20 PROCEEDINGS AT GENERAL MEETINGS. 



the agricultural class in the University of Edinburgh had this year been 

 awarded to the following gentlemen : — 



1. Eichard George Scriven, Northamptonshire. 



2, Eobert Brydon, Burncastle, Berwickshire. 



Veterinary College. 



In the absence of Mr Gillon of Wallhouse, who had been recently appointed 

 chairman of the Society's Veterinary Committee, Mr Campbell Swinton of 

 Kimmerghame reported that the annual examination of the students had 

 taken place on the 16th and 17th of April, when the Society's veterinary cer- 

 tificate or diploma had been conferred on the following thirty out of thirty- 

 eight candidates :— Henry Tait, Meigle ; James Anderson, Glasgow ; Earlan 

 M. Walker, Luss, Dumbartonshire ; James Pace, Selkirk ; Thomas Peckett, 

 Liverpool ; Andrew Pender, Dura, Wishaw ; Eobert C. Edwards, Derby ; 

 David M'Lean, Eenfrewshire ; A. J. M'Callum, Maybole ; Samuel Greenlees, 

 Manchester ; David Pollock, Cumbernauld ; Averell Watson, Limerick ; John 

 M'Ewen, Killen, Lochtayside ; John Lorimer, Fordyce ; Eobert Dawson, 

 Strathdon ; Angus Campbell, Toward ; Alex. Stuartson, Aberdeenshire ; 

 William Anderson, Bourtie ; Joseph Ackroyd, Cullingworth ; Peter Beattie, 

 Kemnay ; James Eeilly, Oristown ; Alex. G. Bolls, Weymouth ; George 

 Fowlie, New Deer ; Donald Sutherland, Thurso ; Patrick 0' Conner, Limerick; 

 James C. Berne, Navan ; William Boyd, Kelso ; Joseph Smith, Chorley ; 

 William Maloney, Clare, Ireland ; William Smith, Ulverstone. The ex- 

 aminations on this occasion had been attended by the Lord Provost and 

 Magistrates, and had as usual been conducted by several of the most eminent 

 members of the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons, and also by a number of 

 distinguished veterinarians from England as well as Scotland. Silver medals 

 were awarded to the students who passed the best examinations in chemistry, 

 materia medica and dietetics, anatomy, cattle pathology, physiology, diseases 

 of horses, and best general examination. 



The report was approved of. 



Veterinary Charter. 



Mr Swinton said that members of the Society were aware that great 

 anxiety had been expressed for a considerable time to obtain a charter for a 

 Veterinary College in Scotland, so that they should not be brought into connec- 

 tion with the Eoyal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Negotiations were going 

 on with the Privy Council upon the subject, and the Directors of the Society had 

 received the most cordial co-operation from the Town Council of Edinburgh, 

 who were greatly interested in the school of veterinary science here, on ac- 

 count of the charge devolved upon them by the generous bequest of the 

 Veterinary College from the late Professor Dick. Communication had been 

 opened up with the Privy Council, and a draft charter was in course of being 

 prepared, which would have to be submitted to the public bodies here interested 

 in the matter, and which, above all, would require the sanction of the Privy 

 Council. The negotiations were in a state of very great forwardness, but were 

 not so near completion as to warrant a detailed report. In these, as in other 

 negotiations, the Society was under infinite obligation to the noble President 

 for the interest he had taken in the matter, and the influence he had used 

 with the authorities in England. 



The Duke of Buccleuch said, with regard to the charter, that he had been 

 in communication with the Committee of the Privy Council on the subject, 

 both in writing and verbally, and the matter was proceeding as rapidly as cir- 

 cumstances would permit. A draft charter was now under consideration by 

 the Town Council and the Directors of the Society, and it would as soon as 

 possible be submitted to the Privy Council. Of course, it would be subject to 



