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each candidate, fourteen days prior to his examination, must 
deliver to the secretary a certificate, or such other legal proof 
as may be required, of his having been educated at some of 
the recognised colleges or schools, with a fee of five guineas 
for examination, and a fee of two guineas for admission and 
registration.” 
Mr. Jones seconded the motion. 
Mr . Robinson considered that the future welfare of the 
College greatly depended on the adoption of the proposed 
reduction of the examining fee. There might be a temporary 
diminution of funds in consequence, but the College would 
soon recover from that difficulty. 
Mr . Field said, if he stood alone, he should oppose the 
reduction. 
Mr, Legrew believed that the status of the profession would 
be lowered with the reduction of the fee ; and that a person 
who could not afford ten guineas for his son’s examination, 
was not likely to be in a position to give him the education 
which, as a veterinary surgeon, he should possess. 
Mr. Tjangworthy considered that the proposed change ought 
not to be made without giving the members of the College 
generally an opportunity of expressing an opinion on the 
subject, and therefore moved that a special meeting be called 
for that purpose. The motion, however, was withdrawn 
(under protest), on an intimation from the chair that it could 
not be legally put. 
Mr. Burley said the College would become bankrupt by 
giving up so large a proportion of its funds; and the re- 
duction was unnecessary, because uncalled for on the part of 
the pupils. There was no other profession of which a young 
man could become a member for so small a sum as thirty 
guineas ; and no pupil would be deterred from entering for 
the sake of three guineas. But if the professors were desirous 
to reduce the amount, they could lessen the educational fee 
from twenty to fifteen guineas. 
Mr. Braby thought that the reduction of the fee by a paltry 
three guineas, could be no benefit to the profession, and he 
could not see a single reason to induce him to support the 
proposition. 
In answer to Mr. Wilkinson, 
Mr. Robinson said, the object of the motion was to place 
the London school in the same position as that in which the 
Council were anxious to place the Edinburgh school, and 
would have placed it but for the statement of Professor Dick, 
that he should not consider himself bound to send his pupils 
to the London Board. 
