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state of farriery at that time in Scotland, and that by the force 

 of his own genius he had placed himself in the first rank of 

 veterinarians. But the question at present was the fitness of 

 the young men who attended this seminary to fulfil the duties 

 of veterinary surgeons in the service of the country. He could 

 assure the meeting that no doulit would exist on this subject 

 with all who were acquainted with the laborious course of study 

 pursued, and the searching examination to which the students 

 were subjected before receiving their certificates, and with the 

 unrivalled facilities afforded them of attending the anatomical and 

 otlier medical schools of the University and elsewhere. He con- 

 cluded by moving the following resolution, which was seconded 

 by Mr Johnstone of Alva, and adopted : " Eesolved — That the 

 Society approves of, and adopts the suggestions in the Minutes 

 of the Board of Directors in relation to Mr Dick's memorial, and 

 that the memorial, with the opinion of the Society, be trans- 

 mitted to the Duke of Sutherland, the President, with the 

 request of the General Meeting that His Grace will forward the 

 oljject in view, by application and the exertion of his personal 

 influence in the proper quarters." 



At the examination of the students, in April 1838, the Convener 

 communicated to the students the gratifying intelligence that 

 Government, and also the East India Company, had agreed to 

 recognise the eligibility of the graduates of the Institution to 

 hold appointments as veterinary surgeons, both in the army and 

 in the Company's service. For the attainment of this object, 

 the Society was under great obligations to their noble President, 

 the Duke of Sutherland, who took much trouble in representing 

 in the proper quarters the claims of the Edinburgh Veterinary 

 School to the privilege. Mr Dick, in thanking the Directors of 

 the Society for their patronage and kindness, referred especially 

 to the great additional boon they had been the means of pro- 

 curing to the graduates of the establishment, in having their 

 eligibility recognised to fill situations in the British army and 

 the East India Company's service. 



The attendance of medical and other gentlemen at the 

 examinations of the fifteenth session, which took place on 

 the I'Jth and 20th April 1838, was greatly more numerous 

 than on any former occasion, and was a gratifying proof of the 

 interest which was felt by the public in the welfare of the 

 establishment. The examinations were, as usual, superintended 

 by the Committee appointed by the Society, and conducted by 

 the medical gentlemen and veterinary surgeons, whose names 

 are given at the end of this Eeport. On this occasion, twelve 

 students who had attended the prescribed course received 



