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Mrs. Lawson in the loss she has suffered. He said Mr. 
Lawson was a gentleman in his mind and in his actions, an 
ornament to his profession, and universally esteemed, and 
the Council could scarcely have lost a better man. 
Mr. Fleming said, — I beg to second that expression of feeling, 
and I do so from a sense of the great debt I owe to the 
memory of the late Mr. Lawson, and also from a feeling that 
his family in their extreme distress require every consolation. 
In the list that has been read to-night of those who have left 
us there is not a name that does not bring home to us more 
forcibly the lesson of the uncertainty of human life. I have 
known Mr. Lawson for a lifetime, and had learnt to appreciate 
his noble qualities in many ways. In a professional point of 
view his death has been the greatest affliction to us. I, 
therefore, with feelings of grief, second Mr. Wilkinson's 
motion. 
Mr. Robinson, in supporting the resolution, said Mr. 
Lawson had been one of his oldest and most valued friends. 
The President said, — I am sure that every man here will 
feel the full force of what has been said, and therefore I 
need not put this resolution to the Council. His memory is 
precious to us all. 
The Finance Committee reported that they had examined 
the vouchers and receipts for payments during the preceding 
quarter and found them correct. The quarterly Balance 
Sheet of the Treasurer’s account was then read, including 
the investment of <£500. The current expenses amounted 
to £83 19s. 8d., which the Committee recommended should 
be discharged. 
The report was received and adopted. 
Cheques were ordered to be drawn for the current expenses. 
On the question of the appointment of a trustee in the 
room of Mr. Lawson — 
Mr. Ernes said the appointment should not be made in a 
hurry. It could be done when the Special Meeting was held 
for choosing examiners. Was it imperative that another 
trustee should be appointed ? 
The Secretary said the solicitor’s letter stated that the two 
surviving Trustees should transfer the stock into the names 
of the three. The Bye-law required “That three members 
of the body corporate shall be the Trustees of the College.” 
Mr. Wilkinson thought the election of examiners was a 
very important matter at this time, when things were in a 
fair way to bring about a re-union of the body corporate. 
It was extremely desirable that the examiners selected 
should be Scotchmen living in Scotland, in some way known 
