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been recently elected to fill that office, notwithstanding every 
effort he had made to avoid it, and had suffered much inconve¬ 
nience from the appointment, as its duties were extremely diffi¬ 
cult and onerous. 
Mr. A. Cherry said that he had communicated (as a member 
of the Exemption Committee) with a great number of country 
practitioners on the subject of the bill; and a favourable opinion 
respecting it had been communicated to him from at least four 
or five hundred persons; and when it was remembered that the 
addresses of half the members were not known, he thought that 
number represented a very fair proportion of the whole. 
The motion for the adoption of the Report was then put, and 
carried nem. con . 
Election of Members of the Council. 
The Chairman stated that, in addition to the vacancy occa¬ 
sioned by the death of Mr. Godwin, there was another, caused 
by the resignation of Mr. F. King. Two gentlemen would, 
therefore, have to be elected to fill these vacancies, and also six 
others, in the room of the members who retired annually by 
rotation. 
In addition to the gentlemen proposed as members of the 
Council at the last Council meeting, the following gentlemen 
were nominated :— 
Mr. Harry Daws, by Mr. Hall 
Mr. B. Cartledge (Sheffield), by Mr. Peech. 
Mr. Cherry moved for a return of the number of attendances 
of the members who retired by rotation, those gentlemen being 
eligible for re-election. 
Mr. H. Daws seconded the motion, which, on being put to 
the meeting, was rejected. 
Mr. Daws asked if members of the College of Surgeons 
were exempt from serving on parochial offices by Act of Par¬ 
liament. 
Mr. Burley replied in the affirmative. 
Professor Spooner said that the act only applied to surgeons 
and physicians in London and some of its environs, and that 
country members of the profession were only exempted by 
courtesy and custom. 
Mr. Pritchard stated that the Apothecaries’ Bill included 
country members. 
The Chairman said the Juries’ Bill of George IV specifically 
exempted surgeons and physicians from serving on juries. 
The ballot for the members of the Council then took place, 
