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J. R. Carless, Jn. G. Cattrall, Alb. R. Charles, T. G. Chesterman, Wm. 
Clark, M. Clark, F. J. Covington, P. S. Cowan, Jas. Cowie, Josh. Davies, 
E. M. Davy, E. L. Dixson, E. C. Dray, E. A. Drewe, Hy. Dyer, J. W. 
Evans, Edw. Faulkner, G. Fleming, Jas. Freeman, Jn. Gerrard, H. D. 
Gibbings, J. M. Gillingham, T. W. Gowing, T. W. Gowing, jun., Thos. 
Greaves, Jas. Hall, G. A. Hall, H. J. Hancock, M. J. Harpley, W. Stan¬ 
ford Harrison, F. T. Hart., W. Helmore, J. Woodroffe Hill, T. Hopkin, 
Jn. Howard, D. Hutcheon, Osborn Hills. Wm. Hunting, J. T. King, 
Alex. Lawson, Josh. Leather, P. Martial, M. Mence, Jas. Moon, Jas. 
Moore, Thos. Moore, M. E. Naylor, J. F. Oliver, Alf. J. Owles, AV. F, 
Peacock, Hy. Peele, T. S. Price, A. B. Proctor, Wm. Rogers, Rd. Rowe, 
Jas. Rowe, Jas. Rowe, jun., F. G. Samson, C. C. Sanderson, W. D. 
Sartin, H. K. Shaw, C. Sheather, H. J. Simpson, F. Smith, W. South, 
D. R. Sowerby, Percy B. Spooner, F. J. Stanley, Jn. H. Steele, T. W. 
Talbott, P. Taylor, T. Taylor, W. A. Taylor, T. Thursfield, AV. S. 
AVallis, Robt. Ward, Jn. AVard, C. J. Whitworth, G. Williams, E. 
Woodger, F. AV. AA T ragg, and the Secretary. 
The Secretary read the notice convening the meeting; also the minutes 
of the previous meeting, which were confirmed. 
The Secretary read the notice in the London Gazette convening the 
meeting, 
The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed. 
The Secretary read the following Annual Report: 
The Annual General Meeting of the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons was held on May 6th, 1878, in accordance with the provisions 
of the Charter, when the following gentlemen were elected members of 
Council in the place of those who retired by rotation, viz.:—General 
Sir F. AV. Fitzwygram, Bart., James Collins, Wm. Henry Coates, Geo. 
Morgan, James Freeman, and Alfred Brooke Proctor. 
The Council have to report that at their first meeting, held on June 
4th, General Sir F. W, Fitzwygram, Bart., was again unanimously re¬ 
elected President, and the following gentlemen were elected Vice-Presi¬ 
dents :—Messrs. T. W. Gowing, Henry Joseph Cartwright, S. H. 
AVithers, R. L. Hunt, Jas. McCall, and Geo. Williams; Mr. S. H. Withers, 
Treasurer, and Mr. AV. H. Coates, Secretary. 
In accordance with the resolution passed at the last Annual Meeting, 
“ That the Government be solicited to assist the Royal College of Vete¬ 
rinary Surgeons in obtaining a suitable building worthy of the profes¬ 
sion/' the following petition, which had been submitted to and approved 
by the Council, was laid before His Grace the Duke of Richmond by the 
Committee appointed to act as a deputation: 
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
10, Red Lion Square. 
The Petition of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons to Her Majesty’s 
Government for aid in order to render its services more extended and 
beneficial to Medical Science in general , and especially to Agriculture 
and the Public. 
The prayer of the petitioners sheweth that in every country, and more 
especially in our own, the veterinary profession is of direct and great 
public utility, and that the value of its services is yearly increasing with 
the rapidly rising value and number of horses, cattle, and other useful 
domesticated animals. That while the services of the profession are 
sought for to assist in the multiplication and perfecting of the different 
breeds of these animals, and to indicate practically and scientifically 
