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ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
QUARTERLY MEETING OE THE COUNCIL, HELD 
OCTOBER 4th, 1871. 
(official report.) 
The President in the chair. 
Present : — Messrs. T. D. Broad, J. C. Broad, T. Burrell, 
H. J. Cartwright, J. Cowie, W. Field, G. Fleming, Gowing, 
Greaves, Harpley, Hunt, Lowe, Moon, Naylor, Owles, Silves- 
ter, Wilkinson, Withers, and the Secretary. 
The Secretary read the notice convening the meeting. 
On the minutes of the last quarterly meeting being read, 
Mr. Wilkinson asked whether any further information had 
been received from Mr. Prentice. 
The Secretary stated that no additional information had 
yet reached him. 
Mr. Lowe suggested that if the minutes were signed as 
they stood they would decide the matter as to which Mr. 
Wilkinson had given notice of motion, because they stated 
that a notice had been sent to Mr. Prentice to the effect that 
a candidate was not eligible for re-examination unless he 
produced a second certificate. 
Mr. Wilkinson said that such -was really the law’ of the 
Council. The principle was adopted at the last meeting; 
but to make it a strictly legal proceeding they were obliged 
to suspend the notice for three months. It was for the Council 
now to decide whether such an addition should be made to 
the bye-laws or not. 
The minutes w r ere then confirmed. 
A letter was read from Mr. John Bretherton, of Liverpool, 
acknowledging the receipt of a certificate in lieu of his lost 
diploma. 
A letter was read from Mr. Jeeves, of Belfast, inquiring 
whether James M f Court, of Belfast, was a member of the 
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and whether any 
examinations in connection w r ith the Royal College of Veteri- 
nary Surgeons were held in Edinburgh prior to 1843. 
The Secretary reported that both these questions had 
been answered in the negative. 
A letter was read from Mr. R. H. Dyer, M.R.C.V.S., of 
Limerick, inquiring whether O’Sullivan Keyes was a member 
of the College. Mr. Dyer was informed, in reply, that the 
name did not appear on the Register. 
A letter was read from Mr. John Webster, of Riccall, 
addressed to Professor Spooner, in which he desired to be 
