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ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS AT THE QUARTERLY 
MEETING, HELD OCTOBER 5th, 1870. 
John Wilkinson, Esq., President, in the Chair. 
Present : — Professors Spooner, Simonds, and Assistant- 
Professor Pritchard ; Messrs. Hunt, Fleming, Greaves, 
A. Lawson, Harpley, Moon, Withers, J. C. Broad, Broad, 
Silvester, Naylor, Go wing, Pritchard, Cartledge, Cart- 
wright, and Coates. 
The Secretary first read the notice convening the meeting. 
The minutes of the last meeting were then read and con- 
firmed. 
The Secretary next announced that — f Clayter’s Cattle 
Doctor,’ and the f Veterinarian’s Pocket Remembrancer,’ 
had been presented to the Library by Mr. Armatage. 
A vote of thanks to Mr Armatage was moved by Mr. 
Greaves , seconded by Mr. Gowing, and agreed to. 
A letter was read from Professor Lister, of Edinburgh, 
acknowledging the letter of condolence to the family of the 
late Professor Syme. 
A letter was read from Professor M‘Call, acknowledging, 
with thanks, the assent of the Council to the examination of 
the students of the Glasgow school being held in Glasgow. 
Mr. Greaves moved the election of Dr. Turner, the Pro* 
fessor of Anatomy in the University of Edinburgh, as the 
successor to Professor Syme to the Scotch section of the 
Board of examiners. 
Mr. Fleming seconded the motion. 
Professor Spooner wished to know if it was intended that 
Dr. Turner should succeed Professor Syme as chairman of 
the Scotch section, because he understood that Professor 
Syme took no active part in the examinations. 
Mr. Cartledge said he presumed that the election was 
simply to fill up a vacancy in the number of the members of 
the Scotch board, and it did not follow that Dr. Turner 
would be the chairman of the board. Professor Syme had 
certainly taken a very active part in the general business of 
the board. 
The President said that he himself had heard Professor 
Syme examine students in Edinburgh, and he was fully 
employed during the whole time the examinations lasted. 
It could not for a moment be contemplated that the chair- 
man of the board was not to be an active member of it. Dr. 
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