THE 
VETERINARIAN. 
VOL. XXV, 
No. 294. 
JUNE 1852. 
Third Series 
No. 54. 
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE ROYAL 
COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
[From our own Reporter], 
THE Ninth Annual Meeting of the Members of the College 
was held on Monday afternoon, May 3d, at the Freemasons’ 
Tavern; W. Robinson, Esq. (President) in the Chair. There 
were also present Messrs. J. Hall, F. C. Cherry, W. Cooper, 
R. Pritchard, W. Wallace, C. Spooner (Professor), W. Robin¬ 
son, E. N. Gabriel, A. Henderson, A. Cherry, J. Moon, C. 
Dickens, W. Burley, B. Cartledge, W. J. T. Morton (Professor), 
J. Broad, W. Ernes, J. T. Lee, S. H. Withers, A. B. Hender¬ 
son, W. F. Stanley, G. W. Varnell, S. Peech, H. W. Hooper, 
H. Daws, J. Dunsford, G. Yeomans, E. Braby, H. Withers, 
and J. Stockley. 
The Secretary read the advertisement convening the meeting, 
the minutes of the previous meeting (which were confirmed), 
and the following “Abstract of the Proceedings of the Council 
Abstract of the Proceedings of the Council of the Royal College 
of Veterinary Surgeons , during the Year 1851-52. 
The Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, in 
laying before the body corporate their Eighth Annual Report, 
have to state, that so even has been “ the tenor of their way,” 
a very brief abstract will give the whole of their labours for 
the year. 
The completion of the Register is, perhaps, the point of the 
greatest importance which the Council have to notice. The first 
official list, published in 1848, contained 708 names; a revised 
list, laid on the table this day twelvemonths, had 1284 names; 
and the one recently completed contains 1736 names, and is 
believed to be as perfect a document as, under all circumstances, 
can be compiled. The Registrar, Mr. A. Cherry, aware of the 
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