332 ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
Cross, P. Anthony, R. W. Cooke, G. J. Vincent, J. Turner 
(President), E. N. Gabriel (Secretary). 
The Secretary opened the proceedings by reading the 
notice convening the meeting, and also the minutes of the 
last anniversary meeting. 
The Chairman asked if any member objected to the minutes 
being signed ; when no objection being made, they were 
confirmed. 
Mr. Gabriel then read the following ee Abstract of the 
Proceedings of the Council ” for the past year: 
The Annual Abstract of the Proceedings of a Society 
whose duties have not been numerous nor the results 
flourishing, must of necessity be comparatively meagre and 
uninteresting; and, unfortunately, the present one is no ex- 
ception to the rule. 
The result of the reduction of the Examination Fee from 
Ten Guineas to Seven has been most unsatisfactory. Not 
only has the income of the College been considerably reduced 
thereby, but to such an extent has this been the case that, 
had not reductions been made in all the departments of the 
Institution, much to the dissatisfaction of those connected 
with them, it would have been totally inadequate to meet the 
current expenses of the year. 
The fees of the medical members of the Board of Exa- 
miners have been lessened one third, and those of the 
veterinary members of the Board have been entirely remitted. 
The messenger, the only paid servant of the College, at a 
cost of £40 a year, has been discharged. The allowance to 
the Secretary, which had previously been £80 per annum, 
has been increased to £100, with the condition, however, 
attached to it, that he should provide a messenger for the 
service of the College. 
The services of a reporter have been entirely discontinued. 
Yet, with all the economy adopted, the balance in hand, in- 
cluding the interest on the deposit account for the year, is 
only £232. 
When to this unpleasant statement it is added that the 
Scotch School — to secure the co-operation of which was one 
of the main considerations in the reduction of the fee — still 
continues its course of disunion, availing itself of all its 
influence to obtain appointments in the Army and East India 
Service for persons not qualified, in accordance with the pro- 
visions of the Charter to assume the title of Veterinary Sur- 
geons, and this w ithout any advantage having been gained in 
return, it is evident that the reduction of the examination fee 
