122 ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
motion of Mr. Dickens, seconded by Mr. Withers, it was 
decided that the documents be received, and that the thanks 
of the Council be given for the same. Also, that the Council 
of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons will communi¬ 
cate with the authorities of the Veterinary Schools, and will 
not fail, in due time, to forward any similar communications 
they may receive from those establishments to be forwarded 
to the Saxon schools. 
A correspondence was read respecting reported applications 
being about to be made by certain parties for the institution 
of a Veterinary College or School in Dublin. The Secretary 
had forwarded to the said parties copies of the Charter and 
Bye-Laws of the College. The matter was then dropped. 
The quarterly balance-sheet was read; it showed a balance 
in hand, after defraying the expenses of the quarter, of 
.£488 45. 8 d. And on the motion of Mr. Dickens, seconded 
by Mr. Silvester, it was received and adopted. 
The Registrar’s report was read. It announced four deaths : 
the first was the senior member of the profession, Bracy 
Clark, F.L.S. ; he died at the advanced age of ninety. His 
diploma bears the early date of July 5th, 1794. His boast 
was that he was the first pupil who led a horse into the 
Veterinary College. His professional works are some of the 
most scientific extant. He was, until very recently, the 
owner of the skeleton of the celebrated Eclipse. Simon 
Mortlake, of Adelaide, Australia, May, 1837; James Cleve¬ 
land, Army, May, 1853; and Christopher Sanderson, May, 
1855. 
Nine members have been admitted—T. Brook, Balsham, 
Cambridge; L. W. Walters, Checkley, Stafford; W. Coles, 
K ilmerston, Somerset; R. Elkington, Brandon, Warwick ; 
W. Dale, Stanmore; W. Bennett, Souldern, Oxon; B. 
Shorpen, Gresham, Norfolk; F. Barclay, Wickham Market, 
Suffolk; W. F. Chinn, Cardiff, Wales. 
Notice of motion was given by Professor Spooner, “ That 
the fee to be in future paid to the respective members of the 
Court of Examiners be raised from two to three guineas for 
each attendance/’ 
E. N. Gabriel, 
Secretary. 
