ROYAL COLLEGE OE VETERINARY SURGEONS. 861 
Veterinary Surgeons^ with reference to the admission of old 
veterinary surgeons not connected with any college, or 
having attended a course of instruction in order to he ad¬ 
mitted members. 
He was informed that candidates previous to their ex¬ 
amination were required to produce the usual certificate, &c., 
which is the only legitimate qualification for enabling them 
to become candidates for examination. 
From Mr. James Dunlop, M.R.C.V.S., of Downpatrick, who 
addressed his letter to Professor Spooner, stating that a Mr. 
W. D. Bray of that town (Downpatrick) was issuing circulars 
representing himself to be a Member of the Royal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons, and as having studied in London. 
The Secretary informed him that there was no person of 
the name of W. D. Bray on the register, consequently he 
was not a Member of the Royal College of Veterinary Sur¬ 
geons. 
A communication had also been received from Mr. Jas. F. 
Flail, M.R.C.V.S., of Twickenham, enclosing a letter from a 
Mr. AVilliam Cucksey, of London, signing himself M.R.C.V.S., 
desiring to know whether this is a misrepresentation. 
In reply to the letter and enclosure, he was informed that 
there was no person of the name of Wm. Cucksey on the 
register. 
A letter from Mr. R. A. Stock, M.R.C.V.S., of Sherborne, 
was read—enclosing a paragraph from the Bristol Mercury, 
which stated that a Mr. Wm. Baker, styling himself a veteri¬ 
nary surgeon, had been convicted at the Police Court, Chel¬ 
tenham, on extraordinary charges’’ unfit for publication— 
requesting that it should be officially mentioned in the news¬ 
papers, that Mr. Baker was not a Member of the Royal 
College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
The Secretary informed the Council that he had written to 
the editors of the Bristol Mercury, and the Cheltenham Ex¬ 
aminer, to that effect, and that his letters had been published 
in those papers. 
Mr. J. C. Dixon, M.R.C.V.S., of Berwick-on-Tweed, de¬ 
sired to be informed how to proceed in order to become an 
army veterinary surgeon. 
He was informed that all applications should be made to 
J. Wilkinson, Esq., Principal V.S. to the Army, Woolwich. 
A letter from Mr. Wm. Lyon, M.R.C.V.S., of Forfar, was 
read, enclosing a long list of corrections and obituary notices 
for the new Register. 
The Secretary had acknowledged his letter with thanks. 
The Registrar then proceeded to read over the list of 
