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THE VETERINARIAN, JUNE 1, 1861. 
Ne quid falsi dicere audeat, ne quid veri non audeat. — Cicero. 
ANNUAL MEETING OE THE ROYAL COLLEGE OE 
VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
The past month has been one of activity in matters relat¬ 
ing to the best interests of our profession. 
During this period many new members have been added 
to our lists, by having passed the ordeal of their final exami¬ 
nation ; and besides this, the profession has assembled, in 
accordance with the provisions of the Charter, to learn some¬ 
thing of the proceedings of its representative Council, and to 
elect office-bearers in the place of those retiring by rotation. 
We give the names of the new members of Council in the 
subjoined report of the annual meeting, which may perhaps 
be described as being a full average one, while the business 
transacted partook only of the ordinary routine character. 
Under existing circumstances, we refrain from making any 
very pointed remarks on the want of interest shown by the mem¬ 
bers of the profession in theworkingof itsCharter. Wetracethis 
apathy to many causes, among which must certainly be named 
the existence among us of a spirit of dissension, kept alive 
by the unfortunate state of things still carried out in 
Scotland. We, however, yet cherish the hope that the day 
is fast approaching when such adverse proceedings to the 
best interests of the body corporate will cease to be, and 
when, as branches united to a parent stem, we shall all 
appear compact, well growing and flourishing together. 
Another cause of the apathy which belongs to these annual 
meetings we must only lightly touch upon. Sympathy for 
the feelings of others forbid that we should do otherwise. 
We allude to the so-called “ Abstract of the Proceedings of the 
Council.” As it was heretofore, so it is now. Its poverty is 
wretched. It is a thing of shreds and patches, not only con¬ 
veying no information, but unintelligible in many of its 
statements, and tending to diminish rather than excite in- 
