504 ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
4 th. — Place of Examination. 
It is hoped that the authorities of the Schools will kindly 
afford the examiners an opportunity of carrying out this duty 
within the precincts of the respective establishments, or at 
some other suitable place. 
5 th. — Providing Subjects. 
This the Council, with the co-operation of the Professors, 
will be able to accomplish through the Secretaries. 
6th. — Number of Examiners. 
It is considered that two examiners for horses and two for 
cattle and other domesticated animals will be sufficient. 
7tli. — Results of Examinations. 
Should a pupil fail at this examination, it will be for the 
Council to determine whether he shall be entitled to present 
himself for an oral examination before the whole Court. In 
any event, the examiners must state to the Chairman of the 
Board of Examiners the degree of excellence which the pupil 
has displayed. 
8 th. — Expenses. 
The expenses incurred in procuring animals, payment of 
assistants, examiners, and place of examination, to be borne 
by the Boyal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
9 th. — Fees. 
For the first year no increase to the examination fee shall 
be made; but after the first year the examination fee shall be 
raised to ten guineas/’ 
The several clauses having been discussed by the Council, 
the report was adopted, and afterwards submitted to the 
authorities of the various schools for their consideration. 
Both these subjects, viz., the preliminary and the prac- 
tical examination, ‘are in abeyance, and awaiting further 
deliberations from the heads of the departments to whom 
the communications were addressed. When carried out, it is 
hoped that the best results will accrue to the students as well 
as to the profession at large. 
The Council regret having to announce that Mr. Wm. 
Cockburn, of Glasgow, one of the members of the Scotch 
Section of the Court of Examiners, has been compelled to 
tender his resignation in consequence of failing health. The 
loss of another member of the Court of Examiners in the 
death of Mr. John Lawson, of Manchester, is also much to 
be regretted. 
The Council have the satisfaction of announcing that these 
vacancies have been filled up by the election of Mr. Alexander 
