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The minutes of the previous meeting were read and con¬ 
firmed. 
The President: Our first duty to-night, this being our 
first meeting since the loss the profession has sustained by the 
death of Professor Spooner, will be to resolve that a letter of 
condolence be sent from this Council to Mrs. Spooner. Great 
as has been the loss to the profession by the death of Pro¬ 
fessor Spooner, the loss to his family, of course, is very much 
greater. We have all known him for many years, and he 
has taken a very active part in the profession for a long 
time, and his death has left a gap which time, perhaps, alone 
may fill. 
The Council adopted the President’s suggestion, and the 
Secretary was directed to write the letter. 
The Secretary presented to the College specimens of the 
mouths of horses, to be used in testing the knowledge of 
candidates at the examination tables. The specimens were 
originally given to him by Mr. Broad, and he had worked 
them up into a form and mounted them suitable for presen¬ 
tation to the College. 
On the motion of Mr. Wilkinson , seconded by Mr. Silves¬ 
ter , a vote of thanks was accorded to the Secretary and Mr. 
Broad for their valuable presentation. 
Professor Brown suggested that if the specimens were to 
be used as tests for the students, it would be desirable for a 
committee to decide exactly as to the ages which they repre- 
sen ted. 
The following letters were read : 
(1) From Mr. C. Lowe, expressing his regret at being 
unable to attend the meeting. 
(2) From Mr. Roberts, of Bristol, who wished to be in¬ 
formed whether or not a member of the Pharmaceutical 
Society could be prevented from styling himself a veterinary 
surgeon. In reply, the Secretary had stated that there was no 
law to prevent it so long as he did not assume the title of 
Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
(3) From Mr. Newman, asking if any person of the name 
of Adams was a member of the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons besides the two whose names were entered on the 
first page of the Register. He had been informed, in re¬ 
ply, that no other persons of that name were members of the 
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
(4) From Mr. G. Armatage, Secretary of the Veterinary 
Medical Society, conveying the unanimous thanks of the 
Society to the Council for the loan of their room for the 
ensuing year. 
