414 MIDLAND COUNTIES VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
being elected a member of the Council,” having been submitted, Mr. 
Dray rose and said that it was not his intention to accept any 
emolument from the funds of the Society. 
The motion was consequently withdrawn, and the meeting pro- 
ceeded with the remaining business. 
[We have been requested to give insertion to the above, pending 
the publication of the ordinary proceedings of the Society. — Eds.] 
MIDLAND COUNTIES VETERINARY MEDICAL 
ASSOCIATION. 
The fifteenth meeting of the Association was held at the Lion 
Hotel, Nottingham, on Tuesday, March 2yth, 1870. 
There were present — Mr. Carless, President ; T. Greaves, Esq., 
President of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons ; and Messrs. 
H. King, W. Garrard, R. Reynolds, H. Pyatt, T. Cave, C. Taylor, 
Ed. Baily, Sen., G. Poyser, H. J. Cartwright, G. Rossell, H. Flower, 
W. G. Cox, W. P. Toll, A. Proctor, and the Secretary ; also, as 
visitors, Mr. Peter Taylor (Manchester) and Mr. Garrard, Jun. 
The minutes of the last meeting at Derby were read and 
approved. 
The Treasurer produced his financial statement, which was con- 
sidered highly satisfactory. 
It was agreed to hold the next meeting at Burton-on-Trent, 
during the month of July. 
Mr. Henry Pyatt, of Nottingham, was unanimously elected 
President for the ensuing year. 
It was proposed by Mr . Reynolds , and seconded by Mr. Cart- 
wright, that Mr. Carless be elected a Vice-President. — Carried. 
Proposed by Mr. Garrard, and seconded by Mr. King , that Mr. 
Rossell be a Vice-President. — Carried. 
Proposed by Mr. Cartwright , and seconded by Mr. Bailey, that 
Mr. Garrard be a Vice-President. — Carried. 
Mr. Proctor was re-elected Treasurer. 
Mr. Barry was re-elected Honorary Secretary. 
Mr. King gave notice that at the next meeting he would bring a 
motion to expunge the portion of Rule XI relating to fines. 
A letter was read from the Secretary of the Yorkshire Veterinary 
Medical Society, containing a resolution passed by that Society, 
and requesting that it might be laid before the meeting. The re- 
solution was as follows: 
“That it is the opinion of this Society that the Veterinary Medi- 
cal Societies in the United Kingdom are of sufficient importance to 
be represented in Council ; and further, this Society is of opinion, 
that if each Society in the United Kingdom would send one of its 
members to represent its views in Council, the profession would be 
