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The Secretary was directed to write to Mr. Percivall to 
that effect. 
And, in reference to Mr. Cherry’s letter, it was ordered to 
be referred to the Finance Committee. 
Prof. Morton again brought forward a motion relative to 
the Fees of the Board of Examiners, and proposed et that an 
addition of one guinea be made to the fee of each medical 
examiner, making the sum three guineas to each. It was 
highly desirable to secure the services of men of eminence, — 
such men as now constituted the medical portion of the 
Board — and it was only just that their labours should be 
suitably acknowledged, and he thought five guineas, as he 
had first proposed, a more adequate sum. He should deeply 
regret to see the two professions disunited ; they had hitherto 
worked harmoniously together, and tended to increase the 
boundaries of truth, and he should be sorry to have that har- 
mony disturbed by any unwillingness on the part of the 
Council to give a more suitable remuneration to the medical 
examiners. It had been objected that the funds of the Col- 
lege were not in a condition to justify the increased expendi- 
ture, while at the same time the House Committee had re- 
solved on the appointment of a messenger (whose services 
were certainly not indispensable) at an expense of £40 a year. 
Prof. Simonds seconded the motion. 
Mr. Pickens thought that to give three guineas to the me- 
dical examiners, and only two guineas to the veterinary por- 
tion of the Board, would be invidious to the latter. 
Mr. Wilkinson was of the same opinion, and said he would 
rather give up his fee as an examiner than that such a dis- 
tinction should be made. 
The Secretary hoped it would be understood that the dis- 
tinction w r as not intended as any slight to the veterinary 
examiners, and that the limitation was only proposed in con- 
sequence of the state of the funds. 
Mr. Th'nes and Mr. Burley also thought the distinction invi- 
dious. 
Mr. Robinson thought it was only a deserved compliment to 
the eminent medical gentlemen on the Board to give them 
higher fees than were paid to the other examiners. 
The Chairman considered that the distinction ought not to 
be objected to. 
The motion was then put and carried. 
Prof. Morton then proposed that the travelling expenses of 
the examiners, who came fifty miles from London, should be 
defrayed. 
Prof. Simonds seconded the motion. 
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