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mous in the election of Mr. Robinson, whose kindness and 
ability they had so frequently witnessed. Still, he hoped there 
would not be a recurrence of what had taken place, namely, 
the re-election of the same gentleman in previous years, year 
after year, which was virtually telling the profession that there 
was but one man capable of filling the office. 
Mr. A. Cherry supported the nomination. 
Mr. Robinson was unanimously elected. The chair was 
vacated by Mr. Henderson, and taken by the President, who 
thanked the meeting for the renewal of their confidence in re- 
electing him as President. He trusted that the interests of the 
profession- would not suffer during his presidentship; and he 
assured the Council that every effort on his part should be 
made to advance and establish them. He agreed with the 
observation just made, that there should be an annual change 
of the President, unless some signal service had been rendered 
by him to the profession, when the honour of a re-election might 
be deemed desirable. 
The following gentlemen were then elected as Vice-presi- 
dents: — Messrs. Karkeek, Stockley, Taylor (Bury), Taylor 
(Nottingham), Baker (Teedbury), and Grover (Lewes). 
Mr. Gabriel was re-elected Secretary for the ensuing year, 
on the proposition of Mr. Henderson, seconded by Professor 
Morton. 
Prof. Spooner brought before the Council the case of a stu- 
dent in the College who had been examined and rejected by the 
Board existing previous to the obtainment of the Charter. He 
had now returned to his studies, and wished to be re-examined. 
By the former by-laws, pupils who had paid their examina- 
tion-fees to the old Board were gratuitously examined by the 
present one ; but such an arrangement had not been carried 
out in the new by-laws, probably from a supposition that no 
pupils were left who would wish to avail themselves of that 
privilege. 
Mr. A. Cherry thought that the rule in existence before the 
new by-laws were passed should still be acted on. It was a 
matter requiring an order of Council merely, and not a by- 
law ; he would therefore move that such an order be made for 
the regulation of similar cases in future. He also believed that 
there was an order, admitting all persons to examination who 
had attended the College previous to the obtainment of the 
Charter on the payment of the original fee, three guineas. 
Professor Spooner believed that the period to which that 
order extended had expired. 
Mr. Wilkinson asked if it was to be understood that in 
