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further fostering veterinary education in the Empire State that 
the number of preliminary counts be not too suddenly raised. 
It is 24 now ; let it remain there for a few years. There is no 
danger of lowering the high standard set by them as the final 
outcome of their efforts. If in time the situation permits, a rise 
to 36 may not be hazardous, and possibly 48 could be safely 
undertaken by and by. But to fly back to 48 counts or equiv¬ 
alents in 1900 will be to retard the progress already made, and 
drive students without the border of this State. 
We wish the new school success, and we felicitate the friends 
of veterinary education upon the prospects of its attainment. 
THE “REVIEW” AND “THE JUBIEEE.” 
The important veterinary conventions which are being held 
in New York City as this issue of the Review is speeding by 
many mail routes to its readers in every State of the Union, 
will afford much interesting and profitable reading matter for 
several months. In the first number following the meetings 
(October) there will be given a graphic account of the entire 
proceedings of all the associations, written just as they occur, 
and which is intended to give those debarred from the pleasure 
of being present a clear, concise, and complete conception of the 
transactions, besides a number of the most important papers 
presented to the various meetings. These will be followed in 
subsequent issues by all the documents read that can be ob¬ 
tained, carrying out our cherished ambition to have Review 
readers the best informed upon all matters of general profes¬ 
sional interest. 
INAUGURATION OF THE IELINOIS LAW. 
The Illinois State Board of Live Stock Commissioners, with 
the approval of Governor Tanner, have appointed M. H. 
McKillip, M. D. V. S., Jas. Robertson, D. V. S., and C. H. 
Merrick, D. V. S., to constitute the Board of Veterinary Ex¬ 
aminers created by the Illinois Legislature last winter. Prof. 
