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Mr. Vines, however, at some length maintained his right to 
know how many votes had been registered to his name, and those 
of all the other persons proposed. 
Other Members expressing similar views, after some discussion 
The Chairman put the question to the vote, and decided on the 
show of hands in favour of those opposed to the reading of the 
other names. 
That decision was, however, declared to be inaccurate, and 
after some further discussion 
The Chairman consented to again submit the question to a show 
of hands, when there was a decided majority for the reading of the 
names and votes, with which the Chairman complied. 
Professor Spooner then said, that, in order that he might not be 
misunderstood, he begged to say that he had not proposed that the 
other names and votes should not be read. 
The Chairman said it was now his duty to tell the gentlemen 
present that the business of this meeting was, by the election of six 
Members on the Council, at an end; and that immediately after- 
wards a Special Meeting was to be opened for receiving the Report 
of the Council for the past year, which he called on Mr. Gabriel to 
read to the meeting. 
Mr. Gabriel read the Report, and at its conclusion it was 
moved and seconded, that the Report be received and adopted, 
and be entered on the minutes, which being adopted, the Meeting 
adjourned. 
The following is a Copy of the Report : — 
“Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
“ In the Sixth Annual Report of the Council of the Royal 
College of Veterinary Surgeons, the most important subjects for 
consideration are the Code of By-Laws and the Financial Report. 
“ The first and most important of these — the By-Laws of the 
College — has been continuously under the mature and deliberate 
consideration of the Council. Early in the year a Committee was 
elected to prepare a draft of the Code to be proposed for adoption : 
this draft was printed and circulated among the Members of the 
Council, and, after a sufficient lapse of time, several meetings were 
held, at which the proposed Code was closely investigated, re- 
vised, and corrected. It was most anxiously desired by the 
Council, that every regulation should be introduced likely to 
secure the better education and preparation of the candidate for 
your Diploma; but as, though the desirability of these regulations 
were universally admitted, some doubts were raised as to how far 
the College, in accordance with the provisions of the Charter, had 
the power of enforcing them, it was resolved, in order to ascertain 
