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the following letter of condolence, written by the President 
on behalf of the Council, to Mrs. Henderson : 
My dear Madam, — In accordance with the unanimously ex- 
pressed wish of the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons, I venture to convey to you the sincere and deep 
sympathy of every member of that body, on the sad and 
irretrievable loss you have sustained in the death of your 
universally beloved and most highly respected husband. The 
loss indeed is not all your own, for very many will feel, that 
a sincere friend, a kind-hearted and intelligent practitioner, a 
valuable officer, and an honest and independent member of 
the veterinary profession, is taken from us. 
That Providence may enable you and yours patiently to 
endure the heavy and severe affliction fallen on you, is a 
prayer in which no Member of the Council joins with deeper 
feeling, than 
My dear Madam, 
Most sincerely yours, 
W. Field, President. 
To Mrs. Henderson. 
Mr. Silvester proposed that Professor Morton should fill 
the office of Treasurer, in the place of Mr. Henderson, 
deceased. 
Mr. Ernes seconded the motion. 
A ballot was then taken, and Professor Morton was 
unanimously elected. 
On the ballot being taken for the election of a Member of 
the Council, in the place of the late Treasurer, Mr. H. Lepper, 
of Aylesbury, was declared unanimously elected. 
On the motion of Mr. Silvester , seconded by Mr. Ernes , a 
committee was appointed, consisting of the President, the 
Secretary, Messrs. Robinson, Stockley, and Silvester, to 
consider the subject of the appointment of non-members of 
the body corporate as Veterinary Surgeons in the Army and 
the Honorable East India Company’s service. 
The President suggested that more increased publicity than 
had hitherto been obtained should be given to the proceedings 
of the College; as, for instance, through the columns of the 
Times , in order that the body might be better known and more 
fully recognised. 
The Treasurer was authorised to draw cheques for £l 25 6s., 
and the proceedings terminated. 
