ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
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The minutes of the last annual meeting having been read 
and confirmed, the following Abstract of the proceedings of 
the Council during the past year was submitted to the meeting: 
“The Annual Report of the abstract of the proceedings 
of the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, 
will this year produce but little either of interest or excite¬ 
ment. Veterinary politics remain unchanged. The balance 
in the hands of the Treasurer shows a slight increase on that 
of the preceding year, but the strictest economy has, however, 
still to be observed in every department. 
“ During the past year a long and severe attack of illness, 
mental and bodily, incapacitated your Secretary from attend¬ 
ing to his usual duties ; the prostration of mind and body 
was so great, that for months his recovery was considered 
hopeless. With deep and grateful thanks to the overruling 
Power above, and to the patient care and endurance of those 
around him, he is once more himself again ; and he cannot 
omit this most favorable opportunity of expressing his warm 
thanks and deep gratitude for the sympathy expressed by 
his professional brethren—the untiring forbearance of the 
Council in dispensing with his services—and for the warm¬ 
hearted, friendly, and efficient manner in which the want of 
those services was compensated for by his friend, Mr. Braby 
—who for nine months so efficiently filled his place, as, at 
the end of that time, to receive the unanimous thanks of the 
Council for having done so. 
“The number of deaths reported this year by the Regis¬ 
trar is 26 . Youth and age have apparently suffered nearly alike; 
among them are several persons of eminence, whose vacancies 
will not easily be refilled. We have deeply to regret the loss 
of Thomas Turner, the first President of the Iloyal College 
of Veterinary Surgeons, and for seven succeeding years 
unanimously re-elected to that office. His untiring zeal and 
assiduity in carrying out the duties of his office, his constant 
and untiring attendance at the Council, Examination, and 
Committee meetings, will not be forgotten by those who par¬ 
ticipated in his labours. A clever, energetic, and successful 
practitioner, a warm and constant friend, and a pleasant and 
agreeable companion, his name is endeared to our memories; 
and, as long as his portrait remains adorning our walls, his 
services will not be forgotten. 
“ Fifty-two members have been admitted during the past 
year—43 from the Royal Veterinary College of London, and 
9 from the New Veterinary College of Edinburgh. The 
number of members at present on the list is 1450.—The 
Registrar must again remind the Profession how very desi- 
