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QUARTERLY MEETING OE COUNCIL, April 5, 1854. 
Present: — The President, Messrs. Braby, Ernes, 
Henderson (Treasurer), Lepper, Sylvester, and 
Withers, Professors Simonds and Morton, and the 
Secretary. 
W. J. Goodwin, Esq., the President, in the Chair. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and con- 
firmed. 
The Secretary read a letter from Mr. Thomas Walton Mayer, 
resigning, in consequence of increasing professional duties, 
his office as Member of the Council and of the Examining 
Board. 
The Secretary was directed to write to Mr Mayer, re- 
questing him to act at the ensuing Examination, if a successor 
should not by that time be appointed. 
The report of the Finance Committee appointed to inquire 
into the discrepancies in the accounts mentioned by Mr . 
Cherry , in a letter to the President, was then read ; and, on 
the motion of Mr. Sylvester , seconded by Mr. lejoper , it was 
unanimously adopted. 
Professor Morton proposed, and Mr. Sylvester seconded, the 
appointment of Mr. Cox as auditor. 
Mr. Ernes proposed, and Mr. Braby seconded, the appoint- 
ment of Mr. Broderick to the like office. 
Both gentlemen were unanimously elected. 
Mr. Braby proposed that Mr. Ernes, Mr. Withers, and the 
Secretary should constitute the Committee for drawing up 
the annual abstract to be presented at the annual meeting 
in May. 
Mr. Iie?iderson seconded the motion, which passed unani- 
mously. 
The following gentlemen were then nominated as Members 
of the Council for the ensuing year, to fill the vacancies 
created by the annual retirements, and also that caused by 
the resignation of Mr. Mayer: — 
Prof. Spooner 
Prof. Simonds 
Prof. Morton 
Robinson 
Wilkinson 
Gowing 
W. Mavor, Jun. 
by Mr. Gabriel. 
„ Mr. Ernes. 
,, Mr. Sylvester. 
,, Prof. Morton. 
,, Mr. Goodwin. 
,, „ Morton. 
„ „ Simonds. 
