REPORT OF ANNUAL MEETING. 
415 
year, tendered their resignation, viz., Mr. Quain and Mr. 
Field. The vacancies thus caused have been filled up by the 
election of Professor Ellis, of the University College Hos¬ 
pital, and of Professor Morton, late of the Royal Veterinary 
College. 
On the f Cattle Diseases Prevention Bill' being introduced 
into Parliament, the Council lost no time in appointing a 
committee to watch over the interests of the College, and in 
the event of inspectors being appointed, to take such steps 
as would ensure, if possible, their selection from amongst 
the members of the veterinary profession. 
The Council has found it necessary to make alterations in 
some of the bye-laws, and which have been duly sealed and 
entered in the College records in accordance with the pro¬ 
visions of the Charter. 
Copies of the new register have been sent gratuitously to 
masters of hounds in the United Kingdom, in order that 
gentlemen seeking professional aid might be able to ascertain 
those who are members of the body corporate. 
The number of deaths that have occurred during the past 
year are, according to the Registrar's report, thirteen. The 
Council desires to notice that the veterinary profession has 
sustained a great loss by the death of Professor Renault, 
Inspector of the Imperial Veterinary Schools of France—a 
fact the Council deems it right to allude to, although 
M. Renault was in no way connected with our English 
institutions. 
During the year ninety pupils have obtained the diploma 
of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
The museum has received some very valuable contributions 
in the anatomical preparations which have been presented by 
Messrs. Goodwin and Jex. 
The financial statement is annexed. The balance in hand, 
after defraying the expenses of the year, being £420. 
By order of the Council, 
W. H. Coates, 
Secretary. 
