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ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
QUARTERLY MEETING OF COUNCIL held JULY 21, 1858. 
Present — The President, Messrs. Cartledge, Ernes, Gamgee, 
Goodwin, Greaves, Jex, Robinson, Silvester, Assistant 
Professor Varnell, and the Secretary. 
Professor Spooner, the President, in the Chair. 
The minutes of the preceding Meeting having been read 
and signed — 
The Registrar’s report was read : it stated that three deaths 
had been reported during the quarter — William Plomley, of 
Maidstone, of 1835; William Floyd Karkeek, of Truro, of 
1835; and Atkinson Morley, of London, of 1817* In cor- 
recting the register, thirty-five deaths were reported by Mr. 
J. Gamgee, the great majority having been in Scotland. 
Twenty-eight gentlemen have been admitted Members, 
during the same period, all from the London school. It 
also announced that the new Register would be ready on the 
first of August. The Report was received. 
The Quarterly Balance-sheet was read: the balance in 
hand was stated to be £373 13s. 10<^. 
Mr. Gamgee , in accordance with a notice, alluded to the 
opposition of the Highland and Agricultural Society, and 
stated that the Home Office had declined granting the 
Sign Manual to the new Edinburgh School. 
Cheques were ordered for the current expenses of the 
quarter. 
By order of the Council, 
E. N. Gabriel, Secretary. 
QUARTERLY MEETING OF COUNCIL, held OCTOBER 13, 1858. 
Present — The President, Messrs. Cartledge, Ernes, Field, 
Jex, Pritchard, Silvester, Wilkinson, Withers, Professors 
Morton and Varnell, and the Secretary. 
Professor Spooner, the President, in the Chair. 
The minutes of the preceding Meeting having been read 
and signed — 
A letter was read from Mr. James Turner, tendering his 
resignation as a Member of the Board of Examiners, when 
It was moved by Mr. Wilkinson , and seconded by Professor 
