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EOYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
QUARTERLY MEETING OE THE COUNCIL, held Jan. 6th, 1869. 
Present : — The President, Assistant-Professor Pritchard; 
Messrs. Broad, J. C. Broad, Cartwright, Ernes, Eleming, 
Gowing, Greaves, Harrison, Hunt, Lawson, Wilkinson, 
Withers, and the Secretary. 
The President in the Chair. 
The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and con¬ 
firmed . 
A discussion ensued on the subject of copying letters 
requiring to be entered on the minutes. 
It was moved by Mr. Wilkinson^ and seconded by Mr. 
Lawson — 
That the letter received from Mr. Wilkinson, the solici¬ 
tor to the Council, be entered on the minutes, and also in the 
book kept for that special purpose ; and that an annotation 
be made indicating where the letter is to be found.^^— 
Carried. 
The substance of three letters, dated November 5th and 
7th, received from a Mr. M^illiams, of Welshpool, relative to 
a Mr. Whisken, of that town, practising as a veterinary sur¬ 
geon, who was not a member of the Royal College of Vete¬ 
rinary Surgeons, was read. Also a letter from Mr. Whisken, 
complaining that the information of his non-qualification had 
been furnished, and requested that he might have a copy of 
the Register. 
The applicant was informed that the new Register would 
not be issued until after the quarterly meeting of the 
Council. 
A letter from Mr. Alexander McCallam, of Edinburgh, a 
chemist and druggist, holding the Highland and Agricultural 
Society^’s certificate, was read; Mr. McCallam desired to be in¬ 
formed whether he could obtain the diploma of the Royal Col¬ 
lege of Veterinary Surgeons by a written examination before 
December next. 
The applicant was informed that a written examination in 
his case would not be granted, but that he could present him¬ 
self before a special board in London on December 21st, or 
in Edinburgh at the usual meeting of the Court of Examiners 
in the month of April, by giving the usual notice, remitting 
the examination fee, and producing his Highland and Agri¬ 
cultural Society's certificate on the day of examination. 
