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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 
at a time too short to allow of a meeting of the Council to be 
called, a deputation was at once named. 
A number of letters were read from parties connected with the 
Edinburgh College respecting the examinations there, and the 
delay of the diplomas. Many of these were of a most improper 
character, and deserved severe reprehension. 
The meeting then broke up. 
Sitting of June 17, 1846. 
Present the President, the Secretary, Messrs. Braby, 
Cherry, W. Arthur Cherry, Ernes, W. Field, Hender- 
son, W. Percivall, and James Turner. 
This was a special meeting, called to receive the report of the 
Finance Committee appointed at the last sitting. 
Mr. Braby read the Report, which entered into a clear statement 
of the circumstances under which the Veterinary Committee was 
appointed, and also a general statement of the accounts, so that a 
case might be prepared therefrom on which a legal opinion could 
be taken. 
Mr. Ernes again strongly urged the views he had stated at the 
last sitting, and endeavoured to make them the stronger, so as to 
carry the conviction of their correctness. 
Mr. James Turner proposed that the Council should give the 
Veterinary Committee a receipt in full, in other words, a similar 
proposal to that of Mr. Ernes. 
Mr. Cherry thought that the Committee had more than given 
money to the Council ; they had also given the Charter as the re- 
sult of their labour. He (Mr. C.) must repeat, that there was no 
“ case” for counsel, and in seeking a legal opinion new questions 
would arise, which had better not be raised. 
Mr. Percivall wished it to be clearly understood upon what 
grounds the early meetings were to be considered as general meet- 
ings of the profession, and it was shewn that a general meeting 
was called together by numerous advertisements in the public 
papers. A large number attended, and the Veterinary Committee 
was appointed. That subsequently a requisition praying for a 
Charter of Incorporation was signed by about 350 members of the 
profession. 
Mr. Mayhew repeated his opinions as to the importance of 
being backed in the settlement of this question by good and high 
