440 ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
Mr. Wilson seconded the motion, which was unanimously 
agreed to. 
Mr. Pritchard moved the adoption of the report. 
Mr. Goioing seconded the motion. 
Mr. Wilson said he was quite sure the meeting were in 
entire accord with the Council in regard to the loss it had 
sustained by the death of two of its members. He desired 
to hear his own personal testimony to the great perseverance 
and energy which those two gentlemen had exhibited, and 
the efforts they had put forth to promote the interests of the 
profession. 
Mr. Mayer said he wished to make a few observations on 
the death of his lamented friend Mr. Robinson. It might 
not be known to all present that he was very active in 
promoting, first of all, the memorial presented to the 
Governors of the College, and afterwards the petition pre¬ 
sented to the Government for a Charter. It was his, 
Mr. Mayer’s, good fortune to act with Mr. Robinson on that 
occasion, and he desired to hear testimony to his worth as 
a professional man and as a member of society. He 
supposed there was no man in his own neighborhood who 
was more highly esteemed and respected. He wished to 
make one observation with regard to the Treasurer’s account. 
He held in his hand the account presented from April, 1849, 
to March, 1850, and it appeared from that document that he 
then presented to the College the sum of £87 14s. as a 
donation towards the building fund. He observed that in 
the present account there was a sum of £640 19s. \\d. 
standing in the names of the Trustees, and he wished to 
know if the building fund formed any portion of that sum. 
The donation which he had made to the College, with 
interest, would now amount to about £70. If it had not 
been kept separate from the other fund, he wished that it 
should be so in order that it might form the nucleus of a 
fund to which other members of the profession might be 
disposed to contribute. This would be the more desirable, 
as the College would soon have to leave the premises in 
which it was at present located. 
The Secretary said that the money had not gone into a 
separate fund, hut into the general account. 
Mr. Helmore said he hoped that the Council would carry 
out the wishes of Mr. Mayer. He had no doubt that many 
would be disposed to contribute to the fund if they knew of 
its existence. The College was very much behind the times 
as compared with other corporate [bodies and institutions of 
less importance than this. 
