ARMY APPOINTMENT. 
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monial to one who, surely has long ere this, proved himself to 
deserve better of his professional brethren. I will not advocate 
his claims on the agricultural and medical professions, strong as 
they are. I allude simply to ourselves. Can it really be supposed 
that only the small number who have contributed out of the 
entire body at home and abroad appreciate veterinary literature ? 
Of all those who have passed from our midst, and those still 
present with us, not one can be mentioned who has ever done so 
much, and that so unselfishly, for the benefit of our profession 
and the animal world at large, as our staunch friend, Mr. Fleming. 
There are those, I know, who would gladly increase the amount 
of their subscriptions rather than the sum should fall below what 
was anticipated. Surely the examination fee of one horse is not 
a ruinous amount to the poorest among us ! We do not hesitate 
to befriend associations that protect our interests, and yet reluc¬ 
tance is displayed in tendering a few shillings as an acknowledg¬ 
ment of the good done to our cause through the high-class 
literature Mr. Fleming has conferred on us—literature which is 
acknowledged throughout the press as authoritative and unsur¬ 
passed, and which has supported the veterinary surgeon in more 
than one legal case. On account of my inability to attend the 
meetings which followed the preliminary one, I have written to 
the Secretary suggesting that the fund should be kept open until 
after the spring examinations, when perhaps some of the “ new 
blood ” will show their appreciation of the knowledge derived 
from the perusal of Mr. Fleming’s works. “ Good that comes 
too late is good for nothing.” Let those, therefore, who have 
hesitated delay no longer, but present our mutual friend with 
the reward he has so richly earned.—Your’s, &c. 
To the Editors of the c Veterinarian .’ 
[We give place to the foregoing letter with much inconveni¬ 
ence to ourselves and to the printer, as it arrived so very late. 
This accounts for its being inserted at the end of our present 
number. Employes cannot be deprived of their Christmas 
holiday, nor will they any more than their employers.] 
ARMY APPOINTMENT. 
War Ofeioe. 
Veterinary Department. —Francis Raymond, gent., to be 
Veterinary Surgeon, on probation. 
OBITUARY. 
The following deaths have been reported to the Registrar of 
the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons during the last three 
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