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nimity which would be the result of this reduction would 
tend to enhance the interests of the whole body. Although 
there would be some decrease in the income of the College, 
as coming from the same source as hitherto, he nevertheless 
hoped that there would be no necessity for any inconsistent 
retrenchment ; he likewise trusted that the institution would 
be carried on in the same respectable manner as heretofore, 
and that, if necessary, the members of the profession who were 
desirous of maintaining the corporate body in its integrity, 
would not hesitate to put their hands into their pockets, 
and give an annual subscription, for the purpose of sup- 
porting it. Allusion was made in the Report to “ parties/’ 
Where numbers of individuals met together “ party” always 
did and always would exist. Party, indeed, rightly conducted, 
was the very essence of legislation, but it was too often ren- 
dered the matrix of abuses and all kinds of disturbance. 
He did not object to party, but he objected strongly to the 
personal animosities and bickerings which had prevailed 
among them as a body, and he hoped that these would give 
way to a united and anxious desire to support each other in 
the position they were all desirous of attaining — that of 
honorable members of a liberal profession. 
The motion for the reception of the Report was carried. 
Professor Spooner then moved that the Report be adopted. 
Professor Morton seconded the motion, which passed unani- 
mously. 
The meeting next proceeded to the election of seven mem- 
bers of Council, six in the place of those retiring by rotation, 
and one in the place of the late Mr. Peech. The following 
gentlemen were declared elected by ballot, the scrutators 
being Mr. J. Field and Mr. Lowe: 
Messrs. W. Field, W. Burley, W. Ernes, S. H. Withers, 
W. S. Goodwin, J. Constant, and W. Cheeseman ; and Mr. 
Field was appointed (by lot) to take the place of the late 
Mr. Peech on the Board, his period of retirement being that 
at which Mr. Peech would have retired had he continued a 
member of the Council. 
Professor Morton then proposed a vote of thanks to the 
president, for the manner in which he had fulfilled the duties 
of his office. Mr. Stockley, he said, had fully borne out all 
that was said of him in the Report just read, and had given 
abundant proof of his earnestness and zeal in connection with 
the profession, by attending every meeting of the Council 
since his election as president. 
Professor Spooner , in seconding the motion, said he had 
known the president for many years, and the longer he had 
