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THE CENTRAL VETERINARY MEDICAL 
SOCIETY. 
To the Editors of the ‘ Veterinarian .’ 
Gentlemen,- — Permit me to avail myself of the circulation of 
the Veterinarian , to offer a few words in explanation of an apparent 
omission on my part, which, I am afraid, has produced some mis- 
conception. 
It has come to my knowledge that certain members of the pro- 
fession have felt somewhat slighted in not having received circulars 
notifying the preliminary meeting of the above-named Society, and 
I crave the opportunity to state that I addressed and posted myself 
200 circulars, the major portion of wdiich w r ere sent to the pro- 
fessors at the Royal Yeterinary College, and members only of the 
Royal College of Yeterinary Surgeons residing in Middlesex, Kent, 
and Surrey, as obtained from the Register issued from Red Lion 
Square. In order to guard against miscarriage or non-delivery 
from insufficient address, change of residence, &c., an advertisement 
was inserted on the cover of your last issue, which I thought would 
reach the members of the profession in the place of circulars, and 
be accepted as a sufficient invitation. In some instances this had 
the desired effect ; in others it appears to have failed, and I have to 
assure my many friends in the body, that wherever circulars have 
failed to reach those to whom they were addressed, the omission lies 
with the Post Office authorities and officials ; and the statement will 
have additional weight when I mention the fact that, within a very 
recent period, several letters and printer’s proofs have yet not arrived 
at their destination, and in one case upwards of one hundred and 
fifty pages from a work in manuscript, were lost for upwards of three 
weeks, but at length turned up after lengthy correspondence and 
much anxiety. 
I remain, &c., 
George Armatage, 
Hon. Sec., pro tem. 
OBITUARY. 
We have to record the death of Mr. R. Girling, M.R.C.V.S., 
Ipswich. Mr. Girling’s diploma bears date Nov. 25th, 1830. 
Also of Mr. R. Elkington, M.R.C.Y.S., Coventry. Mr. Elkington’s 
diploma bears date Dec. 19th, 1860. 
