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&c. — convinced as they are, that such a resolution, on your part, 
would only equal the demands of the profession and the exigen- 
cies of the case. They, therefore, would respectfully suggest the 
election of such an able Pathological Teacher on Cattle, Sheep, 
&c., from among the profession, who can produce, at public com- 
petition, the best testimonials of his capability to discharge the 
duty of the office he aspires to.” 
Appeals like these were becoming too numerous, and too well 
founded in truth, to be longer resisted, and the following resolu- 
tion appeared before the public. 
“Royal Veterinary College. — At an Annual General 
Meeting of the Committee of Governors, held the 30th of May, 
1842, at the Thatched House Tavern, St. James's Street, the 
Governors having considered it essential that Anatomy, Physio- 
logy, and Pathology of Cattle and Sheep, and other domesti- 
cated Animals, as well as that of the Horse, should continue to 
form part of the education of the pupil ; 
“Resolved, That a veterinary surgeon, who has graduated at 
the College, shall be appointed to lecture on these divisions of 
veterinary science, at a salary of £300 per annum, whose duties 
shall otherwise consist in affording general professional service in 
the College. Further, that such appointment shall be open to 
competition, and that sealed testimonials as to competency and 
character, accompanied by a statement of the age of the candi- 
date and the period when he obtained his diploma, be sent di- 
rected to the Governors of the Royal Veterinary College, Camden 
Town, London, on or before 12 o’clock on Saturday, the 18th of 
June. 
“ Thos. France, Sec. pro. tem .” 
We receive this announcement with exultation. Properly car- 
ried out, it will place the veterinary surgeon in the situation 
which he ought to have occupied many a year ago. It will iden- 
tify the interests of the agriculturist and the veterinary surgeon, 
and it will be the commencement of a new and glorious epoch in 
the history of our art. 
We can even almost forgive, if not forget, some circumstances 
which should not have attached themselves to so welcome an 
announcement. Its date is the last day but one of the month. 
