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sent to every practitioner who signed the first memorial, stating the 
important objects which they are now endeavouring to accomplish, 
namely, the obtainment of a charter extending to the graduates of 
the Veterinary Colleges of London and Edinburgh — by means of 
which they may become a recognized profession, and obtain protec- 
tion from the injuries they receive from unauthorised and unedu- 
cated pretenders, and also from the discharge of certain parochial 
and other services. 
Into the details of these measures it would be improper now to 
enter. It is sufficient to repeat, that a circular has been sent to 
every memorialist, and also, we believe, to every veterinary sur- 
geon whose address is known to the Committee: should any have 
been forgotten, a copy of the intended proceedings will be forwarded 
to them, on application to the Chairman of the Committee, Mr. 
Thomas Turner, V.S., Croydon ; the Secretary, Mr. T. W. Mayer, 
V.S., Newcastle-under-Line ; or Mr. Harry Daws, V.S. Rathbone- 
place, London. 
We extract the following passages from the circular. 
“ A donation of £20 having been placed at the disposal of the 
Committee, towards defraying the necessary expences, 
“ It was resolved, 
“ That this Meeting express their sense of the liberality thus ex- 
hibited, but at the same time deem it more expedient to exercise a 
general call upon those gentlemen who signed the memorial, as it 
is supposed that a sum not exceeding Two Guineas from each Mem- 
ber will be sufficient to carry out the object contemplated.” 
“In compliance, therefore, with the wishes of the Committee” — ’ 
writes the Secretary — “ I now communicate with you, and earnestly 
entreat permission to attach your name to the petition in question. 
Any remarks you may be kind enough to offer, and any donation you 
may be pleased to give, will be most thankfully received by my- 
self or any other Member of the Committee. 
“An immediate answer will much oblige 
“ Your very obedient servant, 
“Thomas Walton Mayer, V.S Secretary. 
“Newcastlc-under-Line, Feb. 1841.” 
