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from the New Veterinary College; and three passed and two were 
rejected from the Glasgow Veterinary College. 
The Report of the Museum Committee was read, and it was recommended 
that the sum of £37 10s. should be expended on glass cases for the 
preservation of the various specimens. 
The report was received and adopted. 
The Obituary Notice was read. 
The Registration Committee Report , containing several suggestions, was 
received and adopted. 
It was pointed out by some of the Council, that if any mistakes were 
observable in the Register it was the duty of those who noticed them 
to point them out to the Registrar. In the course of the various 
observations offered, Mr. Greaves spoke highly of the painstaking 
care of the Secretary and Registrar in compiling the Register. 
The President pointed out that the Register was largely at the mercy 
of the members of the profession themselves for corrections. 
Ultimately it was resolved that proofs of the list of members be sent 
out to each member of Council, and that ten days be allowed to return 
them. 
Finance Committee. 
The vouchers and receipts for payments during the preceding quarter 
were examined and found correct. The present liabilities amounted to 
£141 11s. 4d., which the Committee recommended should be discharged. 
There was a balance left at the banker’s of £918 10s. 
The President called attention to the item paid for police attendance 
in Edinburgh during the examination of students, and expressed his 
regret at such a state of affairs. The public, seeing policemen stationed 
in the hall, would not make very complimentary remarks, and he hoped 
the Professors would use their best endeavours to instil notions of order. 
He also alluded to the untidy condition in which some of them appeared 
as candidates for admission to a profession which ought to be held in 
high esteem by them. He was convinced that the Principals of the 
schools in Edinburgh had the welfare of the profession at heart, and 
that they would see the necessity of his making these remarks. He 
apologised for bringing the matter before the Council, but it was, 
he thought, quite time that steps were taken to remedy the evil. 
Professor Walley said that all the professors in Scotland were equally 
annoyed at policemen having to be in attendance at these examinations, 
and nobody could impress upon the students more than he himself did 
the necessity of appearing before the Examiners as gentlemen in every 
sense of the word. He suggested that if the students were allowed to 
wait in a room, as in London, and not kept idling about, such disturb¬ 
ances would not occur at all. 
The President said that two years ago the damage done to the walls of 
the Masonic Hall was so great, and the students were so ill-behaved, 
that the authorities gave notice that the hall would not be granted 
in future unless there were policemen to guard the students. 
Professor Walley said that the subject was one which had occupied his 
attention for some time, but he thought that a notice ought to have 
been given to the principals of the schools before the matter was 
mentioned at the Council. 
On the motion of Mr. Pritchard , seconded by Professor IFalley , the 
Finance Report was received. 
Cheques were ordered to be drawn for current expenses. 
