VETERINARY AFFAIRS. 
451 
There seems to be a strange indifference among us as to what 
regards our professional interests. We had lamentable illustra¬ 
tion of this a few years ago ; and we regret that it continues to 
prevail, whatever may be the particular point at issue. 
Those who were present, however, were unanimous. We have 
obtained a copy of the resolutions that were passed : they have 
our hearty concurrence, and while the purposes and plans of the 
association continue to be those which are expressed in these re¬ 
solutions, it shall receive the warmest support which this Journal 
can give it. 
At a Meeting of Veterinari) Surgeons and Master Farriers, held 
at the Garrick's Head, Boto Street, Covent Garden, on 
Mondai/ Evening, the 16th July, 
It was resolved, 
Thai the present iiieeliiig docs form itself into “an Association to* pre¬ 
serve the proper rights and interests of veterinary surgeons and master 
farriers against the unjust charges and encroachments of the journeymen." 
That the Association shall meet on every Wednesday Evening, at eight 
o’clock, at the Garrick’s Head, Bow Street. 
That Mr. Moorey, of the Colonnade, be appointed Honorary Secretary 
to this Association. 
That the .Secretary shall summon an extra meeting of the Association at 
the written requisition of any three members. 
That each member shall now contribute a sovereign towards the defray¬ 
ment of the expenses of ihe Association. 
That a candidate for admission into this Association must be proposed 
by one member and seconded by another, but shall not be admitted to any 
meeting until the above subscription of a sovereign shall have been paid. 
The Association being thus formed, a letter from the Club 
House, Oxford Market, professing to be from the club of the 
journeymen, was read; but being anonymous, no notice could be 
taken of it. 
It teas then proposed and resolved, 
That the journeymen farriers having determined that they will only work 
on certain exorbitant wages, and w ill not w ork with men who do not belong 
to their club, and receive the wages w/hieh they demand ; and having also 
made certain unjust alterations in their manner of working, the members 
of this Association will resist every attempt of the journeymen to encroach 
on the rights and interests of the masters. 
That no journeyman that has struck, or that shall strike against any 
member of this Association, with reference to these new encroachments, 
shall be employed by any other member of the Association, until he has 
made proper submission in the opinion of his late master ; and this on pain 
of expulsion. 
That, in order that the refractory journeymen may be known to the 
Association, each member shall regularly send to the Secretary the names 
of the men who strike against him, or whom he is compelled to discharge 
with reference to these encroachments; and the Secretary shall keep a 
record of the same in a book that shall lie on the table of the Association at 
all its meetings. Y. 
