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ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
At a meeting of the Court of Examiners, held on the 22d 
ult., the following gentlemen, late students at the Royal 
Veterinary College, London, having undergone the necessary 
examination for a diploma, were admitted as members of the 
R.C.V.S.: 
Mr. G. A. Whitemore, Shepton Mallet. 
— G. Scully, Dublin. 
— W. R. Stanley, Leamington. 
— G. Brown, Leighton Buzzard. 
— T. K. Quickfall, Caistor. 
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY OF ENGLAND. 
From their late Report we extract the following:— 
The Society consists at the present time of— 
79 Life Governors, 
134 Annual Governors, 
916 Life Members, 
4076 Annual Members, and 
18 Honorary Members, 
making a total of 5223 members, or an increase of 77 
names on the list since the last half-yearly meeting. The 
council have filled up the vacancy in their body, occasioned 
by the decease of Mr. Paine, of Farnham, by the election of 
Mr. Thomas, of Lidlington. 
The funded property of the Society in the name of the 
trustees has been raised by further investment to the amount 
of £ 10,000 stock in the new Three-per-cents. 
They have gratefully accepted the offer of Mr. Thompson 
to continue his valuable services as the sole editor of their 
journal. 
The council have adopted the following schedule of prizes 
for essays and reports, to be sent to the secretary by the 1st 
of March next, namely— 
Results of microscopic observation applied to the 
vegetable physiology of agriculture . . . £50 
Agriculture of the Islands of Jersey, Guernsey, 
Alderney, and Sark ...... 25 
