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YORKSHIRE VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
The sixth annual meeting was held at the Queen’s Hotel, Leeds, 
on Friday, the 29th January. The president, Mr. M. E. Naylor, 
in the chair. The following members were also present, viz.:— 
Messrs. T. Greaves (Manchester), Nicholson (Wornersley), Anderton 
(Skipton), Bale (Otley), Fallding (Wakefield), G. Smith (Barton), 
Taylor (Wetherby), Patterson (Dewsbury), Walker (Bradford), 
James and John Freeman (Hull), Josiah Freeman (Keyingham), 
Faulkner (Wetherby), Dray, Cuthbert, Broughton, and Fearnley 
(Leeds). 
Messrs. Faulkner, jun., and A. Keeble were also present as 
visitors. 
Letters of apology for non-attendance were received from Mr. 
W. Field, jun., P.R.C.V.S; Professors Simonds and Williams; 
Messrs. P. Taylor, A. Lawson, and G. Morgan ; also from the fol¬ 
lowing members :—Messrs. Chas. Seeker, D. M. Taggart, J. S. 
Carter, B. R. Kirk, Thos. Pratt, Jas. Howell, and John Fryer. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
Mr. Thos. Seeker, Ripon, member, resigned. 
Mr. R. W. Murdoch, Harrogate, was unanimously elected a 
member. 
Mr, Josh. Freeman (in the absence of his father) proposed, 
and Mr. Nicholson seconded, the motion, “That all the meet¬ 
ings of this Society be held in Leeds the principal argument in 
favour of the motion being that the town of Leeds is so much 
easier of access by railway than other towns in the county. Carried 
mem. con. 
Mr. Nicholson proposed, and Mr. Dray seconded, the motion, 
“ That the meeting commence at 12 o’clock noon.” Carried. 
Mr. Fearnley suggested that a room in Leeds might be rented 
for the use of the Society, wherein a library, museum, &c., might 
be formed. Messrs. Dmyand Broughton., though fully concurring 
in Mr. Fearnley’s ideas, thought that the annual income of the 
Society would not be sufficient to carry out this useful project. 
Mr. Cuthbert gave notice that at the next meeting he should pro¬ 
pose, “That a donation of £50 from this Society Fund be given to 
the Benevolent Fund of the N. V. B. and M. D, Society. 
Mr. Fearnley then gave a short rhume of his paper upon the 
“Examination of Horses as to Soundness;” the adjourned dis¬ 
cussion was continued by Messrs. Cuthbert, Broughton, Nicholson, 
Greaves, Anderton, Josh. Freeman, Walker, Bale, and Dray. Mr. 
Fearnley then replied to the various speakers, and thanked the 
members for their cordial vote of thanks for his useful paper. 
The President then read his inaugural address, which referred 
principally to the education of the veterinary pupil. 
Gentlemen, —Allow me to congratulate you upon the completion 
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