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elation. He has also drawn up for the Council the Report of the 
Spooner Examination Committee, and the Revised Register of Members, 
&c. In performance of his duties as Librarian he has revised the Cata¬ 
logue of Books in the Library, and drawn uo the Library Report. 
I believe, gentlemen, that we may conclude our review of the Session 
1878-79 with the assurance that the Association is in every way vigorous 
and flourishing, and that we retain no business to retard our advance 
during the Forty-fourth Session, 1879-80. 
Certified Members , 1878-79. 
George Crane 
Hunting . 1 
Samuel Oxton 
Langley . 2 
Alfred Charles 
Turner . . 3 
(H. F. and F.) Joseph Bain- 
(Essays, S. M.) bridge . . 4 
(H. F. and F.) William Frank 
(Sp. Gold M.) Smith . . 5 
(F.) James Blake¬ 
way ... 6 
(H. F. and F.) Titus Littler . 7 
William Robt. 
Emery . . 8 
(Sp. Cert. M.) William Alston 
Edgar . . 9 
(H. F. and F.) Charles Hed- 
worth Gol- 
ledge ... 10 
James Ingham 11 
Ernest Edwin 
Batt . . .12 
Fk. John Short 13 
A vote was unanimously passed that this report be received. 
The following gentlemen were then elected “ Student Vice-Presidents ” 
for the coming session :—Messrs. Slipper, Mayor, Lepper, Villar, Gregory, 
and Talbott. 
A request was then made for the names of gentlemen willing to pro¬ 
duce papers for discussion during the coming session ; but some difficulty 
existing in respect to a paper for the next night of meeting, the Presi¬ 
dent undertook to engage the attention of the members on that occasion. 
Mr. G. A. Banham , M.R.C.V.S. (Spooner Gold Medallist), then read a 
paper introductory to the study of disease; and discussion of this was 
adjourned until the next night of meeting, as proposed by Mr. Huband, 
seconded by Mr. Beach. 
The meeting then terminated. John Hy. Steel, 
Secretary. 
List of Prizes and Awards Presented at the Commencement 
of the Winter Session, 1879-80. 
Spooner Prize Examination. 
Gold Medal. —Mr. William Frank Smith. 
Certificate of Merit., —Mr. William Alston Edgar. 
Association Silver Medals. 
For Prize Essay. —Mr. William Frank Smith. 
For Prize Anatomical Specimens. —Mr. Nicholson Almond. 
Prizes, &c., for Essays Read at the General Meetings of the 
Association.—Session, 1878-79. 
For the Best of all the Essays Bead, Five Guinea Prize. —Mr. Nicholson 
Almond for his essay on “Visceral Inflammations.” 
Eonorary Fellowship Certificates. —Wm. Beach, for his essay on 
“ British Breeds of Sheep, and the Management of a Stock on a Light 
Land Farm E. Lionel Dixson, M.R.C.V.S., “Distemper of the Dog;” 
