ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 371 
A letter was read from Mr. Charles Clayton, of 135, Great 
College Street, who had been a student at Alfort School, and 
who wished to offer himself as a candidate for the diploma of 
the R.C.V.S., England. The letter stated that he was duly 
qualified to practise in France. 
Professor Simonds said there could be no doubt that Mr. 
Clayton’s statements were true. Upon the breaking out of 
the late war he went into the French army, and was shut up 
in Metz with Marshal Bazaine, but he managed to make his 
escape, and come to England. Since then he had been 
attending the Royal Veterinary College at Camden Town. 
The professors at that College were very desirous that the 
Council, if it could do so, should admit him to examination. 
He was an Englishman, a native of Cheltenham. 
Mr. Fleming said he could testify to Mr. Clayton’s ability 
as a writer in the French journals, and he thought it -would 
be extremely hard if such a man should be obliged to study 
two years in an English college as a pupil before being 
admitted as a candidate for the diploma of the Royal College 
of Veterinary Surgeons. 
Professor Broion said that the power of the Council to admit 
Mr. Clayton to the examination depended upon the meaning 
of the word “ recognised ” in the twenty-seventh bye-law, 
which said, “ Each candidate intending to present himself 
for examination shall forward in writing to the Secretary of 
the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons a notice of his 
intention, not less than seven days prior to the examination 
taking place. He shall also at the same time forward to the 
Secretary such certificate, or other legal proof, as may be 
required as to his having been educated at some one of the 
recognised colleges.” 
Professor Simonds : No doubt it means the colleges in 
Great Britain, but I think we might give it a broader 
meaning. 
The President said, if the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons received a certification from the principal of either 
of the recognised schools that Mr. Clayton had been 
educated at that school, he would be eligible for examination. 
The Council had nothing to do with the time he had been at 
the school. 
Professor Simonds said the professors at the Camden 
Town College were most anxious to avoid affording a pre- 
cedent for giving a certificate to a man who had only been 
two months at the College. 
Mr. Naylor said it was very strange that Alfort, the alma 
