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T7rtntnari> Affaire. 
EDINBURGH VETERINARY SCHOOL. 
The examination of the students attending the Veterinary 
School taught by Mr. Dick, under the patronage of the High¬ 
land Society of Scotland, took place on Thursday and Friday 
last in Mr. Dick’s new class-rooms, Clyde Street, m presence 
of several directors and members of the Highland Society, and 
of the committee especially charged with the duty of watching 
over the interests and progress of the school. Sixty two students 
attended the lectures during the session, a number greater than 
on any previous occasion; and of those the sixteen following, who 
had finished the prescribed course of study, were found qualified, 
and obtained certificates accordingly : 
John Bisset, Rait, Perthshire 
William Young, Noblehouse, Pcebles-slure 
James Kay, Blairgowrie, Perthshire 
William Leith, Alford, Aberdeenshire 
George Chambers, Tarvis, Aberdeenshire 
George Purvis, Stirling 
Anthony Smith, Inverary, Aberdeenshire 
James Crighton, Cupar, Fifeshire 
Archibald Duncan, Leven, Fifeshire 
James Tindall, Golspie, Sutherland 
James Sandeman, Corteskie, Forfarshire 
George Cleland, Rosewell, Mid Lothian 
George Cross, Ury, Kincardineshire 
John Sinclair, Gartineaber, Perthshire 
Alexander Smeaton, Crichton, Mid Lothian 
John M'Kirdy, Kingarth, Bute. 
The examinations were conducted by Sir George Ballingall, 
M.D. Mr. Gillespie, Mr. Newbigging, Dr. Borthwick, Mr. 
Liston, Dr. Robertson, Professor Lizars, Mr. Hallen, vetennary 
surgeon of the Enniskillen Dragoons, and Mr. Gray, veterinary 
surgeon, Edinburgh. It is gratifying to state, that these gent e- 
men expressed themselves highly pleased with the correct manner 
in which the students went through their examinations, and which 
evinced a most satisfactory degree of diligence on their part, and 
reflected high credit on the unwearied assiduity of their instructor, 
Mr. Dick. The privilege so liberally afforded by several of the 
most eminent medical lecturers in Edinburgh, of free attendance 
on their instructions, to the students in Mr. Dick’s class, was 
fully illustrated in the course of the examinations. 
Mr. Burn Murdoch, the convener of the committee, then 
addressed the students, and intimated that prizes had been 
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