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ninety-two members had been added to the list, and a great 
number of corrections would be required in any re-issue. It 
was necessary for the Council to decide whether any more 
copies of the present Register should be printed, or no step 
should be taken until after the April examinations, when an 
amended Register could be published. 
The President : It was thought at a meeting a short time 
ago that it would be desirable to delay the matter until the 
April examinations were over, in order that those gentlemen 
who obtain their diplomas then may have their names intro- 
duced. I propose that an amended copy of the Register be 
issued, and that after the examinations in April a supple- 
mental sheet be printed and issued with every copy sent out 
after that time. 
Professor Spooner : I think it would be infinitely better 
to strike off fifty copies of the Register as it now is, and wait 
until the month of April and then have a regular reissue. 
After some further discussion it was arranged that the pub- 
lication of the Register should be deferred until after the 
April examinations. 
The President : Gentlemen, the business of the evening is 
now over, and with very much regret I beg leave to resign 
my post as President of the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons. It will not lead to any inconvenience, because 
there are Vice-Presidents, who can take the chair until a 
new President is elected, unless you wish to elect one at 
the next meeting of the Council. I do it with very great 
regret ; but I feel that I have no alternative after the way in 
which I have been treated on this occasion, and on two or 
three previous occasions. I therefore now vacate the seat, 
and the business of the evening is over. 
After a pause, 
Professor Spooner : There seems to be an impression in 
the minds of some of the members that your retirement is 
referable to your feeling yourself insulted by me. You did 
not say so. 
The President : Why do you ask ? 
Mr. Withers : We are quite unanimous in the feeling. 
Professor Spooner: If that is your reason I am quite 
willing to say to you that I never had the slightest intention 
of giving you any personal offence, in any way or shape. 
The President accepted the apology ; and the meeting 
separated. 
