ANNUAL MEETING OF SUBSCRIBERS. 
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To the Governors of the Royal Veterinary College. 
My Lords and Gentlemen, 
We the undersigned, being a committee elected by ballot to 
represent the body of the profession, beg leave most respectfully 
to state to you, that a general meeting of veterinary surgeons 
took place at the Freemasons’ Tavern, on Monday, April 27, 
1829, Professor Coleman in the chair, when the following reso¬ 
lutions were proposed and carried :— 
1st, That it would be beneficial to have a separate examining 
committee of veterinary surgeons, elected by the body of the 
profession, before whom the pupil should appear, and be approved, 
prior to his examination by the medical committee. 
2d, That the number of veterinary examiners should be six, 
in addition to the Professor and Assistant-professor, with power 
to encrease their number, elected in the same manner, should the 
committee of six be found insufficient. 
3d, That the members of the said committee should be elected 
from the veterinary surgeons residing in London, or within ten 
miles of it. 
Convinced that it is your wish to place our useful art on its 
firmest basis, and to secure the best interests of its practitioners 
and the public, we venture most respectfully and most earnestly 
to entreat, that you will be pleased to take into your favourable 
consideration the object of our petition,—the appointment of the 
said committee. 
We have the honour to be, &c. 
(Signed.) 
On Wednesday, the 21st, the Annual Meeting of Subscribers 
took place, pursuant to Advertisement. 
Mr. W. Goodwin attended at the appointed hour. After wait¬ 
ing a considerable time, and none of the governors appearing, 
although they had long been in secret conclave in another apart¬ 
ment, he determined to write the following letter to the chair¬ 
man :— 
To the Chairman of the Committee of Governors to the Royal 
Veterinary College. 
Sir, 
In the year 1825 I was a subscriber to the Veterinary College, 
as will appear by my name being in the College list of sub- 
