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CENTRAL VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
The Provisional Committee enrolled at the first meeting, assem- 
bled in the board room of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, 
on Wednesday, July 28th, Mr. G. Fleming, M.R.C.V.S., Royal 
Engineers, in the chair. 
The report of the sub-committee was read by the Secretary , 
together with the bye-laws and regulations submitted by them, 
which after slight verbal alterations were agreed to. Members of 
Council, Vice-Presidents ; with Mr. G. Fleming, President ; 
G. Armatage, Secretary; and J. Woodger, sen., Treasurer, were 
elected. Professor Williams (Edinburgh), Mr. J. Broad and Mr. 
E. Woodger (Paddington), were admitted members, and the society 
arranged to hold the first ordinary general meeting on Tuesday, the 
4th of October, at seven o’clock in the evening, and subsequent 
quarterly meetings on the first Tuesday in January, March, May, 
and October in each year, for the reading of papers, discussion of 
medical subjects, admission of members, &c. 
Provision was made by which scientific committees may be 
formed for the investigation of unsettled points in veterinary 
science, and also for the establishment of a library and museum at 
no distant date. 
Particulars relative to admission, &c., may be learned on applica- 
tion to the Secretary, Eastlake Road, Camberwell, S.E. 
George Armatage, M.R.C.V.S., 
Secretary. 
YORKSHIRE VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
The summer quarterly meeting of this Society w r as held in the 
committee room of the Mechanics’ Institute, Leeds, on Friday, the 
29th July, at 12.30 noon. The President, Mr. Jas. Freeman, in 
the chair ; there were also present, Messrs. Anderton, Broughton, 
Cuthbert, Dray, Faulkner, Fearnley, Naylor, Nicholson, P. Smith, 
and P. Walker. Apologies for non-attendance were received from 
Messrs. McTaggart, Patterson, Jno. Freeman, Joseph Freeman, 
Pratt, and Carter. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 
The Secretary read a letter from Mr. Jas. Howell, tendering his 
resignation as a member of the Society ; after some discussion it 
was unanimously resolved to desire Mr. Howell to reconsider his 
decision. 
The Treasurer complained of several members being in arrears 
with their subscriptions and fines, and one member being two years 
in arrears, it was unanimously resolved that his name be struck off 
the list of members. A telegram was received from Mr. Wm. 
Taylor, of Wetherby, who had promised to read a paper, announcing 
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