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ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
lege now undertook to accept patients gratis, for the purpose of 
giving students an opportunity of seeing different diseases in 
various stages, but that offer had been very slightly responded to. 
He was not at all sure that the scheme of Mr. Dent, as to 
students being placed with veterinary surgeons in the country, 
might not be promoted by arrangement between the Royal 
Veterinary College and the Royal College of Veterinary Sur¬ 
geons ; at all events he would take care that the subject was 
brought before the Gfovernors of the Royal Veterinary College. 
The report was then adopted. 
ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
QUARTERLY MEETING OF COUNCIL, HELD APRIL 10th, 
1879. 
Present :— Gen. Sir Frederick Fitzwygram, Bart. (Presi- 
dent) 5 in the Chair. 
Messrs. Batt, Blakeway, Collins, Cuthbert, Dray, Fleming, 
Greaves, Moon, Taylor, G. Williams, and the Secretary. 
The Secretary read the notice convening the meeting. 
The minutes of last meeting were read and confirmed. 
Correspondence. 
Letters were received from Professor Williams, and Messrs. 
Withers, Cox, Balls, Morgan and Proctor, regretting of their 
inability to attend the meeting. 
A letter was received from Mr. Menzies returning the petition, 
as he was sure that the Directors of the Highland and Agricultural 
Society would object to sign the same in its present form. He 
also returned the draft diploma, saying, that he did not see any¬ 
thing requiring alteration. The petition was afterwards returned 
along with the form of diploma which had been approved by the 
Directors, and the same had been returned to Mr. Loch, signed 
and sealed both by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, 
and the Highland and Agricultural Society. 
The President explained the alteration that had been made iQ 
the supplemental charter, which was confined to a portion of the 
recital. 
The Secretary read the following letter from Mr. Rice : 
Gayeield House, Edinburgh; 
March 1, 1879. 
W. H. Coates, Secretary R.C.V.S. 
Sir, —At date 19th ultimo I mailed to you letter, giving date 
regarding time of my entering the New Veterinary College and 
the American University from which my M.D. was taken. In 
letter of ante-date I begged early reply, telling me whether or 
not the M.D. could be recognised by you. At time of writing 
I am entirely without other information than that which I then 
