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SOCIETY MEETINGS. 
Dr. Winchester was appointed a committee of one to attend to inviting Dr. 
Van Schaick, of the Pasteur Institute in New York, to be present at one of the 
meetings of this Association this winter, and give an address upon Rabies. 
A motion was made, seconded and carried, that we omit the December 
meeting, as the forth Wednesday in December this year would bring the meeting 
on Christmas Eve. 
Meeting then adjourned. Austin Peters, Secretary. 
LONG ISLAND VETERINARY SOCIETY. 
A regular meeting of the Long Island Veterinary Society was held on Wed¬ 
nesday evening, December 17th, 1890, at No. 74 Adams Street, Brooklyn, the 
President, Dr. Geo. H. Berns, in the chair. 
The following members were present: Drs. Geo. H. Berns, Geo. F. Bowers, 
J. F. Mustal, Philip Newman, Thos. M. Buckley, Samuel Atchison, D. S. Bres- 
lin, Wm. H. Pendry, Roscoe R. Bell, Geo. G. Vanderveer, Chas. Jamieson. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. 
The Treasurer, Dr. Geo. F. Bowers, read his report for the term ending Jan¬ 
uary 1st, 1891, the report showiug a balance of cash on hand $44.83. 
The report was received and adopted. 
The Board of Censors and the Board of Trustees had no report to make. 
Dr. Wm. H. Pendry, was instructed to file the yearly report of the Society’s 
condition in the County Clerk’s Office, thus complying with the law on the 
subject. 
The next order of business being reading of papers, Dr. Wm. H. Pendry 
read an interesting paper entitled “ Uniform Standard of Veterinary Educa¬ 
tion.” * 
An interesting discussion followed, participated in by Drs. R. R. Bell, Geo. 
H. Berns, J. F. Mustoe, Geo. F. Bowers, Thos. M. Buckley, and Wm. H. Pen- 
dry, after which a hearty vote of thanks was tendered the essayist. 
The election of officers being next in order, the following gentlemen were 
elected to the various offices for the ensuing year; President, Dr. Roscoe R. 
Bell; 1st Vice President, Dr. Samuel Atchison; Treasurer, Dr. Geo. F. Bowers; 
Secretary, Dr. D. S. Breslin; Board of Censors, Drs. Geo. H, Berns, Philip 
Newman, H. Housman, Thos. M. Buckley, J. F. Mustoe. 
Bill for typewriting, stationary and postage amounting to $4.10 was ordered 
paid. A vote of thanks was unanimously tendered the retiring officers, par¬ 
ticularly President Geo. H. Berns, for his efficient services in behalf of the 
Society. 
The chair appointed as assayist for January meeting, Dr. Geo. G. Vander¬ 
veer. 
The meeting then’adjourned. D. S. Breslin, D.V.S., Secretary. 
INDIANA ASSOCIATION OF VETERINARY GRADUATES. 
The annual meeting of this Association will take place at Indianapolis, on 
the 7th and 8th of January, 1891. Some interesting papers are promised. 
♦Received too late for this number, but will be printed in next issue.—E d, 
