
The subjects chosen for discussion were of an eminently 
important and utilitarian character, and the results which 
were reached must ultimately, if not immediately, commend 
themselves to public acceptance and governmental sanction, 
whenever duly considered. 
