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ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
College Fund Committee: Professor Brown and Messrs. Gowing, Harpley, 
and Whittle. 
Parliamentary Committee : Professors Simonds, Brown, and Pritchard, 
and Mr. Cuthbert, General Sir Fredk. Fitzwygram, Mr. Greaves, Mr. 
Reynolds, and Mr. Taylor, with power to add to their number. 
Library Committee : Professor Axe, and Messrs. Blakeway and 
Ilarpley. 
Examiners for the Fellowship Degree. 
Mr. Gowing proposed that the Board be reappointed ; but Mr. Harpley 
and Professor Williams declined, upon the grounds that they thought 
the honour ought to be participated in by other members of the College^ 
The following gentlemen were then appointed, namely, Professor Duguid, 
and Messrs. Collins,.Fleming, and the Dean or member of the College of 
Preceptors. 
The Fitzwygram Prizes. 
The Secretary read the report of the Fitzwygram Prize Examination. 
General Sir F. Fitzwygram said there was no doubt that the number of 
competitors for these prizes had been somewhat unsatisfactory, and he 
washed to give notice that next year the competition for the “ Fitzwy¬ 
gram prizes” would be limited to gentlemen who passed with great 
credit, but would be extended to members of the Royal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons who have held their diploma not more than two 
years instead of one year as heretofore. The number of marks necessary 
to pass on from the first to the second stage of the competition would be 
raised from fifty to seventy-five per cent, on the numbers allotted to 
each subject. 
The Secretary intimated that two letters had been received from Pro¬ 
fessor McEachran, of the Veterinary College of Montreal, addressed to 
the Secretary of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, in which he 
wished to lay before the Council a petition for affiliating the College at 
Montreal with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
The Secretary was instructed to write to the effect, that the Council 
had no right to affiliate under the Charter, and that the matter rested 
entirely with Her Majesty’s Government. 
The obituary notice was read. 
On the motion of Mr. Gowing , the Secretary was instructed to send a 
letter of condolence to the family of the late Professor Varnell, whom 
Mr. Gowing described as a much-respected and worthy member of the 
profession. 
Finance Committee. 
The report stated that the vouchers and receipts for payments during 
the preceding quarter had been examined and found correct. The 
present liabilities amounted to £307 13s. 5d., which the Committee 
recommended should be discharged. This would leave a balance at the 
bankers of £389 16s. 1 d. 
On the motion of Mr. Butt, seconded by Mr. Whittle , the report was 
received and adopted. 
Cheques were ordered to be drawn for the current expenses. 
Certain improvements in regard to picture-frames, carpets, and mats, 
suggested by the House Committee, were relegated to that body for con¬ 
sideration. 
A letter was read from Mr. Dyke Broad, of Bath, enclosing the sum 
of £2 16s., as a balance from the late West of England Veterinary 
Medical Society, and the sum of £2 4s., as a subscription from himself, to 
be added to the College Fund. 
