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unless lie brought proof of having attended a school, so as to 
acquire a greater amount of information. 
Mr. Coiuie asked Professor Simonds if he implied that a 
student in England might go to Scotland for examination, 
and if rejected there return to the school for six months, and 
then be re-examined in England. 
Professor Simonds said it had happened more than once 
that gentlemen educated at the Royal Veterinary College, 
and rejected by the English section of the Court of Ex- 
aminers, betook themselves to Scotland, and after attending 
a course of lectures there presented themselves before the 
Scotch section of the Court, and passed. There was no 
objection to that. 
The Secretary : The facts were these. A student who had 
obtained the Highland and Agricultural Society’s certificate 
was examined in Scotland, on the 17th April, 1869, and 
rejected. Then he went into business, and subsequently 
applied to Professor Brown to know if he could be allowed 
to present himself for examination in December, 1870, before 
the English section of the Board of Examiners, and he was 
permitted to do so. 
Mr. Balls : Without educating himself at any college in 
the interval ? 
The Secretary : No, he was in practice. 
Mr. Owles thought that, according to the by-laws, if a 
student furnished the Secretary with the necessary certifi- 
cate that he had attended a school, he had a right to present 
himself before either section of the Board. If he was re- 
jected, that rejection was only for a certain period, and he 
might apply, at the expiration of that period, for re-exami- 
nation before the other section, if he thought proper. 
Mr. Cowie : If a pupil appears in Edinburgh with certifi- 
cates from the London School, were the Scotch section of the 
Board to examine him, the same as if his certificates were 
from a Scotch school ? 
The President : That is so. 
Mr. Wilkinson then gave notice that at the next quarterly 
meeting he should move “ That no rejected pupil shall be 
eligible for re-examination unless he produces a certificate of 
having received further instruction at one of the recognised 
schools.” 
Mr. Naylor gave notice of his intention to second the 
motion. 
The motion will therefore be suspended for three months, 
when it will be moved as an addition to Bye-law S3. This 
closed the proceedings. 
