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doing which he was assisted by Mr. W. A. Cherry, it being a 
lengthy document, occupying upwards of an hour in reading. It 
was received with considerable applause. 
Mr. TV. A. Cherry then laid before the Meeting a printed copy 
of the register of the members of the veterinary profession, and 
said that, although it was not a complete list, he could vouch that, 
as far as it went, it was a correct one, as no name had been in- 
serted for which a voucher had not been received. Several persons 
who had been written to had not sent any replies : that, however, 
would now be obviated in future, a number of gentlemen in dif- 
ferent parts of the country having consented to become Corre- 
sponding Members, by which means he did not doubt it would be 
much improved next year. 
Mr. Burleigh, of Leicester, said he spoke the sentiments of the 
members of the profession residing in the midland counties, when 
he expressed his great approbation of the able stand which the 
Council had made against the opposition by which they had been 
assailed. He condemned that opposition to the Charter, because 
he considered that those who are making it would best consult the 
interest of the profession at large by allaying that opposition, and 
uniting together in one community of brotherhood. The present 
times, he would maintain, were not the times to divide, or to 
promote division ; but rather ought the members of every profes- 
sion to unite in brotherly union. With regard to cattle practice, 
the neglect of which had so properly been shewn in the Memorial 
sent in to Sir George Grey, he knew an instance, in which a gen- 
tleman, after applying to several members of the profession without 
being able to procure the slightest assistance from them, had been 
compelled at last to fall back upon the common cowleech, and this 
after the Royal Veterinary College of London had been established 
for upwards of fifty years. The want of knowledge of cattle 
practice was a serious reflection on the profession. He would 
contend that the Royal Veterinary College had neglected the 
country members. He would not detain the meeting longer than 
to observe that, in his opinion, and in the opinion of those he 
represented, the profession generally ought to wait patiently in 
order to see what will be the effect of the present charter, before 
they desire to obtain a new one. 
Mr. Vines considered that the Council had in their Report gone 
too far in their charges and reflections against the Royal Vete- 
rinary College. That institution had been established more than 
fifty years, and in his (Mr. Vines’) opinion, did not deserve them. 
Many of those present would not have been in the profession had 
it not been for the Royal Veterinary College. He, therefore, 
would contend, that the Council ought not to have drawn up the 
