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In order to test tlie advancement made by tlie pupils in their 

 studies, examinations are held from time to time rather upon 

 the tutorial than the professorial system, and at the close of the 

 sessional course of lectures a more searching and general exami- 

 nation is hold. 



At the end of the second sessional course of lectures — that is, 

 in the second year of the pupils' studies — an examination, called 

 the final examination, takes place, which if not passed to the 

 satisfaction of the Professors, the student does not receive his 

 certificate, entitling him to present himself before the Court of 

 Examiners of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, the 

 possession of whose diploma constitutes him a legally qualified 

 member of the profession. 



By the rules of the College it is provided that every student 

 so presenting himself shall be examined in the anatomy, phy- 

 siology, and pathology of the ox, sheep, and pig, as well as of 

 the horse and dog, for the same space of time as in the other 

 divisions of his studies ; and his rejection or otherwise is inade 

 to depend equally on his answers to the questions propounded 

 in this section as in the others. 



In order to stimulate the students, and to encourage their 

 ready concurrence in the discipline of the College, the Governors 

 have of late years revised the terms of competition for the 

 *' Coleman Medal," with which are connected first and second 

 prizes, and a certificate of merit, as well as a third piize for the 

 three students who shall pass the best examination at the close 

 of their studies, conducted by the Professors. Hence it will be 

 seen that due care has been taken that the pathology of cattle 

 shall receive the same degree of attention in this examination 

 as the other branches of instruction. 



The number of students who entered the College during the 

 year was fifty — this being the average number ; thirty-nine 

 students presented themselves before the Court of Examiners of 

 the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons ; thirty-seven passed, 

 and two only were rejected. 



The Governors trust that the Council of the Royal Agricul- 

 tural Society will perceive from this statement that the system 

 of education in the College is well calculated to provide the 

 agricultural community with veterinary surgeons competent to 

 treat the diseases of their cattle on the established principles of 

 medical science, whereby great losses are averted. 



The Governors, having observed the increase of diseases 

 among cattle and sheep, arising from attacks of parasites, espe- 

 cially the entozoa, have afforded every facility to Professor 

 Simonds for pursuing an intricate and important inquiry on this 

 subject ; and they learn with satisfaction that, in addition to the 



