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Bloxam may not be known to many members of the Council, 
and therefore I may state that he is connected with King’s Col- 
lege, and I am led to understand that, in all probability, he 
will succeed the late Dr. Miller in the appointment which 
that gentleman held in the College. This should be a suffi- 
cient guarantee for his ability, and for his bringing to the 
Court of Examiners, in the event of his election, a degree of 
force and power calculated to further the interests of the 
College. I therefore venture to propose to this Council the 
election of Professor Bloxam to succeed the late Dr. Miller as 
a member of the chemical department of the Board of 
Examiners. 
The President corroborated what Professor Spooner had said 
with regard to Dr. Taylor’s opinion of Professor Bloxam. Dr. 
Voelcker had been objected to by some on the ground of his 
being a foreigner ; but as he was a great authority among 
agriculturists, it had been thought by other gentlemen that he 
would have been very acceptable to the profession at large. It 
was not in the province of the President to propose a candi- 
date, and therefore he should not propose any one. 
A ballot having been taken, Professor Bloxam was declared 
elected unanimously. 
The Practical Examination. 
The President said a reply had at length been received from 
the Governors of the Royal Veterinary College to the letter 
sent to them by the Council, which had been laid before 
them at their last meeting. 
Professor Spooner said it would have been placed before 
the Governors at their previous meeting; but as it was 
addressed to himself personally, it had escaped his memory. 
The Secretary read the reply from Professor Spooner, dated 
29th October, enclosing the following resolution of the 
Governors : — “ That with every desire to forward the views 
of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, the Principal 
be requested to obtain further particulars of the mode in 
which the proposed examination is to be conducted.” 
Mr. Gowing : I presume that letter alludes to the manner 
in which the students are to be examined. If so, I propose 
that it be referred back to the Committee, who can lay 
their decision before the Council, and then an answer can be 
sent to the Royal Veterinary College. 
Professor Spooner: I have hitherto said but little upon 
this subject. In the first place neither my colleagues nor 
myself have ever been consulted about it ; and when I look at 
the names of the members of the Committee, who have nolens 
