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OBITUARY. 
At the next meeting of the Court the Judge delivered his verdict. 
A contract had been entered into between the parties, according to 
the terms of which Pattison was bound to recommend his cus- 
tomers to employ the plaintiff whenever they required the services 
of a veterinary surgeon. On behalf of the plaintiff two instances were 
cited where the defendant had not only neglected to carry out this 
undertaking, but had himself attempted to doctor the horses brought 
to his smithy. His Honour declared that he found the greatest diffi- 
culty in assigning any damages on such a vague, loose, and uncertain 
covenant as this was. Plaintiff had failed to instance a single case 
in which the defendant had neglected to recommend him where the 
services of a veterinary surgeon were asked for, and the treatment 
by the latter Of two cases, in which the services of a veterinary 
surgeon were required, could only represent, at the most, a few 
shillings. But his Honour held that it was perfectly competent for 
the defendant to carry on the business of a veterinary surgeon , there 
being no restriction on the face of the covenant to prevent him. 
There was no evidence to support the plaintiff’s statement that if 
Pattison had recommended him to his customers he would have 
made so much per week, and he therefore gave judgment for the 
defendant. Costs were applied for, but refused. 
ARMY APPOINTMENTS. 
War Office. 
Veterinary Department. — The commissions granted to Staff 
Veterinary Surgeons R. J. G. Hurford, W. Johnson, and J. Collins, 
should be for general service, and not merely for service in India, 
as previously stated. — London Gazette , Jan. 18. 
OBITUARY. 
Information of the death of the following members of the pro- 
fession have been received, viz. : Mr. Edwin Mulliner, Wrexham, 
Denbighshire. His diploma bears date April 30, 1859. Mr. 
Richard Brenning, Waterloo, Liverpool. His diploma dated April, 
1842. 
ERRATA IN NO. 505 . 
Page 26, line 44, for “ during nine days in March,” read ‘‘during the 
nine days’ march.” 
Page 27, line 45, for ‘‘a cholera,” read “as cholera.” 
The word “ chumars,” which occurs in page 19, line 36, signifies natives 
of a low caste, who readily partake of diseased flesh. 
