488 PRESENTATION OF THE MEMORIAL 
sors who are now so inadequately and shamefully repaid for their 
services? 
A list of the fees demanded at King’s College was then read 
and commented upon by Mr. Mayer, and urged, with some altera¬ 
tion and some diminution, as a model by which the fees of the 
Veterinary College might be regulated. 
Mr. Thomas Turner entreated, very respectfully but very ear¬ 
nestly, the attention of the governors to a Memorial to which was 
appended the signatures of no fewer than 315 of the most respect¬ 
able members of the veterinary profession. It spoke volumes as to 
the feelings and* hopes of the general body. One object solicited, 
and with regard to which there should not be a moment’s hesita¬ 
tion, was the obtainment of a charter of incorporation, exempting 
the veterinary surgeon from the discharge of certain parochial and 
other duties, which most materially trench on the few moments of 
rest which usually fall to his lot. With your powerful assist¬ 
ance,” said he, “ I doubt not that we should readily obtain it.” 
He begged again to assure the governors, that the Memorial was 
not got up with any party spirit or view, but emanated from the 
whole body of the profession. 
A Governor .—The signatures, of course, have not been attached 
without authority. 
The Chairman .—I cannot for a moment entertain any suspicion 
of the kind, when I see such respectable men before me. 
Mr. T. Tin mer .—Among the signatures are some from very old 
members, as well as from others who, although just starting in their 
profession, begin to feel many of the inconveniences to which the 
Memorial alludes. Eighty letters have been returned from the 
dead office, or a still greater number of signatures would have been 
obtained. 
Mr. Mayer .—The governors have all been written to, in order 
that none of our requisitions might take them by surprise. From 
several of them very kind and considerate answers have been ob¬ 
tained. I would particularly refer to one from Lord Skelmersdale, 
who is prevented from being present by a severe domestic cala¬ 
mity. I have to acknowledge the receipt of your letter,”—one 
addressed to his Lordship by the IMessrs. Mayer—which I have 
