REPORT OF ANNUAL MEETING. 
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tlie Army^ J. Wilkinson_, Esq.^ Messrs. W. J. Andertoiij 
C. M. Baker_, H. T. Batt, E. Braby, T. D, Broad. J. C. 
Broad^ S. L. Buckley, W. Burley, T. Burrell, jun., T. A. 
Byron, B. Cartledge, W. H. Coates, W. Dale, James Darling, 
Charles Dickens, G. A. Drewe, John Ellis, William Ernes, 
W. Field, jun., A. Gaskin, W. J. Goodwin, James Hall, 
John Hanley, M. J. Harpley, J. B. Henderson, B. L. Hunt, 
Thomas Jex, John Lawson, C. Lowe, Daniel McLean, James 
Moon, J. Moore, jun., Richard Pritchard, William Pritchard, 
Henry Peele, William Robinson, William Rogers, James 
Rowe, C. Seeker, F. R. Silvester, E. Stanley, Samuel Trem- 
lett. Walker Watson, John Wiggins, William Wilson, Joseph 
Woodger, Joseph Woodger, jun., and Edward Woodger. 
The Secretary, Mr. Coates, read the advertisement con¬ 
vening the meeting, and also the minutes of the previous 
meeting, which were duly confirmed. 
The following report of the Council was then read: 
Report of the Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, 
for the Year 1862-3. 
The official events of the last year have not been either 
very numerous, or of great magnitude, yet they will be 
found to be interesting to the Members of the Royal College 
of Veterinary Surgeons, and tend to show that the Council 
has not been unmindful of the well-being of the Veterinary 
Medical Profession, nor lax in its endeavours to utilise the 
opportunities which have seemed favorable for promoting the 
material interests and advancing the social position of the 
Body Corporate. And although the solicitude which the 
Council has felt, and the exertions which it has made, have 
not been attended with complete success, it is, nevertheless, 
not without hope of hereafter obtaining more favorable re¬ 
sults, by a judicious perseverance in the course which the 
necessities, and, perhaps, it may be urged, the rights of the 
Profession so clearly point out. 
In the early part of the year steps were eommenced for 
readjusting the modus operandi, by which the section of the 
Board of Examiners for Scotland had hitherto exercised its 
functions; and the Council is sanguine that the alterations 
which have been made will prove satisfactory, inasmuch as 
it has been able to make concessions without either abridg¬ 
ing its power or sacrificing any fundamental principle. 
At the first Meeting of the year the Council proceeded to 
the election of its office-bearers, when Professor J. B. Simonds 
was elected President, and Professors Dick and J. Gamgec, 
with Messrs. M, J. Harpley, W. Goodwin, J. S. Gamgee, 
