ANNUAL MEETING. 
435 
scheme, sought for suitable premises elsewhere, and finally- 
decided upon the lairs of the Metropolitan Cattle Market, 
as they afforded considerable facilities for carrying out the 
examination. 
A deputation was formed for the purpose of waiting upon 
the Chairman of the Markets Committee. On the 17th of 
March this body waited, by appointment, on that gentleman 
and the members of the Markets Committee, at Guildhall, 
and was not only received with much courtesy, but marked 
attention. The object in view was highly approved, and every 
facility offered which the lairs afforded, and such use of cattle, 
&c., as the owners thereof might be kind enough to place at 
the disposal of the Examiners. The business of the meeting 
was closed by the best thanks of the deputation being offered 
to the Chairman and members of the Committee, for the 
valuable assistance which they had given to the Royal College. 
The Council voted the sum of thirty-six guineas for the 
fees for the practical examination, and, with a view of securing 
every facility for the successful carrying out of the examina- 
tion, provided such assistance as might be required by appoint- 
ing a Committee, consisting of members of Council residing 
in London, with power to add to the number, to aid the 
Examiners if necessary. 
The Council would ill requite the zeal and ability which 
the members of the Committees have displayed in the per- 
formance of the arduous duties which have devolved upon 
them wdiilst elaborating the two subjects which will mark 
the year as one of the most eventful in the annals of the Royal 
College, without stating that they are entitled to the best 
thanks of the body corporate. 
There has not been any opportunity afforded this year of 
ascertaining whether the matriculation examination has been 
satisfactory or not, inasmuch as the students who came up 
for the general examination “ had not been examined under 
the new arrangement ; but the modus operandi which had 
been arranged by the Council and its Committees, with 
reference to the practical examination,” may be said to have 
worked well, and to have carried out all that could have been 
expected under the circumstances. 
The Council have to mention the resignation of the Presi- 
dent of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, which was 
almost immediately followed by his unanimous re-election at 
a Special Meeting convened for that purpose. 
During the past year the Juries Bill occupied the atten- 
tion of the Council, when the subject was again placed in the 
hands of the Parliamentary Agents. 
