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That answer e\'idently proceeded on a misapprelionsion, 

 because it refused a prayer for a Charter of Incorporation to the 

 Eoyal Veterinary College in Scotland, while there was no such 

 body in Scotland. They seemed to be confounding the College, 

 the establishment of which they asked for, with the school of 

 veterinary medicine which existed in Edinburgh. He hoped, 

 therefore, they miglit still hold out some expectation that when 

 that mistake was j^roperly explained their just demands in that 

 matter for Scotland would receive greater consideration from the 

 authorities in England than they had hitherto metwith. Prol)ably 

 tlie Society would be willing to remit the matter to the Direc- 

 tors, knowing as they did what zealous friends they had in their 

 noble President and in members of both Houses of Parliament, 

 who were anxious still to take that matter up and press it on 

 the attention of the Government. 



The Duke of Buccleuch said that the letter which had just 

 been read by Mr Swinton showed that there must be some misap- 

 prehension of the object of the Society in asking for this Charter, 

 No reason had been assigned for the refusal, and he thought they 

 had therefore a very good right to press the matter still further, 

 and ascertain really what was the objection to granting a charter 

 to a Veterinary College in Scotland. He knew, from what he 

 heard last year, that there was an excessive amount of jealousy in 

 certain quarters against the establishment of a Veterinary College 

 in Scotland. They had an idea that a Veterinary College in Eng- 

 land was the only one that ought to be supported, and that every 

 person must go to London to get his diploma. He would like to 

 know how they would have been if there had been no Eoyal 

 College of Surgeons or Physicians in Scotland. He was not one 

 who felt at all inclined to yield to pressure of that sort ; and 

 when he went to London he would make it his duty to endeavour 

 to ascertain the grounds upon which this refusal was based, and, 

 if possible, to procure the publication of any documents upon 

 the subject, by moving for all the correspondence which had 

 taken place between the Board of Trade and that Society, and all 

 other public l)odies upon the subject. He thought they should 

 still press it strongly upon the attention of the Board of Trade. 



The matter was remitted to the Directors to take steps for 

 bringing the matter anew before the consideration of the Board 

 of Trade. 



Ten years later the Society again petitioned Government for 

 a National Charter for Scotland. In this petition it was stated 

 that Mr Hallen, staff [veterinary surgeon of Her Majesty's 

 Bombay Army, held no other certificate than that of the High- 

 land Society; and that Mr Dollar, veterinary surgeon to His 

 Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, as well as other highly 

 distinguished veterinarians, were in the same position. 



