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Five Members have been admitted during the same period : 
G. L. Whitmore, of Shepton Mallett. 
G. Scullv, of London. 
W. R. Stanley, of Leamington. 
G. Brown, of Leighton Buzzard. 
J. K. Quickfall, of Caistor. 
It was moved by Mr. Cherry , and seconded by Mr. Ernes 
—“ That it be received.” Carried. 
The Quarterly Balance-sheet was read: it showed a balance 
in hand of £282 12s. lid. 
It was moved by Mr. Field , and seconded by Mr. Cherry 
—“That it be received and adopted.” Carried. 
Cheques were ordered for the current expenses of the 
quarter. 
Bv order of the Council, 
E. N. Gabriel, Secretary . 
Veterinary Jurisprudence. 
Melbourne, 13 th August , 1858. 
Gentlemen, —Thinking that the report® of the case, 
Purves v. Bird, tried some short time since at the Supreme 
Court, before Chief Justice Stawell, might prove interesting 
to your readers, I beg herewith to enclose it. 
I may mention that Mr. Miscamble and myself were 
prepared, from the statements made to us by the plaintiff, 
to have given our opinions in his favour; but the extracts 
from the ship’s log-book, put in as evidence, were such as to 
leave no doubt in my mind that the symptoms described 
were those of glanders, although my friend Mr. Miscamble 
(as you will see by his evidence) viewed them as those of 
aggravated catarrh. 
I am, gentlemen, 
Your obedient servant, 
Robert Gibton, M.R.C.V.S. 
To the Editors of the ‘ Veterinarian .* 
PURVES V. BIRD. 
For the plaintiff, Mr. Michie, Mr Fellows, and Mr. Wood; for the 
defendant, Mr. Wright and Mr. Higinbotharn. 
This was an action for not delivering a horse, according to the tenor 
of a bill of lading. 
