ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 877 
Professor Simonds : Is it to be understood that the Council 
is to decide whether a pupil rejected upon the practical 
examination is eligible for the final examination ? 
The President : It will come in with the main examination. 
The recommendation was agreed to. 
(4) Remuneration to the examiners. The Committee had 
recommended that three guineas should be paid to the gen- 
tlemen who conducted the practical examinations. Two 
examiners for the horse section and two for the cattle section 
would be sufficient. 
The President thought the College could not at present 
afford to pay three guineas a day to the practical examiners. 
He trusted that the examiners would favour the Council with 
their services free after the first day, for the first year. 
Another year steps may be taken for replenishing the funds 
thus expended by the Council. 
Mr. Cartledge said that, under this arrangement, as the 
Scotch section would have to devote one extra day to Edin- 
burgh and one to Glasgow, he should have to be away from 
home perhaps eight days. 
Mr. Greaves thought Mr. Cartledge was justified in com- 
plaining of the long time he would be away from home. He 
thought the practical examination had better be on the same 
day as the final, or pass examination. When candidates pay 
ten guineas instead of seven, the Council would be better able 
to pay their examiners, and he hoped that they would mean- 
while not be too exacting. 
The President considered that it would be a great hardship 
upon the pupils to require them to undergo two examinations 
in one day. 
Mr. Hunt : Under the understanding that the amount of 
remuneration will be taken into consideration another year, 
I beg to propose that thirty-six guineas extra be voted as a 
remuneration to the examiners who conduct the practical 
examination for 1871. 
Mr. Broad seconded the motion. 
The resolution was carried unanimously. 
(5) The providing suitable premises and subjects, and the 
expenses incidental thereto. The Committee reported that 
although the selection of premises and subjects presented no 
insurmountable difficulty, the means had not been sufficiently 
considered, and more time was required for inquiry. 
Mr. Gowing : When you have the reply from the London 
College you may be in a different position. 
The consideration of this clause therefore stood over. 
(6) The preliminary arrangements which it is desirable 
