ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 313 
exclusive use of it could be secured to the members of the 
body corporate ; but as long as the term “ veterinary surgeon’ 5 
is made use of, its exclusive adoption appears to be a matter 
of great difficulty. Should the Government, however, as is 
generally reported, bring in a new Medical Bill, your Council 
will not lose sight of the opportunity it may afford to obtain 
this just and necessary boon to the profession. 
The number of deaths reported to the Registrar this year 
is 17. Among them the Council have to notice the lamented 
loss of Professor Sewell, late President of the Royal College 
of Veterinary Surgeons and Senior Professor of the Royal 
Veterinary College. His last public act was presiding at a 
dinner given by him to the Members of the Council previous 
to his retirement from office as President, when the sincere 
interest he expressed in the well-doing of the profession, and 
the genial good-will he evinced towards his fellow-members 
of it, will not soon be forgotten. The number of members 
admitted into the body corporate during the past year is 49. 
These have all emanated from the London School, and are 
entitled, in virtue of the examination they have undergone, to 
assume the title of Members of the Royal College of Veteri- 
nary Surgeons. Four hundred and eighty members have 
been admitted since the obtainment of the Charter,— -352 from 
the London, and 128 from the Edinburgh School. The total 
number of living members now on the list is 1379. The 
Register remains as last year, but a reissue will take place at 
the termination of the ensuing examinations ; and the Regis- 
trar begs the favour of any changes or inaccuracies being 
communicated to him, in order that the new list may be 
rendered as correct as possible. 
The financial affairs of the College continue satisfactory. 
The balance in hand is necessarily lessened, from the invest- 
ment for securing and furnishing the residence. After 
providing for rent, wages, and other incidental expenses up 
to the present quarter, the sum of £134 7s. 9d. remains in 
hand, as is shown by the annexed balance-sheet. Professor 
Spooner has been elected, in the place of the late Professor 
Sewell, as Trustee of the College. 
On the whole, your Council think that the present state of 
the affairs of the body corporate merits congratulation. A code 
of Bye-laws fairly and legitimately carried out ; a Board of 
Examiners whose efficiency is beyond dispute ; a state of 
finance satisfactory, if not flourishing ; an Institute which not 
only the elite of our own, but of any other profession, need 
not be ashamed to occupy — these are not the symptoms 
either of arrogant pretension or premature decay. May the 
