798 ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
examination for the diploma of the College, and passed by 
the Court of Examiners, without having given the required 
notice to the Secretary, in accordance with Bye-law 27, he be 
admitted a member of the corporation ; but that the decision 
of the Council in this case—if in the affirmative—be not 
considered as constituting a precedent/’—Carried. 
The Registrar notified that five deaths had been returned 
to him during the last quarter, viz. Mr. Thomas Burton, 
London; Mr. John Brown, Warwick; Mr. William Cook, 
Willesborough; Mr. Robert Ousey, Ashton-under-Lyne; 
and Mr. John Ellis, Vice-President and Member of the 
Council, Liverpool. 
The Registrar also laid on the table a proof of the Addendum 
and Revised List of the Members of the College. 
On the report being received, It was moved by Mr, Ernes 
and seconded by Professor Spooner — 
“ That 50 0 copies of the Addendum and Revised List be 
printed, and that they be distributed gratuitously, with the 
Registers now on hand. 5 ’—Carried. 
It was also moved by Mr. Wilkinson , and seconded by 
Mr, Seeker — 
“ That an advertisement be inserted in the journals, stating 
that the Register can he had gratuitously on application to 
the Secretary. 55 —Carried. 
Mr. Lawson directed the attention of the Council to the 
correspondence he had had with Dr. Struthers, relative to a 
remuneration for his future services as Secretary to the 
Scotch Board of Examiners. 
A considerable discussion ensued as to the duties of the 
office, and also with reference to the distance that Dr. 
Struthers now resided from Edinburgh. 
It was moved by Mr. Ernes and seconded by Mr. Wilkin¬ 
son — 
“ That the Secretary furnish the Council at its next meet¬ 
ing with full particulars of the duties required, and that the 
question of the appointment and remuneration of a Secre¬ 
tary to the Scotch Board of Examiners be postponed until 
then. 55 —Carried. 
The subject of the continuation of the allowance to Mr. 
Gabriel was next brought forward, when the Secretary read 
a letter which had been received from Mrs. Gabriel to the 
effect:—That owing to her husband’s increased infirmity of 
body and mind, she regretted being under the necessity of 
asking for a renewal of the grant so generously conceded 
by the Council in former years, the continuation of which 
was of the greatest importance to him. 
