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ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
QUARTEIILY MEETING OF COUNCIL, held Oct. 14, 18G3. 
PiiESKNT;—The President, Professors Spooner, Varnell, and 
Gamgee, iMessrs. Aitkcn, Braby, Broad, Dickens, Ellis, 
Field, Harpley, Harrison, Jex, Lawson, Mavor, Moon, 
Pritchard, Robinson, Wilkinson, Withers, and the 
Secretary. 
The President in the Chair. 
The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and con¬ 
firmed. 
After the general correspondence was read, a letter received 
from Mrs. Gabriel was brought before the Council, in which she 
stated that, owing to the protracted illness of Mr. Gabriel, 
the late Secretary, she was induced to solicit the continua¬ 
tion of the allowance so generously granted to him b}^ the 
Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, he 
being so confirmed an invalid as to render its renewal a 
matter of deep importancc.^^ 
It was moved by Mr. Field, and seconded by Professor 
Spooner — 
That an allowance of £50 to The late Secretary, Mr. 
E. N. Gabriel, be granted for the ensuing year.”—Carried. 
The Registrar reported that four deaths had occurred 
during the quarter, viz., Mr. John Brown, Leeds; Mr. 
Charles J. Milner, Minster-in-Sheppey ; Mr. Matthew Poett, 
Army Staff Corps; and Mr. John S. Stockley, Royal Artil¬ 
lery. Also, that 190 copies of the register had been sold, 
and 140 copies gratuitously sent out to masters of hounds, 
news’ rooms, and literary institutions. 
The Secretary announced that the three anatomical 
specimens now on the table had been presented by W. J. 
Goodwin, Esq., to the Museum. 
It was moved by Mr. WllMnson, and seconded by Pro¬ 
fessor Gamgee — 
^‘That a letter of thanks be sent to W. J. Goodwin, con¬ 
veying the appreciation of the Council of his valuable gift.”— 
Carried. 
A PrizeEssay ^On the Breeding of Hunters and Roadsters,’ 
by Joseph Gamgee, was presented to the Library by the 
author. 
