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ONTARIO VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The annual meeting. of the Ontario Veterinary Medical 
Association was held in the museum of the College December 20th. 
The profession was well represented from all parts of the Province. 
The most important business before the Association was the 
question of incorporation. After a discussion, in which most of 
the members took part, it was resolved to proceed at once with 
the steps necessary for procuring the Act of incorporation. 
The officers for the ensuing year are :—President, Professor 
Smith; 1st Vice-president, J. H. Wilson ; 2nd Vice-president, 
J. T. Duncan; Secretary, C. H. Sweetapple; Treasurer, W. 
Cowan; Directors, C. Elliott, J. Bond, D. Hamilton, J. S. Ceasar, 
E. A. A. Grange, A. 0. P. Coleman, J. O'Niell, and M. Standish. 
Prof. Smith and Messrs. Bond, Ceasar, Cowan, Duncan, 
Sweetapple, and Wilson were appointed a committee to attend 
to the Act of incorporation. 
The President, in the course of an interesting address, gave a 
description of his visit to Europe, and an account of the veterinary 
colleges of Britain and the Continent. He was courteously 
received by the professors and leading veterinarians of the Old 
World. After a vote of thanks for the address, the meeting ad¬ 
journed.— Toronto Globe . 
SMITHFIELD CLUB. 
At a meeting of the Council, held at the Agricultural Hall, Tues¬ 
day, February 4th, 1879—Present: Col. Kingscote, C.B., M.P., 
President, in the chair. 
The minutes of the last Council meeting were read and 
confirmed. 
The Veterinary Inspector’s report on the health of the animals 
at the last show was read. 
The following reports of the stewards of live stock were read, 
received, and adopted, viz.:— 
“ A protest was lodged against pen No. 261, on the grounds 
that one of the ewes was under three years old. Having care¬ 
fully considered the matter, and heard the evidence of both 
parties, they decided that the protest was not sustained, and 
therefore the prize as awarded shall be paid to the exhibitor.” 
“ A protest was entered against pen No. 363, in Class 70, on 
account of the age of the pigs not corresponding with the entry. 
The exhibitor admitted to the stewards that the pigs were 
wrongly placed through the negligence of his servant; and they 
were accordingly disqualified. Pen No. 385, in Class 75, was 
