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Mr. Charles seconded Mr. Hunting’s motion as amended. 
Mr. Fleming said it had hitherto been the rule of the College at the 
annual meeting to name the members of the Council who were elected. 
If the voting papers were received on the day of the annual meeting, it 
would be impossible for the Secretary to have them arranged in time for 
the scrutineers. If members were anxious to vote he did not see why 
they should not send in their votes at the proper time. The Charter 
specified that the members of the Council were to be elected at the 
annual meeting, and if they were not so elected they would not be elected 
for the next year. He protested against the proposed alteration in the 
conducting of the business, because it would throw the whole of their 
working out of gear ; therefore, he begged to move as an amendment, 
“ That the voting papers be not received later than a day before the 
annual meeting.” 
Mr. Taylor seconded the amendment. 
The President said the Secretary had informed him that it required 
three days to arrange the voting papers. It was a great convenience to 
the members to get the election finished at the annual meeting, and 
there would be great practical inconvenience in putting it off for some 
days. 
Mr. Hunting's motion was then put and lost. 
Mr. Moore proposed that the report should be sent to the members 
some days or a week previous to the holding of the annual meeting ; it 
would then contain the number of attendances and the reasons for non- 
attendance. 
Mr. Helmore seconded the proposition. 
Mr. Fleming pointed out that after the report was sent out there might 
be some meetings held on urgent business, the report of which could 
not be included. 
Mr. Hunting supported Mr. Moore’s motion. 
The President saw no objection to Mr. Moore’s proposal, and said that 
if any meeting should take place after the report was issued a supple¬ 
ment might be made to the report and presented to the meeting. As 
regarded the number of times the members had attended the meetings 
there was a great deal of fallacy, because a great amount of the work of 
the Council was done at the Committee meetings and Sub-Committee 
meetings which were not registered at all. He should be happy to 
support Mr. Moore’s motion, but he did not think that Mr. Fleming’s 
idea of inserting the reason why members were absent could be carried 
practically into effect. 
Capt. Russell said that if Mr. Moore agreed to the insertion in the 
annual report of the number of attendances of members of the Com¬ 
mittees, he would withdraw his motion. 
This being agreed to, 
The President then put Mr. Moore’s motion amended as follows :— 
“ That the annual report be circulated to the members of the profession 
twelve days previous to the annual meeting along with the voting papers, 
and that the number of attendances of the members of Council on 
Committees be inserted in the report.” 
The motion was put and carried, as was also the motion for the adop¬ 
tion of the annual report. 
The President then submitted a motion, the effect of which was to 
entrust to the Council the election of scrutineers at their meeting pre¬ 
vious to the annual meeting, thereby facilitating the dispatch of business. 
Mr. Helmore seconded the motion, which was carried. 
Mr. Wallis , of Halstead, called the attention of the meeting to the fol- 
