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fession, for which Mr. Robinson worked so hard and so long. 
Mr. Burley next referred to Mr. Wm. Robinson’s abstemious 
habits, which had enabled him to live to a ripe old age, hut 
regretted that their friend had at last died a poor man, in 
harness, caused principally by his performing a great amount 
of his practice gratuitously. He did not believe in that 
system, and in his (Mr. Burley’s) career he had always 
looked after ‘ number one ’—(laughter). He believed the 
memory of no man that ever lived deserved more honour than 
his late friend Mr. Robinson’s, and it was with the greatest 
pleasure he moved the resolution entrusted to him —“ That it 
is desirable that a suitable memorial should be erected to the 
late William Robinson, and that a subscription be entered 
into for that purpose”—(applause). Mr. Madan seconded 
the resolution, which was carried unanimously. 
“ Mr . Shaw , in moving the next resolution, said it was im¬ 
possible at present to say what form the memorial would take 
-—whether it should take the form of a scholarship connected 
with the Royal Veterinary College, or whether it should be 
some kind of statue, was a question which would have to be 
considered at future meetings. The proceedings which had 
already been taken were in strict accordance with the prece¬ 
dent which was set in the promotion of the memorial to Sir 
Robert Peel some years ago. He proposed that the following 
gentlemen should be asked to form a committee, in addition 
to the committee already existing:—Earl Shrewsbury, Lord 
Howe, Lord Bagot, Lord Waterpark, Sir Robert Peel, M.P., 
Mr. Newdegate, M.P., Mr. Bass, M.P., Mr. A. Bass, M.P., 
Mr. R. W. Hanbury, M.P., Mr. F. Monckton, M.P., Mr. 
Bromley-Davenport, M.P., Major Thorneycroft, Captain 
Leigh, Captain Webster, and Messrs. Inge, Floyer, T. W. 
Evans, W. Bass, Leech, C. W. Lyon, Skey, Madon, Burley, 
Darby, Potter, Oakley, Walter Williams, Brown, Argyle, 
and Jennings, with power to add to their number. Mr. 
Shaw said he had spoken to several of the gentlemen 
enumerated, and they had consented to act. It was impos¬ 
sible to find a man more universally respected, and by whom 
a memorial was more deserved, than the late Mr. Robinson.” 
Mr. Wilkinson said he should be glad to hear an expression 
of opinion from the meeting as to the number of times that 
a student could present himself for examination. Instances 
he said had occurred in which a student had presented himself 
five or six times. 
Mr. Wilson thought that a student should be entitled to 
present himself as many times as he liked, paying three 
guineas for every examination after the first. 
