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PROCEEDINGS OF COUNCIL. 
Quarterly Meeting of the Council, Oct. 25th, 1854. 
Present — The President, Messrs. Dickens, Goodwin, 
vPeech, Silvester, Stockley, Turner, and Withers; 
Professors Simonds and Morton, and Mr. Gabriel, 
Secretary. 
W. Field, Esq., the President, in the Chair. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and con- 
firmed. 
On the motion of Mr. Silvester, seconded by Mr. Dickens , 
Mr. S. W. Rogerson, of Bedford, was unanimously elected 
by ballot as a Vice-President, in the room of Mr. F. C. Cherry, 
deceased. 
The Secretary stated that the Committee appointed to com- 
municate with the Horse Guards and the India House, were 
proceeding with their labours. 
Mr. Turner suggested that a list of the names of non- mem- 
bers of the College, who had been appointed as veterinary 
surgeons in the army, should be placed before the authorities, 
and that the Council should not be satisfied with making 
mere general complaints. 
The Registrar laid before the Council a copy of the new 
printed register of the members of the College, containing 
about 1400 names. 
The Treasurer’s report was then read, showing a balance 
in hand of £255 45. 8 \d., inclusive of the cheques drawn this 
evening. 
The following presentations were made, and the Secretary 
was directed to acknowledge the same. 
The Veterinary Record and Transactions of the Veterinary 
Medical Association, presented by the Veterinary Medical 
Association, through Professor Morton. 
A work on the Age of the Ox and the Sheep, by Professor 
Simonds, by the author. 
A foetal colt, presented by Mr. Dickens. 
The thanks of the Council were voted unanimously for the 
various donations. 
The Treasurer was authorised to draw cheques for the 
current expenses of the quarter. 
Messrs. Morton, Silvester, and the Secretary, were named 
by the President as the Committee of Supervision of this and 
the previous Meeting, and the proceedings terminated. 
W. H. Morton, 
F. R. Silvester, 
E. N. Gabriel. 
