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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
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no opponents, Messrs. Cowan, Elliott, Sisson and Martin were 
appointed a committee to draw np a resolntion to be forwarded 
to Mr.^ J. Dryden, Minister of Agriculture for the Province of 
Ontario. 
The following; resolution was approved : 
J^icuioTHil of the Ontuvio VeteTincivy Associatto7i cit their Aiiizucil Meeting in Toronto, 
Dec. 24, i8gy, hnmbly showeth : 
P That the tuberculin test requires to be safeguarded by certain precautions, not 
possible to those without professional experience. 
2 -~—Thatit IS not in the interest of the farmers of this province to have any person 
authorized to instruct them in the use of tuberculin as a test for tuberculosis, as it is liable 
to arouse unnecessary alarm concerning the health of the cattle of Ontario. 
that a continuation of the present methods will bring the tuberculin test 
into disrepute, for the following reason : That animals destined for shipment to the 
United States may be injected with tuberculin by the owners or dealers, and subsequent 
■ test by the Dominion Veterinary Inspector,—rendered both useless and deceptive, paving 
the way for fraud and consequently injuring the live stock trade of this country. 
4 - If such appointment as specified above were necessary, we condemn the action of 
the Minister of Agriculture in appointing Lieutenant-Colonel McCrae to that position, 
instead of a duly qualified veterinary surgeon. 
The Secretary was a.sked if he had received any communica¬ 
tion from the Provincial Government since the deputation re¬ 
lating to better protection for the profession, who had the honor 
of an interview. He replied that he had received no communi¬ 
cation. 
Messrs. Blackall, Orr, Gibb, and Campbell, as representing 
the Western Veterinary Association, requested co-operation in 
the work of procuring better legal protection. 
The election of officers then took place, with the following 
results : Mr. S. Sisson, President; Mr. W. Wilson, First Vice- 
President ; Mr. Blackall, Second Vice-President; Mr. C. H. 
Sweetapple, Secretary and Treasurer ; Directors—Messrs. Steele, 
Coniter, H. S. Wende, W. Cowan, O. Graham, W. Gibb, J. 
Wagner, and F. Daley. Delegates to Western Fair Associa¬ 
tion—Messrs. J. H. Wilson, Sr., and J. D. O’Neill. Delegates 
to Industrial Fair, Toronto—Prof. A. Smith and S. Sisson. 
Auditors—Messrs. C. Elliott and J. D. O’Neil. 
The following members volunteered to read papers at the 
next meeting—Messrs. Shilling-law, W. Wilson, H. S. Wende, 
O. Graham, C. E. Smith and W. E. Martin. 
The retiring President then vacated the chair in favor of the 
President-elect. A hearty vote of thanks was tendered Major 
Lloyd for his able conduct in the chair during his term of office. 
Mr. Sisson on taking the chair in a few graceful words thanked 
the members most heartily for the honor conferred on him, and 
the meeting adjourned. 
C. H. Sweetapple, V.S., Sec'^y-Treas. 
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