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ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
On the motion of Mr. P. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Greaves, it was 
agreed that the report be received. 
It was also agreed, on the motion of Mr. Morgan , seconded by Mr. 
Cartwright, to adopt the report. 
At the request of Mr. Whittle the number of meetings of the Council 
and Committee which he had attended was corrected in the report, the 
number being six instead of five. He expressed his opinion that a proper 
register should be kept, so that there might be no mistake. 
Mr. Morgan explained that the error had been made inadvertently, but 
said that if sueh a record was to be kept it ought to be correct. He 
thought that the number of summonses to attend ought to be given as 
well as the number of meetings. 
Mr. Taylor said he thought it was of importance that there should be 
an accurate register kept, because it was seen from that how the various 
members fulfilled their duty. 
Professor Walley said that there were one or two things in the report 
to which he wished to refer, and one of these had reference to the time 
when the voting papers were sent out. He found that, in some in¬ 
stances, the voting papers did not arrive at their destination in time for 
the members to vote. For instance, he had received from Aberdeen¬ 
shire a letter dated the 24th of April, in which it was said that the 
voting paper was received only the previous day at three o’clock. Now, 
they were all aware that in country districts a letter very frequently 
could not be answered by return of post; and it so happened that, in 
this instance, a letter received at three o’clock could not be answered 
the same evening; in fact, it could not be answered till the Monday. 
His own voting paper arrived in Edinburgh on the 22nd, which gave 
him ample time to return it by the 25th. He did not quite understand 
whether the bye-law on the subject meant that the voting papers were 
to be at their destination three days from the date, or despatched from 
London three days within the date. If the latter was the meaning of 
it, then his voting paper did not reach him in time. He thought that, 
so far as it could be done, ample time should be given to outlying mem¬ 
bers to send their voting papers back in time, especially in the case of 
the members in Aberdeenshire (applause). There was another matter 
to which he would refer, namely, as to those who had passed the exami¬ 
nation last year. On page 3 of the report there were a number of names 
given of students having obtained honorable mention. Now, so far as 
he observed, there was not the name of a single student from Scotland 
who had obtained honorable mention. He did not know the reason of 
that, but it was a matter that should be inquired into. Those that were 
given were all from the London College. He wished to make another 
remark, and that was in connection with the statement in the report, 
<f that steps should now be immediately taken by the Koyal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons to obtain an Act of Parliament for the protection 
of the title of Veterinary Surgeon.” At the last Council meeting he 
made the remark that he thought this matter should be brought promi¬ 
nently before the members of the profession, and he did not think that 
he was out of place in directing particular attention to that matter, so 
that they might discuss it amongst themselves, and when the time came 
they might help them in the matter (applause). 
The President asked if there were any further observations to be made 
on the report. 
Mr. Hunting , London, said he wished simply to remark that this their 
first meeting in the Scottish capital marked a new era in the life of the 
profession, and the successful result of a long struggle to improve the 
