870 ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
Turner had a very high reputation, and appeared perfectly 
eligible. There was only one little matter connected with 
his appointment to which any objection could be taken, but 
the difficulty could he easily surmounted. He was at present 
a member of the examining board of the Highland and Agri- 
cultural Society of Scotland, hut he (the President) thought 
he was quite justified in stating that Dr. Turner would accept 
the appointment to the Scotch section if elected. 
Professor Spooner : Are we to understand that if elected 
he will still retain his position at the other board ? 
The President : Certainly not. 
Professor Spooner : He will accept our election and retire 
from the other. % 
The President : Yes. 
A ballot being taken Dr. Turner was unanimously elected. 
A letter was read from Deputy-Professor Pritchard, enclos- 
ing copy of the report of the Professors to the Governors of 
the Royal Veterinary College with the resolutions arrived at 
upon that report. 
The report and the resolutions were read. 
Mr. Greaves said, in many respects the report had his 
entire approbation. The Scotch colleges desired to enter 
into a covenant with the London college so as to prevent 
anyone college taking the rejected students of another. This 
difficulty would he got over by the suggestion of the Governors 
of the London College that an understanding should be come 
to with the other colleges upon the subject. The suggestion 
that the examinations at the three colleges should be as near 
alike as possible would doubtless meet with the approval of 
Glasgow and Edinburgh Colleges. 
Mr. Fleming wished to know if any progress had been 
made with regard to the compact or understanding that the 
three schools should act in harmony so far as the examinations 
went. In the report of the Professors to the Governors there 
appeared to he an attempt to disown or ignore the efforts 
made by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons to bring 
about this understanding between the schools. They seemed 
to think that the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons ought 
to have no influence in the matter. He should like to know 
if the signataries to that report had forgotten that the Royal 
College of Veterinary Surgeons had exerted itself very much 
to bring about the result which had been sought to be 
attained. 
The President said he could give no information upon the 
subject. When he read the communication from the 
Governors it appeared to him that the duties of the Royal 
