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Mr. Peter Taylor proposed for re-election Mr. Sam. Locke as 
secretary. Seconded by Mr. T. Hopkin, and carried. 
Mr. Peter Taylor proposed for re-election Mr. A. Lawson as 
treasurer. Seconded by Mr. IF. Whittle, and carried. 
Mr. M. G. Roberts proposed Mr. T. Hopkin, Mr. John 
Lawson, and Mr. W. A. Taylor, as vice-presidents. Seconded 
by Mr. Sam. Locke, and carried. 
A vote of thanks to the President closed the proceedings. 
Sam. Locke, Eon. Sec. 
YORKSHIRE VETERINARY MEDICAL SOCIETY. 
The annual meeting and dinner for 1879 were held at the 
“ Queen's Hotel,” Leeds, on Priday, the 31st January, the 
President, Peter Walker, Esq., in the chair. The following 
members were also present, viz. Messrs. James and Joseph Free- 
man, M. E. Naylor, T. Greaves, J. W. Anderton, John Cuthbert, 
J. H. Ferguson, G. W. Schofield, R. W. Murdoch, J. L. 
Faulkner, D. Spillman, T. Pratt, Parlane, Walker, Professor 
Axe, J. E. Scriven, Frederick Danby, P. Deighton, George 
Carter, S. Beeson, and the Secretary. Messrs. W. A. Taylor, 
W. Dacre, and T. Hopkin were present as visitors. 
Apologies for non-attendance were received from Professor 
Williams, E. E. Dray, John Fryer, J. S. Carter, John Freeman, 
D. R. Sowerby, J. M. Axe, C. Patterson, W. Lodge, John 
Schofield, J. Bale, and E. P. Dwyer. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 
The Secretary proposed, and Mr. Murdoch seconded, the 
election of Mr. Stephen Beeson, M.R.C.V.S., Harrogate. Car¬ 
ried unanimously. 
It was resolved that Mr. J. W. Anderton, F.R.C.V.S., of 
Skipton, be supported as a candidate for a seat in the Council at 
the ensuing election. 
The President read the inaugural address. 
Gentlemen, —It is with feelings of some trepidation that I 
venture to assume the dignified position to which you have 
appointed me, and I can only assure you that it will afford me 
the utmost pleasure to serve you and to further the interest 
of the honorable profession to which we belong. Looking 
back at the history of the profession for the eighteen years I 
have now had the honour of belonging to .it, there are many 
points of interest to which I might call your attention. It is 
by no means a difficult matter to trace its progress, its failures, 
and successes, until landed as we are at the year of grace 1879. 
