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REGISTRATION. 
confession, that we possess “ not even a lath-and-plaster tenement” 
to hold our meetings in and invite our members to ? The College 
of Physicians once had its representative in Warwick-lane; the Col- 
lege of Surgeons in Newgate-lane : both, compared with the present 
colleges, it is true, lowly habitations; but still, worse than either 
is our chartered body, for that is absolutely collegeless. The Royal 
College of Veterinary Surgeons, — “ tell it not in Gath,” — hath not 
wherewithal to lie its head. And yet, nous ne sommes pas ab- 
solument au dessespoir. Our Secretary tells us — and we believe 
him — “ The good time will come.” May he and we live to 
see it ! 
No little praise, no few thanks, are due to our Registrar, Mr. 
Arthur Cherry, for the activity and method with which he has 
conducted, and the successful issue to which he has been enabled 
to bring, the troublesome business of registration. It is a business 
necessarily carried on mainly by letter, and letter-writing in such 
numbers, to receive replies such as are expected or required — even 
when the persons written to are willing and able to communicate 
all they know — is not the most pleasant occupation in the world ; 
and when they do not happen to turn out either one or the other 
the task becomes both tedious and vexatious. However, Mr. Cherry 
was not to be discouraged, although he foresaw he should fail in ac- 
complishing all he desired ; and it is to his perseverance in the 
face not merely of disinclination or unwillingness, but of dogged 
refusal, to communicate information, that he has now reason to 
congratulate himself on having achieved so much as he has; 
notwithstanding that consummation of registration which by all 
must be devoutedly looked forward to must remain over for another 
year or two to come. 
The new list of the veterinary profession, as compiled from 
vouchers actually in the possession of the Registrar, comprises the 
names and residences of 717* Members of the Royal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons. The former list, published as soon after 
the obtainment of the Charter as the settlement of matters would 
permit, under the superintendence of Mr. Walton Mayer, who had 
many difficulties at the time to contend with, numbered 1046 
* In the “ Third Report,” by which the “ List of Members” is prefaced, 
for “ upwards of 800” read upwards of 700. 
