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dents are to be examined we cannot tell them, because that 
must be left to the discretion of the examiners. 
Professor Spooner imagined that what the Governors re- 
quired was a detailed account of the mode in which it was 
proposed to carry out the examinations. 
Mr. Lowe thought the gentlemen who would form the 
Examining Board were the proper parties to be consulted with 
regard to the mode of carrying on the examination. If they 
were applied to they could submit their decision to the 
Council, and it could then be forwarded to the governors of 
the Royal Veterinary College. 
Professor Spooner : How many sheep, cattle, and pigs, 
will you be likely to want ? It is all a farce. 
The President : Do not call it a farce. 
Professor Spooner : I protest that I must call it a farce, 
though I do not wish to be disrespectful. 
The President said that the Council was not driven to the 
necessity of using the College at Camden Town, and, in 
fact, the objection had been raised against having subjects 
from that establishment, that the students would be likely to 
know them beforehand. The plan at Woolwich was, to 
require the students to examine horses which they had never 
seen before. The examiners must not be dictated to with 
regard to the questions they were to ask, otherwise the ex- 
amination might prove a farce. 
Professor Spooner : You do not suppose we could give up 
the working part of the institution ? 
Professor Brown seconded Mr. Go wing’s suggestion for 
referring the letter to the Committee, that they might bring 
up a report which could be forwarded to the governors. 
Mr. Field thought a good deal of time would be lost if 
such a plan were adopted, because the Committee would no 
doubt require several evenings for a debate before they came 
to a decision ; that decision would not be laid before the 
Council before its meeting in January ; the Secretary would 
then be instructed to write to the Royal Veterinary College, 
and the Governors might not meet for weeks after, so that 
the matter could not be settled under three months. 
Professor Spooner said, if it was considered advisable the 
Governors of the College could be convened for a special 
meeting at a week’s notice. 
Mr. Cowie thought the chairman of the Committee might 
be delegated to the governors to give such verbal information 
as they required. 
The President : That would be giving the opinion merely 
of an individual and not of the Council. Would it meet 
