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but who may be presented to the Congress by two associated 
or effective members. 
After the institution of the Congress by the President or 
his delegate, assisted by the Committee of Organisation, the 
election of the necessary officers will be proceeded with, and 
then the subjects which have been proposed for discussion 
will be considered, viz. : 
1. Deontology of Veterinary Medicine. 
2. Inspections of Alimentary Substances of Animal 
Origin. 
8. Legislation on the subject of Hereditary Vices. 
4. Organisation of the Veterinary Civil Service. 
It cannot be denied that the range of subjects is a wide 
one, and includes matters of importance to the profession. 
Our professional brethren on the Continent are more familiar 
with the arrangement of such meetings as the one to which 
we have referred than we in this country are, and it is to be 
wished that our members were more apt to take advantage 
of the opportunities which occur to associate themselves to¬ 
gether for the discussion of matters connected with veterinary 
science and politics. 
There are many points which are constantly made the 
subjects of private communications, and occasionally of public 
comment in our professional Journal, which might be all the 
better for the more thorough consideration which they 
would receive at a regular congress. 
Quite recently the Royal Agricultural College held a 
Congress, at which many of the old professors and students 
assisted, and the results were most satisfactory; and we 
cannot help thinking that such meetings, whether they are 
held for the discussion of grievances or the mere exchange 
of compliments, are calculated to promote, as our Belgian 
confreres say, the strengthening of those bonds of fraternity 
which ought to unite the different members of our body 
corporate. 
