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EDITORIAL OBSERVATIONS. 
“ * Whitehall ; 
“ ‘%th February , 1862. 
“ 1 Sir, 
“* I have had the honour to lay before the Queen the loyal and 
dutiful Address of the President, Vice-Presidents, and Council of the 
"Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, on the occasion of the death of 
His Royal Highness the Prince Consort. 
“ c And I have to inform you that Her Majesty was pleased to receive 
the Address very graciously. 
“ ‘ I am, 
“ ‘ Sir, 
“ c Your obedient Servant, 
“*G. GREY. 5 
“ ‘ The Secretary 
u ( to the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons , 
“‘10, Red Lion Square. 5 
“ The Financial Statement is laid before the members of 
the Hoyal College, who will see that the disbursements of 
the past year have been heavy, but the bulk of the expen¬ 
diture may be said to be exceptional, inasmuch as some of 
the items may not enter into the accounts again for a few 
years; and the Council is sanguine that the funds of the 
College will, from time to time, receive a steady and sub¬ 
stantial increase. The balance in hand, after defraying the 
expenses of the year, is ,£391 6s. 
“ Amongst the losses which the profession has suffered by 
death we have to lament that of Professor Delafond, of the 
Imperial Veterinary School at Alfort. Pie was a man of 
great scientific research and veterinary erudition. 
“ Among our professional brethren we have to record 
many deaths, of which we have no legitimate date. During 
the past year there have been fourteen deaths; and during 
the same period the number of pupils who have obtained the 
diploma of the College is seventy-eight; fifty-nine from the 
London, and nineteen from the Edinburgh schools. 
“MV. H. COATES, 
“ Secretary.” 
The discussion following the reading of “ the Abstract,” and 
which we append, so well expresses the present position of 
veterinary affairs, that it is almost superfluous to add any 
further observations thereon. It amply supplies many of the 
omissions and defects of the Annual Report, which we had 
hoped would have been what all such documents really should 
be, viz., a faithful epitome of the year’s proceedings. There are 
circumstances, however, connected with the present Report, 
