340 A HISTORY OF 



Mr. Coleman wrote to Lord Oriel, then senior vice- 

 president, giving his opinion as to what should be 

 done. Incidentally he observes that " Dublin has now 

 (1825) three veterinary practitioners." The regula- 

 tions of the London Veterinary College which accom- 

 panied Mr. Coleman's letter, were printed in "Proceedings 

 vol. 61, pp. 210-16. These proposals were not, how- 

 ever, carried out. 



Six years later (1831), the "Committee of Agri- 

 culture and of the House " recommended that a 

 Veterinary Professor be appointed at a salary of ^200 

 a year, on condition that he should deliver certain class 

 lectures, as well as public lectures, and maintain at 

 his own cost, and for his own profit, a hospital for 

 invalid horses and other live stock. The committee 

 desired to impress on the Society " the importance of 

 great caution in the election of a professor." The 

 Society adopted this report, and resolved " that the 

 Society are of opinion that the veterinary professor- 

 ship should be revived in connection with a Veterinary 

 School." Again, no definite action was taken, and two 

 years later it was proposed that the Society's veterinary 

 anatomical preparations should be offered in exchange 

 to the College of Surgeons. This suggestion was not 

 adopted, and eventually a place was found for the 

 specimens, which probably formed part of the collection 

 subsequently known as the "Agricultural Museum." 

 This museum was part of the property transferred to 

 the Crown by the Science and Art Museum Act, 1877. 

 In 1886, specimens relating to veterinary science were, 

 with the Society's concurrence, transferred on loan to 

 the Albert Institution, Glasnevin. 



When the question of appointing a successor to 

 Dr. Davy was under consideration in 1858, it was 

 proposed that part of the anticipated savings should be 



