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work required of them. There are now eighty-seven horses on 
hand, eighty one of which perform active service, six being held 
in reserve. The reserve horses are in poor condition, being of 
necessity the worst animals in the department. 
During the past year twenty-five horses were purchased, nine¬ 
teen were sold (netting $1,656.55), being unfit for the service re¬ 
quired of them, two were killed by order of the Society for the 
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, and two died of lung fever. 
An innovation has been made on the method of purchasing 
horses heretofore employed, which lias thus fay yielded satisfac¬ 
tory results. A trial of thirty days is demanded before purchas¬ 
ing, and no bill is certified for payment until the veterinary sur¬ 
geon lias given a professional certificate as to the age, size, color, 
health and general fitness of the horse to be purchased, for the 
work of the department, which certificate is attached to the bill 
as a voucher when it is forwarded from these headquarters. 
COLLEGE EXAMINATIONS. 
NORTHWESTERN VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
The closing exercises of this college, and distribution of pri¬ 
zes and diplomas, took place in the lecture-room, 313 Second 
avenue, south. The examining board, students and professors 
were in attendance. 
The following gentlemen being selected by the Board of 
Trustees, constituted the examining board: Messrs. D. S. Brown, 
V.S.. Genoa, Ill.; J. F. Byan, Y.S., Chicago, Ill.; M. McEachran, 
M.D., V.S., Winnipeg, Manitoba; George Sermon, M.R.C.V.S., 
Minneapolis. 
Those of the final class who passed their examinations and 
.complied with the requirements of the college (having attended 
three winter sessions of six months each, and one summer session 
of three months) were recommended by the Board of Trustees 
and granted their diplomas after passing the board of examiners. 
List of final students—J. J. Bradley, M.D., Minneapolis; 
R. C. Mason, Mount Carroll, Ill.; J. F. Lee, M.D., Minneapolis. 
Freshmen students—Leo Breisacher, Detroit, Mich. ; 0.‘ C. 
