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will have difficulty in showing that he, too, has not “ omitted 
important papers ” or “ severely extracted others,” or made in¬ 
correct returns in his stewardship. 
Neither did we charge Dr. H. with having used association 
funds to pay for the “ Journal's special,” but simply for “ a 
special,” and based our query on the following : 
I. Proc. U. S. V. M. A., 1891-92, edited by Dr. W. Horace Hos¬ 
kins; p. 67, Secretary’s statement for year ending September 14, 1891. 
To C. R. McKenzie, Dist. Pass. Agent, B. & O., $28.70. 
II. In the archives of the association in Dr. H. ’s handwriting : 
“Sept. 17, 1890. Secretary’s expenses Feb. 2. Mr. C. R. Mackenzie, 
Dist. Pass. Agent, B. & O., voucher, $28.70.’’ 
III. Attached thereto the following voucher : 
[Copy] 
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, ] 
Passenger Department, 
Philadelphia, Pa., February 2d, 1891. J 
Subject. —$28.70 owing on rate made for excursion. 
Received from Dr. W. Horace Hoskins the sum of twenty-eight 
dollars and seventy cents, being amount due C. R. Mackenzie, Dist. 
Pass. Agt., B. & O. R.R., to make good deficiency in rate caused by 
lack of sufficient delegates to make up the required guarantee. 
$28 t 7 q°o [Signed] C. R. Mackenzie, 
Dist. Pass. Agt. 
Respectfully submitted, W. E. Williams. 
NEWS AND ITEMS. 
The average amount of sickness in human life is ten days 
per annum. 
In 1800 there were 220 horses in Australia ; in 1900 there 
are 2,000,000. 
A Triad of paper horseshoes, without nails, is shortly to 
be tried in London. 
Over 50,000 horses were lost up to April 1 by the British in 
the South African War. 
Fueey 800,000 domestic animals, valued at $6,000,000, are 
annually devoured by wolves in Russia. 
Several women have already matriculated for the next ses¬ 
sion of the New York-American Veterinary College. 
Dr. C. A. Cary, Alabama Experiment Station, has issued a 
valuable bulletin on “ Texas or Acclimating Fever.” 
Dr. H. D. Hanson, of New York, returned to the city about 
the middle of August, after six weeks’ sojourn in the mountains. 
