ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGLONS. 
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had consented to act if the Council did them the honour of 
electing them. His information regarding Mr. Paterson was 
obtained chiefly from the Principal of the Glasgow College. 
He had also heard a favorable opinion expressed from the 
school in Edinburgh. Mr. Robertson, of Kelso, had spoken 
of Mr. Paterson in the highest terms. 
Professor Spooner said he hoped it would not be drawn 
into a precedent that, when vacancies occurred in the Scotch 
Board, they must necessarily be filled up by Scotchmen. 
Professor Simonds had suggested to him that Mr. Wilkinson, 
of Newcastle, would be a very eligible man. The question 
was, would it not be better for the Council to elect a man 
whom they all knew, instead of groping in the dark ? He 
thought Mr. Wilkinson would be a very able man to appoint, 
but still he had no objections to offer to the motion before 
the Council. 
Mr. Wilkinson said that Professor Simonds had also men- 
tioned the same gentleman to him. No doubt he would 
have been a very eligible person, but, under the present cir- 
cumstances, it was desirable that Scotchmen should be 
appointed. 
The President said he had received letters from Glasgow 
and Edinburgh, in which Mr. Paterson was spoken of as a 
very superior veterinary surgeon. 
Mr. Pritchard seconded the motion. 
A ballot was taken, and Mr. Robert Bell Paterson, of 
Dumfries, was declared unanimously elected. 
The appointment of a fresh Trustee for the College funds, 
in the room of Mr. John Lawson, deceased, was then pro- 
ceeded with. 
Professor Spooner proposed Mr. William Pritchard as a 
Trustee. 
Mr. Fleming proposed Mr. Henry Joseph Cartwright, of 
W olverhampton. 
Professor Brown seconded Professor Spooner's motion. 
Mr. Fleming thought it was not judicious to have all the 
Trustees residing in London. That was the reason Mr. 
Lawson was elected. 
Professor Brown considered it most desirable to have the 
Trustees near together. 
Mr. Harrison seconded Mr. Fleming's motion. 
The result of the ballot was — 
For Mr. Cartwright - - 6 
,, Mr. W. Pritchard 5 
Mr. Cartwright was therefore declared duly elected. 
