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who had died before the Charter was obtained ; while many 
deaths had occurred more recently, which were not entered at 
all : on this account he thought the list Avould need extension 
and correction. He wished to know whether the deaths that 
were inserted had been communicated by the friends of the 
parties themselves. 
The Registrar (Mr. Arthur Cherry) said, he had endea- 
voured, as far as possible, to ascertain the names of all the 
members of the profession from the time of the first granting of 
diplomas, and to procure all the information respecting them 
which could be obtained. Through the very kind assistance of 
Professor Simonds, he had been able to obtain information de- 
rived from sources which it was impossible for any one else to 
furnish; and, owing to the incompleteness and incorrectness 
of the books kept in the early periods of the Society, it would 
have been impossible, without great perseverance and research, 
to have made even the imperfect list which had been laid before 
the meeting. Up to 1819 it was, to a certain extent, correct; 
but from that period to 1844 it was incomplete, owing to the 
apathy — he might say wilfulness — of the members in withhold- 
ing information which the) 7 could easily furnish. 
Mr. Mayer said, that, when he was appointed Registrar by 
the Veterinary Surgeons’ Committee, he not only inserted an 
advertisement in the papers, but also wrote to Professors Sewell 
and Dick for every information which they could afford on the 
subject. From Professor Sewell he received the last printed 
list of the members of his College, and from Professor Dick a 
written communication and a written list of members of the 
College up to that period. From the members of the body at 
large he received only about 160 or 170 letters in answer to the 
advertisement ; so that it was utterly impossible from that source 
to compile any thing like an authentic register : he could only 
copy the lists he had received, and the record kept by the 
London Veterinary College ; correcting them, as far as he could, 
by his own knowledge and information. In the present list he 
was sorry to see the dead mixed up with the living ; and to find, 
moreover, that several names that had been added since 1819 
were not inserted at all. 
The Registrar said, that the list was not professedly correct 
in ail respects from 1819 to 1844. As soon as errors and 
omissions were observed they would be rectified ; great diffi- 
culties, however, stood in the way. 
Mr. Mayer thought there were authentic records kept which 
would have afforded much of the information needed by the 
Registrar. Unless the information furnished by proper au- 
thority was considered correct, as well as that given by 
