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members of the facility on the results which had thus far crowned 
their efforts. He pointed out the fact of the necessity which was 
brought before the Board of Trustees of taking steps at once for 
obtaining larger and better accommodations for the class of stu¬ 
dents which were likely to fill up the rooms of the College, a step 
which in fact he considered as of vital importance to the College. 
Hon. Henry Bergh, the worthy President of the Society for 
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, was then introduced. He 
delivered one of his good and characteristic addresses, taking oc¬ 
casion to bring forward the importance of the veterinarian in the 
very work in which he had been himself engaged for so many 
years. 
Hon. E. T. Gerry took the floor afterwards, and, referring 
to the bill which had been presented last winter before the 
legislature at Albany, with the object of obtaining a better regula¬ 
tion for the practice of veterinary medicine in the State of New 
York, strongly recommended united action on the part of veteri¬ 
narians and of the different schools in the country, saying he 
had no doubt that the bill would be passed by the next legislature. 
Prof. F. D. Weisse, Secretary of the Board of Trustees, in¬ 
formed the class that the presentation of credentials and the 
examination for matriculation would take place the next morning, 
and the regular lectures would begin on the second day of October. 
A general visit to the different departments was then made by 
the company present. 
At the examination which took place next morning, twenty-one 
new students were allowed to enter their names on the matricula¬ 
tion book, the following States being represented : New York, 
New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Maine, Vir¬ 
ginia, Iowa, and one from the West Indies. 
The prospects are that a class of 30 or 35 will attend the lec¬ 
tures during the winter session, ending in February, 1879. 
MONTREAL VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
The opening lecture of this College was delivered last even¬ 
ing by Professor Wm. Osier, M.D., M.R.C.P.L,, before a large 
