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REPLY OF THE COUNCIL TO 
a certificate of qualification from either of the colleges, shall, in 
each case, be required to attend not less than two sessional years 
at one of the recognized schools. 
Clause 51, that all other persons who may enter as students, not 
coming under any of the previously enumerated conditions, shall 
be required to attend at one of the recognized schools for not less 
than three sessional years. 
Clause 52, directs, that the fee for examination and admission , 
together with the required certificates, shall be delivered to the 
secretary of the council, at least fourteen days previous to the day 
of examination. 
Clause 53, provides, that the board of examiners may direct a 
candidate found not competent, to return to his studies for a period 
of not exceeding six months ; and such candidate shall be entitled 
to a second examination without the payment of any farther fees. 
Clause 54, directs, that if, on a second examination, a candidate 
shall not be competent, he shall not be entitled to another or any 
succeeding examination, without the further payment of a fee of 
five guineas for every such additional examination. 
Clause 55, vests the property of the body corporate and politic 
in, and places it under the control of, the council. 
REPLY OF THE COUNCIL TO THE PROPOSED 
CHARTER. 
To the Right Honourable Sir George Grey, Bart. 
Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State. 
1. The Memorial of the President and Council of the Royal 
College of Veterinary Surgeons, incorporated by Charter granted 
by Her Most Gracious Majesty on the 7th day of March in the 
Eighth Year of her Reign, 
Humbly sheweth, 
2. That your Memorialists have seen with surprise the Petition 
for and draft of a new Charter submitted to the consideration of 
Her Most Gracious Majesty, and prayed to be granted to “the 
President and Governors of the Royal Veterinary College of 
London, and the President and Directors of the Highland and 
Agricultural Society of Scotland.” 
3. That your Memorialists view this application with regret, 
mingled with pain, that noblemen and gentlemen should have again 
