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brother might get hold of the circular and apply for the diploma. lie 
thought the list of names should be revised by the authorities in 
Scotland. 
Professor Walley’s motion was then agreed to, with the addition of 
the suggestion made by the President. 
A suggestion made by Mr. Fleming, that the names of those gentlemen 
applying for the diploma should be submitted to the Council before it 
was granted, was agreed to. 
The Registrar’s report of deaths was read. The report of the 
Finance Committee was read. The vouchers and receipts for payments 
during the preceding quarter were examined and found correct. The 
present liabilities amounted to £172 15s. lid., which included the par¬ 
liamentary agents’ and the builders’ expenses, which the committee 
recommended should be discharged; this would leave a balance at the 
bankers, £260 5s. 8d. 
Mr. Cartledge moved, and Mr. Robertson seconded, the reception of 
the report, which was agreed to. 
On the motion of Mr. Fleming the report was adopted, and cheques 
were ordered to be drawn for payment of current accounts. 
The report of the House Committee was read. 
Mr. Harpley said he had been asked by Sir Frederick Fitzwygram to 
bring before the notice of the Council the fact that a freehold property, 
No. 16, Fitzroy Square, was to be sold. Some of the Council had seen it 
and thought it a house that would suit the College very well for new 
premises. 
Mr. Fleming moved, “ That the matter be left to the House Com¬ 
mittee to visit the building, and to prepare a report upon it to lay 
before the Council.” 
Mr. Robertson seconded the resolution, which was agreed to. 
Resignation of the Secretary. 
The President said he had a letter to read from the Secretary, an¬ 
nouncing his intended resignation. [Letter read.] He laid that letter 
before the Council with very great regret, and he was sure that no 
observations of his own were needed to convey the assurance to Mr. 
Coates that the Council received his resignation with very great sorrow. 
Mr. Bray said he could quite endorse the observations made by the 
President. He was one of those who nearly eighteen years ago had had 
the pleasure of voting for Mr. Coates as secretary to the Council, and he 
regretted very much that his state of health had caused his resignation. 
He was a man of the highest integrity and moral worth, and in his un¬ 
remitting attention to his duty he could not be surpassed. The Council 
would have very great difficulty in replacing him, and he (Mr. Dray) 
regretted the cause for his resignation. 
Mr. Harpley said he scarcely knew what to say on the subject. It 
had taken him by surprise, as it had, no doubt, most of the Council. 
He thought that, as Mr. Coates had filled the position of Secretary of 
the College for eighteen years, their best plan would be to receive the 
letter and defer any discussion until the next meeting, which would give 
them some little time to think over the matter. At the present moment 
he was not in a position to say anything more about it, and would there¬ 
fore make that proposal. 
Mr. Taylor seconded the proposition. 
Mr. Gowing said he fully agreed with the observations that had 
been made, but he suggested whether if some assistance was furnished 
