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THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES (ANIMALS) BILL. 
This bill having passed through Committee, has been reported, 
and passed its third reading in the Commons. It is now with the 
Lords, but we do not opine that it will undergo any material change 
affectipg its principle in the Upper House. 
Several amendments were made in its provisions in the Commons, 
but the proposition to establish a foreign market for all foreign 
cattle was negatived on a division. 
ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 
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Wae Ofpice. 
Veteriuary Department. —The undermentioned gentlemen to 
be Acting Veterinary Surgeons : J. J. Plunkett, vice Berne ; \Y. 
D. Sartin, vice Going ; S. R. Sartin, vice Hammond : S. M. Wilson, 
vice Aitken : R. Rowe, vice Rogerson; J. E. Elphick, vice Knott; 
W. J. Masters, vice Gould—all appointed to the Royal Artillery. 
THE PROFESSORSHIP OF ANATOMY IN THE 
EDINBURGH VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
We have the pleasure to announce that the election of a Professor 
of Anatomy in the Edinburgh Veterinary College has fallen on 
Mr. W. C. Branford, M.R.C.V.S., Oundle, Northamptonshire. 
Mr. Branford, who was a pupil of the London College, obtained 
his diploma in 1857, and shortly afterwards entered on the prac¬ 
tice of his profession at Oundle. His success as a practitioner was 
great, and he both w'ell deserved and possessed the confident’e of his 
employers. In his new sphere of action, we doubt not all his 
powers will be put forth for the benefit of those whom he will 
have to instruct. ' 
PRESENTATION TO MR. J. FRYER, M.R.C.V.S. 
A MEETING of the Committee and subscribers to this testimonial 
w^as held at the Black Swan Hotel, Bedale, on Tuesday, June 8. 
Amongst those present were T. C. Booth, Esq., of'Warlaby; 
Capt. Booth, of Killaby; C. Clarke, Esq., The Hermitage; C. Other, 
Esq., Richmond; Rev. T. C. Wilson, Kirby Fleetham ; Messrs. J. 
Walker, Young, J. Outhwaite, W. Barrowby, W. H. Fislier, E. 
