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nance is $719,999.07, which with the sums received from 
the various State governments, fees, farm products and miscel¬ 
laneous items, make a grand total of $1,170,857.78. There 
are employed by the various stations 29 veterinarians. There 
should be one at each station. 
Good Example by Manitoba. —Dr. F. Torrance, Regis¬ 
trar of the Veterinary Association of Manitoba—also a Vice- 
President of the American Veterinary Medical Association— 
publishes as an advertisement in The Farmers' Advocate , of 
Manitoba, a list of the members of the association, and says : 
“Under the authority of Secs. 18, 19, 20, 22, and 26 of the 
Veterinary Association Act, 1890 (53 Vic., Chap. 60), the fol¬ 
lowing persons only are entitled to practice as veterinary sur¬ 
geons in the Province of Manitoba, or to collect fees for the 
service rendered as such.” * * * u The practice of the vet¬ 
erinary profession in Manitoba by any other person is in direct 
contravention of the statute, and renders him liable for prose¬ 
cution.” 
Secretary Stewart, of the A. V. M. A., under recent 
date, advises us that volunteering essayists for the Atlantic City 
meeting are very tardy in notifying him of their intention to 
present papers, and consequently it prevents any announcement 
being made of the prospective programme. He has made 
special invitation to the new members and those who have 
never hitherto contributed to this part of the convention, re¬ 
serving the “ war horses ” for emergencies ; but he is beginning 
to fear that the new field will not respond in sufficient numbers. 
A member should certainly feel it a great privilege to be able 
to present an original thesis before the National Association, 
and we trust that by the time another issue of the Review is 
ready for its readers we will be able to announce that the 
programme is full to overflowing. 
R. T. Harrison, a dog breeder and fancier, of New York 
City, sued the Adams Express Company for the value of a Jap¬ 
anese spaniel dog, which he shipped to the Danbury (Conn.) 
dog show in 1899, an( ^ which died shortly after its arrival. His 
arrangement with the company was that the dog should be 
shipped on a certain train which Harrison took passage on, so 
that he could care for it en route ; but they delivered it upon an 
earlier train ; it arrived at its destination, with no one to receive 
it, and was returned to New York, where a telegram ordered it 
to be sent back to Danbury. Thus the little fellow, with three 
or four others, was kept many hours without nourishment, and 
