470 VETERINARY BENEVOLENT AND DEFENCE SOCIETY. 
will tend to increase the prosperity atid aid in the elevation of 
our profession. 
The President then called on the Secretary to read his report, 
which was as follows: 
In accordance with the resolution passed at the last annual 
meeting, held at Leeds, votes of thanks were transmitted to the 
medical gentlemen who attended court to give evidence on behalf of 
the Society in the case of Rowe v. Malcolm, and were duly acknow¬ 
ledged in a friendly spirit. 
A special appeal was also made by the President to those members 
who had, previous to this, neglected to pay their subscriptions to the 
Society; many responded by sending a cheque for the amount, 
others took no notice of the appeal, and it might well be considered 
by this meeting whether or not their names should be erased from 
the list of members. 
Four liundred copies of the last annual report and list of members 
were printed and circulated amongst members of the profession, the 
moral effect of which has been to prevent many cases from going on 
to litigation which would otherwise have done so. The officers of 
this Society have been consulted in several cases, and the influence 
which has been exerted has prevented any of those cases being brought 
into court. 
In order that the benevolent branch of this Society may as soon 
as possible lay claim to something more than a name, the President, 
Mr. Taylor, proposed to give to the funds the sum of £10, on con¬ 
dition that nine other persons do the same. 
This challenge was made and published in the Veterinarian five 
months ago, but up to the present time only the following gentle¬ 
men have accepted that challenge : 
Wm. Field, sen,, Wrn. Field, jun., John Lawson, Thomas Greaves, 
G. H eyes, H. J. Cartwright. 
Since our last meeting donations have been received from the 
following veterinary medical associations, for which we feel truly 
grateful, and hope that other societies will not forget the claims of 
the Benevolent Society : —Liverpool £2.5, Yorkshire £30, Edinburgh 
(in connection with the College) £T0. 
The report having been adopted, the President then called on the 
Treasurer for the financial statement, which he introduced with the 
following observations : 
Ill the subjoined financial statement it wull be observed we liave 
liad to incur the expenses for the whole year, viz., the circulars for 
the annual subscriptions in January, sending out the annual reports, 
and now the circulars announcing this meeting, printing, envelopes, 
stamps, &c.; but as yet we have not received half the subscriptions, 
I wish to impress upon members the desirability qf saving the 
Secretary and Treasurer the necessity of applying repeatedly for 
their subscriptions. It is said somewhere that the hope of reward 
