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points could be obtained, and whether the Registrar was to be 
accountable for any inaccuracy in these particulars. 
Mr. A. Cherry enumerated the duties of the Registrar, con- 
tending that they were too onerous to be added to those devolving 
on the Secretary, who cannot be adequately remunerated for the 
labours already officially performed, from the peculiar circumstance 
of being obliged to be annually elected from the Council. 
Mr. Godwins motion was put, and carried. 
The remaining by-laws were amended and passed. 
The Secretary read a letter of resignation from Mr. Field, the 
treasurer. 
Mr. Cherry moved that copies of the by-laws, as amended, 
should be printed and distributed. 
The motion was seconded by Mr. Ernes , and passed unani- 
mously. 
A committee was appointed for the preparation of the report of 
the meeting for publication, consisting of the Secretary, Mr. Wil- 
kinson, and Mr. A. Cherry. 
The proceedings then terminated. 
THE VETERINARIAN, OCTOBER 1, 1850. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — Cicero. 
Our readers will participate with us in the regret that with the 
“ Ninth Contribution,” published this month, conclude — for some 
time, we fear, at least — Mr. Haycock's Papers to The Veteri- 
narian. Our acquaintance with this gentleman has ended as 
it began, — upon paper. This alone, however, we deem sufficient 
to warrant us in setting him down as a man of steady and acute 
observation, possessing the unflinching determination to honestly 
and faithfully record as much, and no more, of cases occurring in his 
routine of practice, as shall shew, in its natural light, every circum- 
stance and incident connected with them, without any attempt or 
intention to shape them to his own views, whatever such views 
might be, or to make them appear otherwise than they really and 
truly represented themselves. If readers of cases are to form any 
