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Report to the General Meeting. 
tion to wait upon the Lord President of the Privy Council to 
request that no power be given to any Body to grant diplomas 
in Veterinary Science, which would tend to lower the standard 
at present maintained by the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons. They have also decided to offer annually the follow- 
ing prizes for proficiency in the pathology, causes, symptoms, 
and treatment (preventive and curative) of diseases affecting 
cattle, sheep, and pigs, to Graduates of the Royal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons, who have been educated at the Royal 
Veterinary College, or at any other Veterinary College in Eng- 
land that may hereafter be affiliated with the Royal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons : — 
First Prize Gold Medal and 20/. 
Second Prize . .• . . . Silver Medal and 10/. 
THIRD PRIZE Bronze Medal and 5/. 
The Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons 
have undertaken to make the necessary arrangements for the 
examinations, subject to certain regulations which have been 
agreed upon, immediately after the ordinary December examina- 
tion of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons ; and all 
Graduates of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, of not 
less than three, and not more than fifteen months' standing, will 
be eligible, provided they have passed with very great credit, 
or with great credit. The first examination will be held next 
month. 
Thirty-two candidates from five schools were entered to com- 
pete for the ten Junior Scholarships, value 20/. each, offered 
annually to pupils of Middle-Class Schools. The result of the 
examination is that seven Scholarships have been gained, 
subject to the fulfilment of the usual conditions during the 
ensuing year, namely, four by pupils of the Surrey Count} 
School, two by pupils of the Bedford County School, and one 
by a pupil of the Albert College, Glasnevin. 
By order of the Council, 
H. M. JENKINS, 
Secretary.^ 
