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YORKSHIRE VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
The summer quarterly meeting was held in the Mechanics’ 
Institute, Leeds, on Tuesday, the 27th July; the President, Mr. M. 
E. Naylor, in the chair. The following members were also present, 
viz,, Messrs. Patterson, Jas. and Josh. Freeman, Cuthbert, Nichol¬ 
son, Bale, Anderton, Fearnley, Dray, Fallding, G. Smith, Edmund- 
son. Walker, and the Secretary. Mr. Percival Smith, V.S., was also 
present as a visitor. 
Apologies for non-attendance were received from Messrs. Elam, 
Carter, Fryer, Pratt, Astin, John Freeman, and T. Greaves. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 
Messrs. Hain, of Thirsk; Thornton, of Easingwold; and Schofield, 
jun., of Pontefract, were duly elected members. 
Mr. Percival Smith, of Winterton, near Brigg, Lincolnshire; 
and Mr. William Colbech, of Barnsley, were nominated as 
members. 
The Treasurer brought forw^ard the names of two members who 
had failed to pay their subscriptions. After a little discussion it was 
proposed, seconded, and carried, that Rule XII be carried into effect, 
and that the Secretary write to these gentlemen, and inform them 
that they are no longer members of the Society. 
Mr. Dray had been requested by Mr. Greaves, the President of 
the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, who was unavoidably ab¬ 
sent, to take the sense of the meeting upon the three following 
important subjects : 
“ 1st. Whether a preliminary examination before a gentleman 
enters a veterinary school is desirable and requisite?” 
2nd. Whether the preliminary examination should be con¬ 
ducted by an independent board free from the control or influence 
of the teaching schools?” 
“3rd. Is the certificate of the College of Preceptors a sufficient 
educational test?” 
These questions having been submitted seriatim by Mr, Dray, 
were unanimously answered in the affirmative. 
Mr. Fearnley gave notice, that at the next quarterly meeting, he 
should propose the following resolution, viz.; 
“ That it is the opinion of this Society that the Veterinary Medical 
Societies in the United Kingdom are of sufficient importance to be 
represented in Council; and further, this Society is of opinion, that 
if each Society in the United Kingdom would send one of its mem¬ 
bers to represent its views in Council, the profession would be more 
thoroughly represented, and thereby the Council so constituted, 
would be better able to bring about the desired changes which are 
so much needed, and which are so essential before our profession 
can claim that status in society which, as one of the liberal pro¬ 
fessions, it has a right to expect.” 
