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son, Knox, Dumbreck, Wood, Newbiggin, Sellers, Skae, Kew, 
Dymock, &c. See. Edinburgh ; and Drs. Bruce and William- 
son, Leith. Mr. Olden, sen. V.S., Cork; Mr. Brown, V.S., 
6th Dragoon Guards, Mr. Tindal, V.S., Golspie, and several 
other veterinary surgeons were present and took part in the pro- 
ceedings. 
After a severe and searching examination on the Structure and 
Diseases of the Horse, and Domesticated Animals generally, the 
following gentlemen were found qualified to obtain diplomas: — 
Messrs. William Stirling, Edinburgh ; James Baxter, Errol ; 
George H. Balfour, Colinton, Edinburghshire ; James King, 
Farnieside, ditto ; John Word ie, Cumbernauld; John Thomson, 
Braco ; James Dawson, Strathdon ; Joseph Skea, Aberdeen; 
Matthew Glennie, Cupar Angus; John W. Glass, Coldston, 
Aberdeenshire ; Peter Campbell, Walltree, Fife ; Richard Bro- 
therton, Waterloo, Liverpool; George Kirkham, Liverpool; Au- 
gustus J. J. Poett, London; William Boagg, Kilham, Northum- 
berland ; Alexander Whytock, Perth ; John Spencer, Bakewell, 
Derbyshire ; William Terry, Wells, Norfolk ; Benjamin R, C. 
Gardner, Clapham Common ; Thomas Proctor, Liverpool; William 
Barker, Stokesley, Yorkshire; John Kay, Pontefract, ditto; 
Thomas Loader, V.S., Basingstoke, Hampshire; and George 
Douglas, Surgeon, Melton, Leicestershire. 
Four of these gentlemen, viz. Messrs. Brotherton, Proctor, 
Gardner, and Terry, were selected, on account of the excellence of 
their first examinations, as candidates for the prize given for distin- 
guished merit, and after a long, minute, and varied examination, 
conducted by Professor Dick and Dr. Mercer, it was finally 
awarded to Mr. Brotherton. 
The prize for the best dissection was unanimously awarded 
to Mr. Kirkham. 
From the very satisfactory manner with which Messrs. 
Gardner, Proctor, and Terry, acquitted themselves on their 
examination in competition for the medal, a certificate of merit 
was awarded to each. 
The Veterinary Association having, in the commencement of 
the Session, offered two prizes, one, for the best Essay read at the 
