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IlOYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
QUARTERLY MEETING OF THE COUNCIL, held Oct. Gth, 18C9. 
Present :—The President, Professors Spooner, Simonds, 
Gamgee, and Assistant-Professor Pritchard; Messrs. 
Broad, J. C. Broad, Cartledge, Cartwright, Ernes, Field, 
Fleming, Gowing, Hunt, Hunting, Lawson, Moon, 
Morgan, Pritchard, \yilkinson. Withers, and the Secre¬ 
tary. 
The President in the Chair. 
A letter was read from Professor Brown, regretting his 
inability to attend the meeting. 
The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and con¬ 
firmed. 
Air. 'Wilkinson inquired if the letter wLicli the Council 
had directed to he written to the distinguished gentleman in 
America had been sent. 
The Secretary replied in the affirmative, and that the 
letter was entered in the letter book and duly numbered. 
The Secretary laid on the table a copy of a new work en¬ 
titled ^Horse-shoes and Horse-shoeing’ by G. Fleming,Esq., 
F.R.G.S., of the Royal Engineers, Chatham, which he desired 
to present to the library of the College. Also a graduated 
periplanter drawing-knife for the museum by the same 
gentleman. 
It was moved by Mr. Wilkinson, and seconded by Mr. 
Lawson — 
That a vote of thanks be given to Mr. Fleming for his 
valuable contributions to the library and museum.”— 
Carried. 
A letter was read from Professor Tuson, of the Royal Vete¬ 
rinary College, desiring to present to the library of the College 
a copy of his new work, ‘A Pharmacopoeia and Outlines of 
Materia Medica.’ 
It was moved by Mr. Wilkinson, and seconded by Mr. 
Field— 
That a vote of thanks be given to Professor Tuson for 
his kind presentation.”—Carried. 
Letters, together with the replies which had been sent to 
them, were read from— 
Mr. T. Francis, of Carmarthen, requesting information 
regarding the rules and regulations of the Royal College of 
