ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
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elude detaining them for a few minutes to express his regret at the 
great loss the Council, and the College at large, had sustained 
by the death of Mr. Mayer, whom he might designate as the 
founder of the Charter; and he could truty say, that that lamented 
gentleman had lived and died in the service of it, for it was but a 
few days before he died, that he (Mr. Turner) had received a 
letter from him expressive of the great interest he felt regarding 
the welfare of the College. Their accounts, he was happy to say, 
were in a wholesome state, for which Mr. Field, their Treasurer, 
deserved their thanks. Mr. Cherry, their Registrar, also deserved 
their thanks for his untiring exertions; but more especially was the 
Editor of The Veterinarian, who gave them information upon 
every matter of interest to the profession, pre-eminently entitled 
to their warmest thanks for his strenuous exertions in support of 
their cause. 
Mr. Gloag (holding in his hand the Registry compiled by Mr. 
A. Cherry) mentioned several names, including those of Mr. Cherry, 
Mr. Spooner, and some other members of the body corporate, 
whose titles were omitted from the Register, and said he wished for 
an explanation of the reasons for which they had been left out. 
Mr. Percivall said, if such were ground of complaint, he had as 
much right as anybody to complain. 
Mr. Vines said they had, in his opinion, been most improperly 
left out, and that instead of Mr. A. Cherry being entitled to the 
thanks of the meeting, as the President had held out, he thought 
he ought to be censured \liear ) hear~\. 
Mr. A. Cherry observed that, instead of being called upon for 
an explanation, as he had been, he thought it would have been 
much more proper if the gentleman who had done so had first made 
inquiries into the reasons why those titles were omitted before 
calling for an explanation [ hear , hear /], as it had now been the case 
for three years. The list had been begun by the late Mr. Mayer, 
and it had come into his (Mr. A. Cherry’s) possession in a most im¬ 
perfect shape after his death, and he felt he should not have done 
his duty to the profession at large if he had not exerted himself to 
the utmost to obtain a complete list. To attain that desirable ob¬ 
ject, he wrote to persons he knew in all parts of the country to fur¬ 
nish him with the names and addresses of all the veterinary surgeons 
that they were aware of, and he had received upwards of seven 
hundred names in consequence of having done so \hear, hear /]. 
Some of the lists were, however, most imperfect, as they did not 
state at what schools the persons had been educated. He had, 
therefore, had great difficulties to contend with, but had exerted 
himself to the utmost to make out the list as correct as possible. 
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