298 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE 
difficulty of the task before him, requested the aid of a Com¬ 
mittee, and Professors Simonds and Morton, and the Secretary, 
were named for that purpose. What with irregularity in the 
entries of admission, the loss of records, and the unwillingness 
of parties to afford information who could well have done so, 
and who were again and again applied to, the labours of the 
Committee were of a very laborious and lengthened nature ; and 
nothing but the very liberal manner in which the documents of 
the Royal Veterinary College were placed at their disposal could 
have enabled them to have brought their labours to a satis¬ 
factory termination. It is believed that, by the body of the 
profession, this result will be received as a boon; and as the 
extensive dissemination of the Register was the more immediate 
object, the Council have to state, that it can be obtained, on 
application to the Secretary, on the transmission of eighteen 
postage stamps (twelve for the document and six for the 
postage). Copies of the Register have been sent to the Horse 
Guards, Hon. Board of Ordnance, India House, College of Phy¬ 
sicians, and College of Surgeons, London; the College of Sur¬ 
geons, Edinburgh; Royal Agricultural Society of England, 
Highland and Agricultural Society, Royal Veterinary College, 
Editor of “ The Lancet,” and Editor of The Veterinarian, 
Professors Sewell, Spooner, Simonds, Morton, and Dick; the 
Principal Veterinary Surgeon of the Army, and to all the cavalry 
regiments. The replies from the Horse Guards and India House 
will give some idea of the manner the document has been ap¬ 
preciated by the heads of the several departments :— 
“ Lord Fitzroy Somerset presents his compliments to the Secretary of the Royal 
College of Veterinary Surgeons, and has the honour, by desire of the Commander- 
in-chief, to request that he will express His Grace’s thanks to the President for 
the copy of their Charter, Bye-laws, and Register, which he has been so good as 
to forward to this department.” 
“Horse Guards , 18//j March , 1852.” 
“ East India House , March 25///, 1852. 
“ Sir,—I am commanded by the Court of Directors of the East India Company, 
to request that you will convey their thanks to the President of the Royal Col¬ 
lege of Veterinary Surgeons for the copy of the Charter, Bye-laws, and Register 
of the College, presented to the Library in this house. 
“ I am, Sir, 
“Your most obedient humble servant, 
“£. N. Gabriel , Esq .” “ J. D. Dickenson.” 
The duties of the Registrar having thus been satisfactorily per¬ 
formed, that gentleman tendered his resignation to the Council, 
by whom it was received, and a cordial and eulogistic vote of 
thanks awarded him. 
Another subject, on which the Council would have been but 
too happy to have stated a favourable result, is their application 
