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PRESENTATION OF A TESTIMONIAL TO PROF. 
MORTON, ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE. 
To the Editors of the 1 Veterinarian .* 
Gentlemen, — The Committee appointed to carry out 
a resolution of the Students of this Institution, namely to 
present a Testimonial to Professor Morton, will feel obliged 
by your giving insertion to the following in an early number 
of your Journal. 
I am, gentlemen. 
Your obedient servant, 
Walker Watson, 
Secretary to the Committee . 
R. Y. C.; April 12, 1857. 
A very general desire having been expressed by the 
Students of the Royal Veterinary College to present a testi- 
monial of respect to Mr. Morton, Professor of Chemistry and 
Materia Medica, a meeting of them was convened, and the 
following chosen as the Committee of Management: 
Chairman— Mr. Jas. Irvine Lupton. 
Mr. F. B. Jones 
— H. Flower 
— J. Wattam 
Mr. Walter Burt 
— E. Rogerson 
— G. A. Drewe 
Treasurer — Mr. Wm. Field. 
Secretary — Mr. Walker Watson. 
Mr. J. Ferris 
— W. J. Challiner 
— W. Branford. 
All having been satisfactorily arranged, a full meeting of 
the pupils and their friends, to which the professors of the 
College were invited, took place in the Lecture Room of the 
institution, on Wednesday the 9th of April last. 
On the table was placed the Testimonial, which consisted 
of the accompaniments to a Breakfast Service, all in silver. 
The principal piece, the Chocolate-pot, bore the following 
inscription : 
PRESENTED TO 
W. J. T. MORTON, Esquire, 
PBOFBSSOB OB CHEMISTBY AND TETEBINABY HATBBIA MEDICA, 
BY 
THE STUDENTS OE THE ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE, 
IN TESTIMONY OF THEIR HIGH APPRECIATION OF HIS TALENTS AS A 
TEACHER, AND OF HIS CONTINUED ZEAL IN PROMOTING THEIR 
BEST INTERESTS, AS WELL AS THEIR SCIENTIFIC ACQUIREMENTS. 
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