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knowledge of the art of writing for publication so that they ought to
be able to conduct the quarterly issue readily among them. He
would not recommend to the Government the retention of any
member upon his staff who did not possess sufficient literary and
scientific ability to express useful information in a printed publi-
cation.

    The meeting referred the drafting of the resolution embodying
its views to a committee consisting of Colonel Pallin, Lieutenant-
Colonel Hutchinson, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Branford, with Mr.
Edwards as Secretary. The following resolution was subsequently
passed, Mr. Hewlett dissenting:—

Resolution III (f)

      In order to correlate technical information and render authorita-
               tive advice on professional problems the Conference is
               of opinion that—

            (1)  A journal of veterinary science in India should be estab-
                lished as early as practicable.

            (2)  Central Standing Advisory Committees should be estab-
                lished dealing with—
              (i) Veterinary Education
              (ii) Civil Veterinary Administration
              (iii) Epizootic Diseases and Research.

            (3)  The Conference invites attention to the Report of the
                    Advisory Committee on Research into Diseases of
                    Animals presented in February 1922 to the Develop-
                    ment Commissioners, and to the statement contained
                    therein : "In India immense opportunities are almost
                    wholly neglected." The Conference strongly advocates
                    the allocation of funds for research, which, while
                    removing this stigma, will be of great economic benefit
                    to the country. It is now generally recognized that
                    the problem of disease and health, whether in man.
                    animals, or plants, is in reality one problem; hence,
                    no real advance in the study of disease is possible
                    without co-ordination of all workers in this field.

SUBJECT III (g).–THE ADVISABILITY OF AMALGAMATING CERTAIN
                          VETERINARY SERVICES IN INDIA.

    The Chairman said that this question had been fully discussed
by Mr. Quirke in the note which he had presented to the meeting
(Appendix IV). The condition of affairs therein reported ap-
peared to be peculiar to the Punjab and the United Provinces.