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inquire into this, the result of which, strangely, was, an approval 
of the proceedings of the Veterinary College. In point of fact, 
the termination of the affair was unsatisfactory to those who had 
promoted the inquiry, and the work of sterling improvement was 
postponed or abandoned. 
At length the matter became so glaring, that a member of the 
Council — one whose name is w 7 ell known and dear to the veteri- 
nary profession — Mr. Shaw — moved, and it was carried, on the 
3d Nov. 1841, that “ the grant made to the Veterinary College be 
discontinued at the end of the current half year, unless it be shewn 
to the satisfaction of the Council, that additional and efficient 
measures have been taken to improve the system of instruction 
of the pupils of the College, so far as regards the diseases of cat- 
tle, sheep, and pigs.” 
In December, Mr. Handley gave notice that, in the February of 
the present year, he should move the reconsideration of this mat- 
ter. It was reconsidered. Some curious disclosures were made 
with regard to the nature and the number of the lectures delivered 
on these diseases to the pupils in the ordinary routine of instruc- 
tion given to them by the Professor. It was sufficiently clear 
that the number had not reached seven. It was then resolved, 
that “the grant of £200 should be continued to the Veterinary 
College, and that a report of the proceedings of the College with 
reference to the number of cattle-lectures and demonstrations, 
and also the number of pupils receiving certificates should be 
annually submitted to the Council.” This was a most important 
resolution, and, sooner or later, must evidently have produced 
the most important effects. 
The language of “ the Committee of Veterinary Surgeons” ad- 
dressed to the Governors of the Veterinary College, in November 
1840, was now probably recollected, and had its due effect. It 
was as follows, and it did honour to that Committee. “With 
regard to the other subjects which the founders of the Veterinary 
College thought fit to select as essential to the education of the 
student — your Memorialists regret that you have not as yet 
thought it advisable to appoint labourers sufficient to carry all 
these original designs into effect — particularly the most import- 
ant among them, the medical treatment of cattle, sheep, hogs, 
