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YORKSHIRE VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
yond these we have had Professor Gamgee and that beloved 
and ever- venerated Morton as subscribers. No other teacher has 
joined our ranks ; nay, from some of them the cold shoulder and 
cold water have been our only portion. When I remember this, 
I say let the well-regulated mind draw its own conclusions. As 
for myself, it is the sweetest consolation of my life to know that 
I have in some measure contributed to the raising of a fund which 
will be a source of joy to some crushed, torn, bleeding heart when 
I am dead and gone. D. Maclean, Hon. Sec. 
[The report in extenso of the annual dinner of the West of Scotland 
Association has been published by special request. Our readers are aware 
that of late years we have refrained from giving details of social meetings. 
— Eds.] 
YORKSHIRE VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
The last Quarterly Meeting for the current year was held at the 
Queen’s Hotel, Leeds, on Monday, the 31st October; the 
President, Mr. James Freeman, in the chair. The following 
members were also present, viz. : Charles Seeker, John Cuthbert, 
W. Taylor, James Bale, R. Nicholson, J. W. Anderton, Charles 
Patterson, E. C. Dray, M. E. Naylor, J. S. Carter, P. Walker, W. 
Fearnley, and the Secretary. Mr. J. H. Eerguson, M.R.C.V.S., was 
present as a visitor, being introduced by Mr.^Dray. 
Apologies for non-attendance were received from Messrs. John 
and Joseph Freeman, T. Pratt, D. M. Taggart, W. Edmundson, S. 
F. Fallding, John Schofield, G. E. Schofield, P. Smith, and T. 
Greaves. 
The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, 
the Secretary read letters announcing the resignation of Messrs. B. 
R. Kirk, of Huddersfield ; and Richard Lord, of Halifax ; also a 
letter which he had received from Mr. E. C. Dray, of Leeds, 
announcing his resignation in consequence of his retirement from 
the active duties of the profession, and his intention to fix his future 
residence in the south of England. Mr. Dray had alluded most 
feelingly to his long connection with the Society, having been one of 
its founders. “ He thanked the members generally for their kindness 
and courtesy to him upon all occasions ; he also returned his best 
thanks for the honour conferred upon him in being chosen the 
President for two successive years, and afterwards being elected to 
the office of Hon. Treasurer ; to the Hon. Secretary he returned 
thanks for the politeness and good feeling which he had always re- 
ceived from him.” 
The Secretary said that he had read Mr. Dray’s note, which had 
only been received that morning, with the greatest possible regret, 
and he was quite sure the Society would incur an irreparable loss 
in Mr. Dray’s resignation, because he had been one of the most 
active, punctual, and indefatigable members of it. After some 
