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student an hour and a half under examination, while the College 
of Surgeons required only an hour. 
Mr. A. Cherry referred to the by-law, stating that the Board 
should be divided into four sections; and added, that a sus¬ 
pension of the notice for three months was necessary before such 
law could be repealed. 
As it appeared that this notice had not been suspended the 
requisite time, Professor Morton said he would withdraw his 
motion, and consider the propriety of bringing it forward on a 
future occasion. 
Processor Simonds asked if any thing could be done to limit 
the number of times a pupil might present himself for ex¬ 
amination. 
The Chairman said the question had often been discussed, 
and it had been decided that a by-law for such a limitation, 
however desirable it might be, would be illegal. 
The Secretary thought that the object would be obtained by 
increasing the periods of rejection, for instance; let the first re¬ 
jection be for six months, the second for twelve months, and the 
third for two years, and the Board had already the power so to do. 
Mr. Ernes asked the Chairman if it was true that appoint¬ 
ments had been made in her Majesty’s service of non-certified 
members of the profession. 
The Chairman referred the question, if such ^appointments 
had been made, to Mr. Cherry, the Principal Veterinary Sur¬ 
geon. That gentleman declined to give any information on the 
subject, and a minute was made (on the motion of Mr. Turner, 
seconded by Mr. Gabriel) of his refusal to do so. 
The proceedings then terminated. 
Special Meeting, April 21st. 
Present—The President, Messrs. Braby, Cherry, A. Cher¬ 
ry, Ernes, Henderson, Stockley ; Professors Simonds 
and Morton ; and the Secretary. 
The President in the Chair. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and con¬ 
firmed. 
The Secretary, on the part of the Committee, then read an 
abstract of the proceedings of the Council, and the Treasurer’s 
balance-sheet for the past year, for presentation at the Annual 
Meeting. 
On the motion of Mr. A. Cherry , seconded by Mr. Ernes , 
the abstract and balance sheet were unanimously adopted 
The Secretary stated that the following members of the 
Council retired this year by rotation: — Messrs. Robinson, 
Turner, Henderson, Percivall, Peech, and Pritchard; besides 
which there were two other vacancies, one occasioned by death, 
and the other by resignation, in the Council. 
