PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION. 
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amined or entered at any of the Colleges as a Veterinary Student 
again for six months ; and with a view to prevent any irregularities 
in this respect, each of the three Colleges shall be bound to trans- 
mit, within three days after the result of each Examination has been 
fixed by the Examiners, a list of the names and addresses of the 
Students found disqualified, or who have not passed the Examina- 
tion, with the date or dates of Examination ; and a private Register 
shall be kept at each College, in which shall be recorded the names 
and addresses of such Students, with the dates of Examinations ; 
and each College shall be bound to reject or refuse to re-examine 
any Student entered in such Register, until the expiry of six months 
from the date of the former Examination. 
“ Fifth. Candidates applying for admission to either of the three 
Colleges with a view to become Veterinary Surgeons, shall not be 
enrolled in the list of such, without passing the Preliminary Ex- 
amination , — excepting Candidates who may have obtained a Degree 
in Arts, or who hold Certificates of Educational Examination from 
Oxford, Cambridge, the Universities of Edinburgh, Dublin, Glas- 
gow, Aberdeen, St. Andrew’s, or some other acknowledged public 
Educational Board. 
“ Sixth. Each of the three Colleges, parties to this Agreement, shall 
keep a Register of all Students attending the respective Colleges, 
in which shall be entered in separate lists {First), the names and 
addresses of all Students intending to become Veterinary Surgeons ; 
{Second), the names and addresses of such Students who may have 
been examined, and who have passed the Preliminary Examination ; 
{Third), the names and addresses of the Students who have been 
examined and have been rejected, or have not passed the Prelimi- 
nary Examination, with the dates and particulars of each diet of 
examination. {Fourth), Students who cannot produce a Certificate 
or evidence of having passed their Preliminary Examination, shall 
not be entitled to present themselves, or himself, to any of the Ex- 
amining Boards with a view to examination for a Diploma to practise. 
“ Seventh. The Board of Examinators of the Royal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons and the Board of Examinators of the Highland 
and Agricultural Society, shall not receive any Student for exami- 
nation with a view to obtain the Diplomas, or either of them, which 
these boards have hitherto been in use to grant, except upon pro- 
duction of the necessary Certificate or other evidence to instruct 
that before commencing his course of Veterinary instruction at any 
of the Colleges referred to, the Student has undergone and passed 
the Preliminary Examination ; or unless his examination has been 
rendered unnecessary under one or other of the exceptions above 
referred to. 
“ Eighth. A Fee sufficient to cover the expenses of the examination 
shall be exacted from the Candidates. 
“Ninth. The stipulations and obligations in this Agreement shall 
not apply to Students who may have already commenced their 
Studies, and been enrolled at any of the three Colleges prior to the 
date hereof.” 
