ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 135 
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At the meeting of the Veterinary Board of Examiners, held 
December 19tli, 1871, written examination papers with 
answers were laid before the Board, from Colonel Fitz- 
wygram, together with a letter from Professor Williams, of 
Edinburgh, containing a duplicate copy of Colonel Fitz- 
wygram’s Highland and Agricultural Society’s certificate. 
The Registrar read the obituary notices. 
The report of the Finance Committee and the Treasurer’s 
account were brought up. The present liabilities were 
£79 10s. 6d.; balance at bankers’ on 1st January, 1872, 
£185 16s. 6id. 
On the motion of Mr. Cartwright , seconded by Mr. Naylor , 
the report and statement of accounts were received and 
adopted. 
Cheques were ordered to be drawn to meet the current 
expenses. 
The Secretary brought up the report of the House Com¬ 
mittee, on an application from the Secretary of the Central 
Veterinary Medical Society, requesting to be furnished with 
a statement of the expenses incurred by the Society in the 
use of the College rooms. It stated that the House Com¬ 
mittee had taken into consideration the consumption of gas 
and coals, and had fixed the expenses at 2s. 6d. per night. 
Some discussion followed as to the advisability of charging 
a fixed annual sum instead of the 2s. Qd. per night, but ulti¬ 
mately the report of the House Committee was received and 
adopted. 
On the motion of Mr. Silvester , seconded by Mr. Wilkin¬ 
son, an amendment, proposed by Professor Simonds, and 
seconded by Mr. Field , to refer the report back to the Com¬ 
mittee, was negatived, 
Mr. J. C. Broad , in proposing the motion, of which he 
had given notice, “ to consider the propriety of continuing 
the Christmas examinations, and also to raise the examination 
fees,” said, as a member of the Finance Committee, it had 
been brought under his notice that the Christmas examina¬ 
tions had been attended by a loss, and he therefore wished 
the Council to consider whether, under those circumstances, 
it was advisable to continue them. In 1862, there was a 
loss of £14 13^.; in 1864, £10 145.; in 1865, £3 75.; in 
1866, £32 195.; in 1867, £22 4s.; in 1868, £22 4s.; in 
1869, £21 85.; in 1870, £22 95.; and in 1871, £27 95.; 
making a total loss of £165 17s. 4 d. in nine years, or an 
average of £18 8s. 5d. per year. 
Professor Simonds : What has the College received at the 
other examinations to meet this loss ? 
