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REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE 
students of the Edinburgh School unfortunately allowed them¬ 
selves to be misled, and persuaded to appear before a spurious 
Board instituted by that establishment, in direct contravention 
of the provisions of the Charter of the Royal College of Vete¬ 
rinary Surgeons. The diploma of the College has been granted 
to 273 Members since the obtainment of the Charter. The 
Registrar’s Report will give some further particulars. 
To the President and Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
Report from the Registrar. 
During the past year twenty-seven new Members have been admitted into 
the Body Corporate. 
The deaths that have been made known to the Registrar amount in num¬ 
ber to fifty-six; some of these have occurred during the year, others at earlier 
dates. The Registrar is aware of the deaths of other Members of the Body 
Corporate, but at present the information upon which they rest is such that 
he does not think it prudent to definitively admit them. 
The Registrar would be obliged by having such deaths as may occur 
among the Members of the Body Corporate made known to him as speedily 
as possible, in order to prevent confusion by such names continuing on the 
Register. 
The Registrar has also to report, that he has issued 250 circulars to those 
Members of the Body Corporate, or those who by the entry of their names 
in former lists are presumed to be so, that had not replied to the former ap¬ 
plication, in order that a more complete list may be issued this year at the 
General Annual Meeting ; such list will be kept open to the latest possible 
period compatible with the same being printed in time for such meeting. 
The Registrar would urge the Members of the Body Corporate, through 
the Council, not to neglect the registration of their names; because, from 
circumstances w r hich have been previously adverted to, it would not be pru¬ 
dent to insert any name without a voucher of existence and residence. 
The number of Registered Members in the last list amount to 717. 
The Registrar intends—the approbation of the Council first obtained—to 
prepare district lists, such lists to be published in a manner as may hereafter 
be deemed the most beneficial. 
Arthur Cherry, Registrar. 
13 th April , 1849. 
The number of annual subscribers to the funds of the College 
still remains limited, thirty-one names only appearing on the 
list. A little longer, however—our differences settled, an Act for 
privilege obtained, and the determination taken for a long pull, a 
