LANCASHIRE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 271 
Presentation of Testimonial to Mr. Samuel Locke by Mr. Thomas Greaves. 
Mr. President and Gentlemen,— I rise on this occasion to perform 
a most pleasing duty, viz. to present Mr. Samuel Locke, our worthy 
and respected Hon. Secretary, with a “ Testimonial,” in recognition of 
his valuable services. I consider it is alike honorable to him and 
creditable to the good feeling, the spirit, and character of our Associa¬ 
tion. We have been in existence about twenty years; during those years 
we have had many worthy and able secretaries, who have performed the 
duties with credit to themselves and satisfaction of the Association; but 
none—and I say it without the slightest spirit of invidiousness— 
have served us so well and so long as Mr. Locke has done. Sir, 
your constant willingness, your uniform kindness, and urbanity of 
manner, together with your regularity and efficiency in the performance 
of your duties, have secured for you the good opinion of your fellow 
veterinary surgeons, and we feel a desire to show you some mark of 
our esteem and respect. 
The “ Testimonial ” I have now the great pleasure in presenting you 
with has been subscribed for by the members of “ The Lancashire 
Veterinary Medical Association,” almost unanimously. It is a cabinet 
with five drawers and folding doors, in mahogany, containing thirty-six 
table and small knives, thirty-six table and dessert forks, fifty-six table, 
dessert, tea, egg, salt, and gravy spoons, large and small ladles, carving 
knife and fork, fish slice and fork, napkin rings, sugar tongs and 
spoon, knife rests, nut crackers, &e., &c., all of Rogers’s best cutlery 
and the best electro-silver plate, 160 articles in all; every article bears 
your initial, and on the cabinet is a plate with the following inscription : 
“ Presented to Mr. Samuel Locke, M.R.C.V.S., by the Lan¬ 
cashire Veterinary Medical Association, in appreciation of 
his services during the four years he acted as Hon. Secretary. 
1880.” 
It is considered very handsome, and does great credit to Messrs. W. 
Batty & Son, silversmiths, Market Street, Manchester. We hope and 
trust it will meet with your approval, and that you will accept it in the 
same kind spirit it is given. I feel that I am speaking the heart-felt 
wish of our President, and every member of this Association, when I 
say we wish you the enjoyment of good health and every comfort, to¬ 
gether with a long and prosperous life ; and in this present your children 
and your children’s children, together with all your friends, will see in 
what respect and esteem you are held by your professional brethren 
amongst whom you are toiling and living; and even when you are no 
longer in our midst, this “ Testimonial ” will perpetuate your memory, 
the excellence and worth of character we now accord to you with so 
much pleasure. 
Mr. Locke responded in a few words, thanking the President, Mr. 
Greaves, and all the members, most heartily for their kindly feeling 
towards him, and for the honour they had conferred on him, in the 
shape of such a handsome testimonial, assuring all members that he 
never expected any remuneration for his services, but had accepted 
the office for the honour of the post, and what he had endeavoured 
to do was for the success of the Lancashire Veterinary Medical 
Association and the advancement of the veterinary profession in 
general. 
A. Gamgee, M.D ., F.R.S., Professor of Physiology at the Owen’s 
College, Manchester, then delivered the first of two lectures upon the 
physiology of digestion. 
