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written to the Clerk of the Court upon this subject, and had been in¬ 
formed that the man referred to was not a veterinary surgeon. 
The obituary notice was read. 
SPECIAL MEETING. 
The Secretary read the notice. 
Sir. F. Fitzwygram said that as a Committee would be appointed to 
inquire into the rearrangement of the tables of the Examiners, he would 
withdraw his motion as to appointing a second Examiner in each subject 
in the Pass Examination, thinking it better that that matter should be 
considered by the Committee to be appointed. 
Mr. Bray assured the Council that the funds would not permit of 
their incurring further expenses. 
Age of Candidates. 
The President explained that an amendment carried in the beginning 
of the year for the adoption of a bye-law limiting the minimum age at 
which a candidate could present himself for Final Examination to twenty 
years, would be confirmed in due course. 
Mr. Whittle proposed, and Mr. Taylor seconded, a resolution, that 
the motion should be adopted at this meeting, and it was carried 
unanimously. 
The President announced that a meeting would be held within four¬ 
teen days to confirm the resolution. 
On the motion of Mr. Bray , seconded by Mr. Taylor , a vote of thanks 
was accorded to the President for the very efficient manner in which he 
had performed the duties of the day. 
The Council then adjourned. 
LANCASHIRE VETERINARY MEDICAL ASSO¬ 
CIATION. 
The usual quarterly meeting of the above Association was held at 
the Blackfriars’ Hotel, Manchester, on Wednesday, September 29th, 
1880. W. Dacre, Esq., President, in the chair. 
Present—Messrs. T. A. Dollar, Peter Taylor, Geo. Morgan, Jas. 
Marshall, James Lomas, W. Whittle, T. Greaves, C. W. Elam, Ed. 
Kitchen, J. Litt, T. Hopkin, J. W. Hill, Tom Taylor, J. Welsby, J. 13. 
Wolstenholme, T. Stone, H. Beard, J. Bunnell, — Wood, jun., E. 
Faulkner, J. Polding, J. Bede Polding, W. A. Taylor, J. Ingram, 
— Welsby, jun., and the Secretary. 
The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. 
Letters were received from Prof. Williams and Mr. Geo. Fleming, 
accepting and thanking the members for the honour they had conferred 
upon them by electing them Honorary Associates; also from Messrs. 
Prof. A. Gamgee, J. B. Taylor, Alex. Lawson, H. Thompson, Geo. 
Darwell, and Wm. Leather, regretting their inability to attend the 
meeting. 
Mr. S. Locke proposed, as member of this Association, Mr. James 
Wood Ingram, of Manchester, seconded by Mr. Tom Taylor, and carried. 
Mr. J. B. Wolstenholme exhibited a peculiar and interesting case of 
congenital malformation of fore legs in a silver-haired terrier dog- 
puppy ; it was the sole offspring, and five weeks old. Each forearm 
