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veterinary medical association. 
25th March, at 7 p.m. The Council constituted the Examining Board, 
and the tests were oral in Medicine and Surgery, written in Botany, 
Chemistry, and Anatomy. The following were the questions submitted 
to be answered in writing: 
1. Botany .—Give a short list of the grasses which are of most frequent 
occurrence in hay, and point out which are the best adapted for feeding 
purposes. 
2. Chemistry .—What are the modes of preparation and uses of 
chlorine ? Describe how it acts therapeutically on the animal system. 
3. Anatomy .—Enumerate the muscles which clothe the front of the 
femur, and state the sources of their nervous supply. 
The answering of the written questions was above the average, and 
Messrs. Caudwell, Toop, and Villar gained high marks in the oral part 
of the examination. On opening the sealed envelopes accompanying the 
papers, the Board made the following awards: 
Spooner Gold Medal — Mr. Theodore Chas. Toop. 
Spooner Certificate of Merit. —Mr. Wiliam Caudwell (8 candidates). 
Of the Association Silver Medals the anatomical has not been awarded, 
there having been no specimens sent in to the Secretary before the end 
of the Winter Session. Two essays on “ Glanders” were sent in, and 
these having been examined by the “ Prize Essays Committee,” it has 
been decided that the medal be awarded to Mr. Theodore Chas. Toop, 
whose zeal for the progress of the Association had thus met with its 
reward. 
The Council of the Association, besides being busily engaged in 
regulating the affairs of the Society, has especially found occupation in 
carrying successfully through, to a temporary agreement, the Libraries 
Amalgamation scheme, the particulars of which are given in the Library 
and Reading-Room Report. By this have been secured to the members 
an increased number of periodicals available for reference, increased 
facilities of access to all periodicals taken in, aifd the use of a Reading 
Room. Also, at a meeting held on 10th of December in reference to a 
question which had been raised at the General Meeting of 5th Novem¬ 
ber, it was decided that Rule XVII be taken to explicitly state “ that 
every essay, when read, is the property of the Association.” When 
Professor Pritchard retired from the Anatomy and Surgery Chair at the 
Royal Veterinary College, a special meeting of the Council was con¬ 
vened, and it was unanimously decided that Rule XXX be modified by 
the expunging of every word after “year.” Thus, the President re¬ 
mained in office to the general satisfaction of the members. A valuable 
member of the Council, Mr. J. Roalfe Cox, forwarded his resignation to 
his colleagues, “ expressing his regret at having been compelled volun¬ 
tarily to sever his connection with the Association as member of Council 
after so long holding that post. He had done so fearing that he might 
be hindering the interests of the Association by preventing the infusion 
of fresh energy, but he had never flagged in his interest in the Associa¬ 
tion, nor in any other matter connected with the profession.” The 
Council reluctantly accepted Mr. Cox’s resignation, and elected Mr. 
Matthew Clark, M.R.C.V.S., of Wimbledon, to the vacancy thus created. 
At the same time, advantage was taken of the opportunity to bestow the 
highest honour in the power of the Association, that of Honorary Asso- 
ciateship , on Mr. Roalfe Cox, as well as on Mr. Hartley T. Batt, the 
member of Couucil who has for the longest time performed the duties of 
that office, and on Professor Wm. Pritchard “ for having performed the 
duties of Secretary and President at different times with much zeal, and 
having thereby materially contributed to the welfare of the Association.” 
