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the arrangement; but the result was that, 'while the 

 Government were made fully aware that a wrong had 

 been done to the profession in Scotland, they declined 

 to revoke the charter.' For some time after the granting 

 of the charter to the English College, the Highland 

 Society suspended its examinations, and during that 

 period the examinations of Mr Dick's students were 

 conducted by examiners from London. Owing, how- 

 ever, to dissatisfaction expressed by those who took an 

 interest in the Edinburgh College, and the veterinary pro- 

 fession in Scotland, and on the request of the students, the 

 directors reconstituted the Board of Veterinary Examina- 

 tions in 1 848, from which date they were continued annually. 

 The number of certificates granted up to the close of session 

 1878-1879 amount in all to 1127. 



The Society has made various efforts to obtain a 

 veterinary charter for Scotland. This has always been 

 defeated, and in 1879 a definite arrangement was concluded 

 between the Society and the Royal College of Veterinary 

 Surgeons, London, under which the holders of the Society's 

 veterinary certificates are to be admitted members of the 

 Royal College, and the Society is to cease holding veteri- 

 nary examinations after April 1881. 



Since the institution of the veterinary department, in 

 1823, six gentlemen have occupied the post of Chairman. 

 Their co-operation, and the invaluable assistance of the 

 medical faculty, have given a weight to the examinations, 

 and a value to the certificates, which they would not other- 

 wise possess. The names of the different Chairmen and 

 the periods for which they acted, are as follows : — Dr 

 Barclay, Professor of Anatomy, 1823 to 1826; Mr Adam 

 Fergusson of Woodhill, 1826 to 1833 ; Mr John Burn Mur- 

 doch of Gartincaber, 1833 to 1850 ; Mr John Goodsir, 

 Professor of Anatomy, 1850 to 1867 ; Mr Andrew Gillon 

 of Wallhouse, 1867 to 1872; and Captain Tod of Howden, 

 1872, till his death in 1879. 



It is fitting here to notice the gentlemen who have 

 filled the posts of Professors of Veterinary Surgery and 



