UEPOKT OF ANNUAL MEETING. 
361 
those 'Nvlio assume the title of A'eteriiiaiy Surgeon is 1244^ 
and those practising as Farriers, 1189. 
The following is the return furnished by the Committee : 
Members of 
the ll.C.V.S. 
Assumin" Uie 
Name of Vet. 
Surgeon. 
ci 
s 
pH 
• 
Members of 
the E.C.V.S. 
Assuming the 
Name of Vet. 
Surgeon. 
Farriers, 8:c. 
Bedfordshire . 
4 
13 
7 
Norfolk . 
38 
45 
41 
Berkshire . 
14 
21 
19 
Northamptonshire . 
8 
12 
24 
Buekinghamshire... 
11 
13 
17 
Northum berland ... 
16 
— 
— 
Cambridgeshire ... 
10 
12 
32 
Nottinghamshire ... 
22 
12 
26 
Clieshire . 
16 
12 
6 
Oxfordshire. 
6 
5 
4 
Cornwall . 
4 
21 
11 
FLitlandsliire 
2 
Cumberland. 
9 
7 
10 
Sliropshire . 
16 
27 
69 
Derbyshire . 
19 
35 
29 
Somersetshire . 
26 
31 
50 
Devonshire . 
23 
33 
35 
StalFordshire. 
24 
11 
31 
Dorsetshire . 
5 
25 
14 
Suffolk. 
24 
60 
44 
Durham . 
14 
16 
15 
Surrey . 
25 
13 
16 
Essex . 
22 
54 
13 
Sussex . ' . 
17 
51 
11 
Gloueestershire ... 
13 
30 
43 
Warwickshire . 
27 
23 
32 
Hampshire . 
15 
16 
12 
lYestmorelaud. 
1 
_ 
Herefordshire . 
6 
10 
36 
Wiltshire. 
12 
18 
21 
Hertfordshire . 
14 
20 
14 
Worcestershire ... 
11 
11 
32 
Huntingdonshire ... 
8 
16 
9 
Yorkshire. 
70 
104 
141 
Kent . 
23 
36 
28 
Wales . 
10 
7 
16 
Lancashire . 
62 
101 
29 
lllELAND . 
36 
18 
11 
Leicestershire. 
22 
24 
29 
Scotland . 
164 
84 
57 
Lincolnshire . 
41 
74 
101 
Middlesex . 
103 
112 
52 
Monmouthshire ... 
5 
11 
2 
Totals . 
1018 
1244 
1189 
The number—1244—who unscrupulously assume the title 
which the possession alone of the diploma ought to confer, 
by calling themselves ^‘Veterinary Surgeons,^^ affords a strik¬ 
ing corroboration of the well-founded and long-entertained 
assurance that the profession requires some legislative sup¬ 
port. 
The Council, therefore, suggests the propriety of each 
Member of the College giving practical effect to the work¬ 
ing out of this desideratum by inviting the co-operation of 
his representative in Parliament. 
A Committee has been appointed for the purpose of pre¬ 
paring a Petition to Parliament, with a view to obtain an 
Act for the better protection of the Members of the Body 
Corporate, and also for obtaining for them the immunities 
and exemptions to which they deem themselves justly en¬ 
titled. 
Scientific works have been presented by Professors Brande, 
