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ON THE TREASURY OF TIIE 
person not an examiner, we apprehend cannot be questioned; so 
far, however, do they appear from having any desire to exercise 
such a privilege, that they have at once admitted these persons ; 
not only while the examinations were going on, but even to their 
private consultations and deliberations on the merits or demerits 
of the candidates for diplomas. For our own part, we profess our- 
selves great advocates for public examinations . So far as the pro- 
fession are concerned, we think the doors of the examination-room 
might, not only with safety but with advantage, be thrown open ; 
though, beyond that we are not prepared to go. Non-professional 
persons we certainly would exclude. The practice of our courts 
of justice and houses of parliament might possibly be imitated. 
The trial — the examination — might be an open one ; but, when the 
time arrived for considering the verdict — to be founded upon the 
qualifications of the candidate, as elicited through his examination 
— all non-members of the examining-board might be requested to 
withdraw. This would, in our opinion, give the teachers and others 
an opportunity of seeing that the pupils were fairly dealt with ; at 
the same time that it shielded the board of examiners from any inu- 
endoes or illiberal remarks that might be cast, out of doors, upon 
their proceedings. P. 
MR. F. KING, JUN., ON THE TREASURY OF THE 
ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
Sir, — I n consequence of a few remarks which I have heard drop 
from one quarter or another relative to the subscriptions and 
donations that have been forwarded to me as Treasurer to the 
Council of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, I am in- 
duced to offer a few observations on the subject, as, from what I 
have heard, it appears to me that many persons have an idea that 
small donations would not be accepted. Such, let me tell my pro- 
fessional brethren, is not the case ; but it is hoped and expected 
that every one belonging to our body will come forward and lend 
an assisting hand freely and as liberally as he can. Certain ad- 
vantages have been gained, others will follow ; and if a man does 
not subscribe to what is hereafter to benefit himself, in my opinion 
he does not deserve to reap the benefit of those advantages. The 
