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Lordship’s recommendation in this instance. The appoint- 
ment will be conferred on Mr. Wilkinson, the Veterinary 
Surgeon of the 2d Life Guards, of whose qualifications Lord 
Hardinge has had reason to form a very high opinion, and 
who, from his professional acquirements and activity, was se- 
lected for a very important duty in Turkey, where he is at 
present. I have the honour to be, 
My dear Lord, 
Your Lordship’s faithful Servant, 
C. Yorke. 
General the Viscount Combermere, G.C.B. 
PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCIL. 
At a meeting of veterinary surgeons held at the Institute, 
July, 1854, it was unanimously resolved: 
“ That the first President of the Royal College of Veteri- 
nary Surgeons, Thomas Turner, Esq., nominated in the 
roster, and re-elected for several succeeding years, is well de- 
serving, from the zeal and assiduity with which he performed 
the duties of his onerous position, of a demonstration of 
the esteem and value entertained for him by his professional 
brethren. 
“That a memento thereof, in the form of a portrait or 
bust, to be placed in the Institute of the College, be 
obtained by subscriptions of not more than one guinea each 
from the members of the profession. 
“ That, for the purpose of carrying out this object, a com- 
mittee be formed, consisting of the President and Ex- Presi- 
dents of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Messrs. 
Field, Robinson, and Goodwin, with Professors Spooner, 
Simonds, and Morton, and Mr. Gabriel. 
“That subscriptions be received by the members of the 
committee, and at the Institute of the College.” 
E. N. Gabriel, 
lion. Secretary to the Committee. 
OBITUARY. 
Died, after a few days’ illness, of influenza, at his house, at 
Clapham Rise, on the 11th ult., at 25 minutes past 9 o’clock 
p.m., F. C. Cherry, Esq., Principal Veterinary Surgeon to the 
Army, at the age of 75. 
