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THE PROFESSORSHIP OF AGRICULTURE AT 
THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, 
CIRENCESTER. 
Mr. John Scott has been appointed Professor of Agriculture and 
Estate Management in the Royal Agricultural College at Cirencester. 
Mr. Scott studied agriculture at the University of Edinburgh, and has 
had many years’ practical experience in farming, estate management, 
and land valuing, both at home and in the colonies. He is the author 
of two well-known books on farm and estate valuations, and was formerly 
editor of the Farm Journal.—Daily Paper. 
ARMY VETERINARY APPOINTMENTS. 
Candidates for appointments under the Army Veterinary Department 
must possess the diploma of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, 
and shall undergo a further examination. Successful candidates receive 
a commission for ten years, pay commencing at £250 a year. At the 
expiration of the ten years he may be dismissed, or may be selected for 
further appointments. Alter serving twelve years he is eligible for 
promotion to the rank of veterinary surgeon of the 1st class, pay 
commencing at 16s. a day, rising to 22s. a day, after fifteen years’ service 
as 1st class veterinary surgeon. Army veterinary surgeons rank as 
lieutenants, 1st class surgeons as captains. 
MISCELLANEA. 
A DOG’S HUNDRED-MILE JOURNEY. 
A Mr. Donovan, of Richmond Street, recently forwarded to a friend 
living north of Orillia a valuable dog that had been raised in the city. 
The animal was shipped to its new owner by the Northern Railway, and 
on its arrival was kept chained up until it was thought to be thoroughly 
familiar with the place and people. On being released from its fastening 
the dog made for the road, and was seen no more in that section of the 
country. The disappointed owner made Mr. Donovan acquainted with 
the fact, and the dog was supposed to be irretrievably lost. One week 
after the receipt of the letter conveying the news, the dog made his ap¬ 
pearance in front of Mr. Donovan’s house, and his delight on gaining his 
old familiar quarters knew no bounds. In his 100-mile tramp over a 
strange country the city dog had many a pitched battle with rural curs, 
as his scarred hide and cut face proved. The wanderer had never been 
out of the city before, and, as his journey northward was made by rail, 
it is a matter of wonder how he ever found his way back .—Toronto Mail. 
