ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 149 
cians, also, I believe, the national schoolmasters who are 
appointed by Government. I find their charter of incorpora- 
tion only extends to England and Wales, not to Scotland or 
to Ireland ; but there are other institutions in Glasgow and 
Edinburgh equally eligible to perform the duty. The teach- 
ers of the High School of Edinburgh, or the Society of 
Arts, for instance, would willingly undertake the duty. In 
conclusion, I may say the Governors of the London Veteri- 
nary College have been in communication with the College 
of Preceptors, and they are quite willing to undertake the 
duty, and commence that duty next session, provided this 
College will enter into a similar arrangement. The Glasgow 
College is perfectly willing to do the same. We suggest 
that the Principal of each College should enter into an 
arrangement with each other not to receive any youth at 
their Colleges during twelve months after such youth may 
have been rejected at one of the other Colleges. Trusting 
that I have made myself understood, that you will see the 
importance of our object, and give it your favorable consider- 
ation, I will now, with your permission, call upon Mr. 
Wilkinson, who is not only one of the Governors of the 
London Veterinary College, but is the Principal Veterinary 
Surgeon to the Army. He will explain further our object. 
The President then requested the trustees to hear Mr. 
Wilkinson, one of the deputation, who said that, as the Pre- 
sident had so completely exhausted the subject, it only re- 
mained for him to support the cause which had been so clearly 
explained by the President, and which the deputation was 
advocating by stating, in illustration of the necessity for the 
movement, that at the examination by a Board of Military 
Veterinary Surgeons, which takes place prior to entrance into 
Her Majesty’s service, it was too often found that the educa- 
tion was so deficient as to render the examinations unsuccess- 
ful; and that the members of the board have frequently given 
expression to a conviction that no teachers, however highly 
talented, could impart a scientific professional education to 
men of such* uncultured intellect. Mr. Wilkinson concluded 
by expressing a hope that the trustees would take the widest 
view of the subject, and give their powerful support to the 
movement. 
As no other member of the deputation wished to address 
the trustees, Bailie Fife arose and said in effect that the Town 
Council felt much gratification in meeting a deputation com- 
posed of eminent members of the veterinary profession, who 
had come from all parts of the United Kingdom, amongst 
them some who had graduated at their own college, thus 
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