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reiterated statements which have long since been explained and 
refuted. 
4. That the allegations contained in their Petition, and the gene- 
ral tendency of the proposed Charter, have been, for the most part, 
answered at some length in two former memorials, bearing date 
22d July, 1844, and 4th November, 1846, to which we respectfully 
beg leave to draw your attention. 
5. That this application has been made by “ the President and 
Governors of the Royal Veterinary College of London, and the 
President and Directors of the Highland and Agricultural Society 
of Scotland” only ; that large and influential chartered body, the 
Royal Agricultural Society of England, having refused to join in 
the application. 
6. That the grant or grants of public money made to the Royal 
Veterinary College or School of London, alluded to in the Petition 
and draft of Charter, have ceased for many years ; and so far from 
there being evidence to shew that such grant or grants were made 
td that Institution as a public body, the Governors have always 
maintained that they are a private and uncontrollable one. 
7. That the general anatomy and pathology of cattle , sheep , 
swine, and other domesticated animals, were not taught in this 
school, nor were such animals admitted as patients, until just prior 
to the granting of the present Charter, and then only in conse- 
quence of a grant of money from the Royal Agricultural Society 
of England for this particular purpose ; though the structure and 
diseases of these animals were, by the laws of the Institution, 
passed in the year 1791, especially directed to be taught. 
8. That this grant from the Royal Agricultural Society of Eng- 
land has been since directed to be withdrawn, in consequence of 
the defective results obtained. 
9. That these important branches of knowledge are still but 
very imperfectly investigated. 
10. That the condition of the Veterinary College, or School, of 
Edinburgh, as regards the means for the instruction of pupils, was 
and still is in a similar position. 
11. That the course adopted in the tuition of pupils has long 
been the subject of complaint on the part of the members of the 
veterinary profession, as well as of the public at large. 
12. That attempts have repeatedly been made, and more espe- 
cially of late years, to induce the Governors of the Royal Veteri- 
nary College, or School, to establish a better and more extensive 
system of tuition, but without effect. 
13. That, in the year 1840, an application, signed by upwards 
of 300 members of the veterinary profession, was made to the Go- 
vernors of the Royal Veterinary College, or School, to memorialize 
