438 ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
The Council has the satisfaction to be able to announce 
that the vacancy has been filled up by the election of Mr. 
Robert L. Hunt, of Birmingham. 
Seventy-six pupils from the different schools have received 
the Diploma of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons 
during the past year, and four have availed themselves of 
the Special Examinations, making a total of eighty Mem¬ 
bers who have been admitted into the Body Corporate. 
The Registrar reports the death of twenty-nine Members 
of the profession since the last Annual Meeting. Among 
those most regretted by the profession is that of Professor 
Spooner, late principal of the Royal Veterinary College, who 
died Nov. 24th, 1871. He was one of the chief promoters 
for the obtainment of the Royal Charter of Incorporation, 
and was elected one of the first Members of Council of 
the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, which office he 
held up to the time of his decease. He was elected a 
Vice-President in 1844, and President of the College in 
1858, and was an Ex-officio Member of the Examining 
Board of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
It is also the painful duty of the Council to record the death 
of the late Mr. Wm. Robinson, of Tam worth, in the 85th year 
of his age. He was elected one of the first Members of 
Council after the obtainment of the Charter, which office he 
held for a period of twenty-eight years. He was elected Pre¬ 
sident of the College in January, 1851, and re-elected in May 
of the same year ; was Vice-President in 1845, and re-elected 
in 1846. He was elected a Member of the Board of Exa¬ 
miners in 1848, which office he retained to the day of his 
death. 
The Annual Register of Members of the Royal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons has been published during the past year. 
A new edition will shortly be issued gratuitously to Members 
of the profession on application to the Registrar. 
Presentations have been made to the Library and Museum 
by Mr. Fleming, Royal Engineers, Mr. J. C. Broad, and 
the Secretary. 
During the past year the Central Veterinary Medical So¬ 
ciety applied to the Council for the use of the Board-room 
in which to hold their Meetings; this request was granted 
for twelve months. 
The Financial Report is annexed. The Balance in 
hand, after defraying the expenses of the year, amounts to 
£67 13s. 8id. 
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