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to the Registrar or Committee, though in many instances such 
residences are erroneous, as also in those cases in which only 
the place from whence a member came they have been retained 
for more complete identification. 
As changes of residence are daily occurring, it is impossible 
to make this part of a Register correct for any period, however 
short. 
It has been an object to collect together the names of the 
whole of the members, whether living or dead, as it has come to 
knowledge that the diploma of a dead graduate has been made 
use of by others, and passed off as their own. 
Every member known to be dead has the name printed in 
italics; but it is believed that there are many more that ought 
to be so placed, but in the absence of any certain knowledge it 
has been deemed prudent to let them remain. 
The list of the members from the Edinburgh College is in¬ 
complete for the years 1841 to 1844 inclusive: the returns for 
those years not having been placed at the disposal of the 
Committee when applied for. 
Wherever the date has been doubtful, it has been indicated 
by a note of interrogation. Some of these may probably not be 
cleared up, but the greater part ultimately will be. 
The Registrar must acknowledge most particularly the assi¬ 
duous labours of the Committee, without whose unflinching ex¬ 
ertions, regardless of personal inconvenience, the work could 
not have been brought so early or so perfectly to a conclusion. 
And it must not be omitted to state, that Professor Sewell, though 
not a member of the Committee, has given great and valuable 
assistance. 
The Registrar has to acknowledge the liberal manner in which 
the records of the Royal Veterinary College have been placed 
at the disposal of the Committee. 
The labours of many country members, in seeking out and 
communicating information, must not be passed over without 
notice; but the Registrar is sorry to say, that some to whom 
applications were made had not the courtesy to reply. 
Arthur Cherry, Registrar. 
He also laid on the table a copy of the New Register. 
He stated that there were in the Register 770 names more 
than were contained in any former list: some of these being 
the result of the last two years’ examination by the Board 
of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and the remainder 
the result of investigations into the records of the Royal Ve¬ 
terinary College. By these researches, and which had been 
made with the greatest care, many previous errors had been 
corrected; and every name that was entered had been shewn 
