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VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The Honorary Secretary then resigned his office, briefly re¬ 
viewing the progress of the Society since its formation in 1836. 
—Aided by the President, they had together been instru¬ 
mental in its establishment, and the encouragement it 
had received confirmed the opinion he had always enter¬ 
tained of its usefulness to the student; and he doubted not, 
the same support being continued, it would ever remain as 
an integral part of the college. With some degree of regret 
he parted from it, and should ever feel an interest in its well 
doing, which he hoped from time to time to hear of. 
The Chairman, in the name and on the behalf of the 
Council, expressed his sincere regret at this separation, and 
offered to the retiring Honorary Secretary his and their best 
thanks for his very long services. He trusted, however, that 
tangibility would be given to this expression of their thanks, 
and he therefore proposed that the same should be embla¬ 
zoned on vellum, and presented to Mr. Morton on some 
fitting occasion. 
The motion was most cordially received and approved 
of. Thanks to the Chairman being moved by Mr. Broad, 
seconded by Mr. Woodger, and carried, the meeting 
broke up 
W. J. T. Morton, Hon. Secretary. 
SESSION 1860-61.—FIRST MEETING OF THE COUNCIL. 
The members of the Council of the Veterinary Medical 
Association met on Friday, October 19 th, I860, Professor 
Spooner, the President, in the chair. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
It was proposed by Mr . Broad , and seconded by Mr. 
Woodger, that the awarding of the silver medal for the best 
essay on the “ Anatomy of the Heart of the Horse, Ox, Dog, 
Sheep, and Pig,” be postponed, and that a Sub-Committee, 
composed of the Professors of the College, be appointed to 
determine the relative merits of those which have been 
sent in. 
The Committee appointed at the meeting of June 25th, 
consisting of Messrs. Woodger, Broad, and Bait, reported on 
the essays read during the session 1859-60. They recom¬ 
mended the following as worthy of receiving the thanks of 
the Association, namely — 
