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PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. 
pupils conducted by an educational body totally independent of the 
teachers at the College.] 
“Agreement proposed by the Edinburgh Veterinary College, and 
agreed to by the Glasgow Veterinary College : Declined by the 
Royal Veterinary College, Camden Town, London. 
“ The three different Colleges above mentioned, parties to this 
Agreement, with a view to prevent irregularities and abuses, and to 
improve the position and status of the Veterinary profession, have 
agreed to carry out a Preliminary Examination of Students pre- 
senting themselves for admission to any of the said Colleges with a 
view to become Veterinary Surgeons ; and having discussed the 
terms thereof, have agreed, as they hereby agree, upon the following 
as the Articles and Rules to be observed. 
“First. From and after the date of this Agreement Students 
entering any of the three Colleges named, with a view to become 
Veterinary Surgeons, or to practise the Veterinary Art under the 
Diploma of Examining Boards now recognised, shall be bound to 
undergo a Preliminary Examination before their names can be en- 
rolled as Veterinary Students, with a view to obtaining a Diploma 
entitling them to practise the Veterinary Art. 
“ Second. The Examinations shall be conducted by Boards, con- 
sisting of at least two Examiners to be appointed : one Board in 
London, from Officers of the College of Preceptors, appointed for 
the purpose by the Governors of the Royal Veterinary College ; 
another Board in Edinburgh, consisting of Teachers of the High 
School, nominated by the Trustees of the College ; and a third 
Board in Glasgow, consisting of Teachers of the High School of 
Glasgow, nominated by the principal of the Glasgow Veterinary 
College ; and the three Boards shall determine upon a given series 
of questions, in order that the Examinations and Tests may be as 
nearly as possible identical at the three institutions ; and shall for 
the present be confined to the following subjects : — 
“ 1. Writing from dictation. 
“ 2. Parsing a simple sentence. 
“3. Reading aloud. 
“4. The first four Rules of Arithmetic, and the simple Rule of 
Three. 
“ Third. The Examinations shall be conducted in London, Edin- 
burgh, and Glasgow annually, at such dates and places as may be 
fixed by the Examiners, so as to meet as far as possible the conve- 
nience of the Students ; and all Students entering for a Winter 
Session shall pass their Preliminary Examinations on or before the 
25th November in each year, otherwise that Session shall not be 
taken into account of the curriculum of study, so as to entitle them 
to go up for examination for a Diploma to practise, sooner than 
Christmas two years thereafter. 
“ j Fourth. Any Student found not qualified at his Preliminary Ex- 
amination at one College, shall not be eligible to get himself re-ex- 
