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public from ill-qualified veterinarians, tliey were at the same 

 time conducted in a spirit of fairness to the candidates. 



As stated at the commencement of this Eeport, an arrangement 

 has been made with the Eoyal College of Veterinary Surgeons 

 that the holders of the Society's veterinary certificates are to be 

 admitted members of the Eoyal College, and the Society is to 

 . cease holding examinations ; but not to disappoint those students 

 who may have entered the teacliing schools with the view of 

 taking the Society's certificate, the examinations will be contmued 

 till April 1881, in accordance with the former rules, it being 

 clearly understood that unless fifteen students enter their names, 

 no examination will be held. 



Appendix No. 1. — Board of Examiners appointed hy the Highland 



Society at different periods. 



1828. — Dr Ballingall, Professor of Military Surgery ; Dr 

 Graham, Professor of Botany ; Dr Borthwick ; Mr WiUiam 

 Wood; Mr Willian ISTewbigging ; and Dr Knox, Lecturer on 

 Comparative Anatomy. 



1838. — Sir George Ballingall, Professor of Military Surgery ; 

 Professor Graham ; Professor Lizars ; Dr Borthwick ; Dr Knox ; 

 Dr Ptobertson; Dr Thomas J. Aitken; Dr Handyside; Mr 

 Fergusson, Surgeon ; Mr Black, Veterinary]! Surgeon, 14th Light 

 Dragoons ; and Mr Eobertson, Veterinary Surgeon, 9th Lancers. 



1848. — Sir George Ballingall ; Sir William Newbigging ; Pro- 

 fessor Gregory ; Professor Goodsir ; Professor Miller ; Dr Dum- 

 breck ; Dr Pagan ; Dr Gillespie ; Dr Burt ; Dr J. A. Eobertson ; 

 Dr Lizars ; Dr Duncan ; Dr Handyside ; Dr Malcolm ; Dr Burn 

 Murdoch ; Dr Douglas Maclagan ; Dr Anderson ; Dr Mercer. 



1858. — Professors Goodsir, Balfour, Simpson, Lay cock, Gregory, 

 George Wilson, Lizars, Bennet, Day (St Andrews), Anderson 

 (Glasgow), and Allan Thomson (Glasgow) ; Drs Dumbreck, New- 

 bigging, Douglas Maclagan, Saunders, Sellers, Omond, Gardiner, 

 Dycer, Balfour (Cramond), Gillespie, Struthers, Alexander Wood, 

 Andrew Wood, Burn Murdoch, Pagan, Duncan, Handyside, and 

 Keiller. 



1868. — Chemistry and Materia Medica. — Professors Anderson 

 and Balfour ; Drs Keiller and Andrew Wood, Mr Pinlay Dun. 

 Anatomy and. Physiology. — Professor Turner; Drs Dumbreck 

 and G. W. Balfour; Mr Thomas A. Dollar, London. Dis- 

 eases of Horses. — Messrs Eobinson, V.S., Greenock; Thomas 

 Taylor, V.S., Manchester; Wilham Anderson, V.S., Glasgow; 

 Mr Dawson, V.S., 15th Hussars. Diseases of Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, 

 and Dogs. — Messrs Steele, V.S., Biggar; William Aitken, V.S., 



