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the petitioners, evinced a desire to act harmoniously with the 
other members of the corporation, and suspended his board 
for a time until circumstances occurred which met with his 
displeasure and also that of the Highland Agricultural Society. 
He then thought proper to withdraw his connection from the 
corporation and to revert to his former mode of examining 
pupils, leaving them to be subsequently examined by the 
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, or not, as they felt 
disposed, at the same time assuring the public that they were 
equally entitled to all the privileges that were possessed by 
those who became members of the corporate body. That 
assurance v r as to all intents and purposes a correct one, 
because it had been shown that the gentlemen who passed 
the court of examiners instituted by the Highland Society 
v’ere admitted into the army and were practising in various 
parts of the kingdom. This was very much deplored, and 
some stringent measures were instituted, v’hich, however only 
tended to give considerable offence, and retard their arrival at 
the goal at which they were all aiming, namely, perfect unani¬ 
mity of sentiment amongst the corporate body and those who 
were educated at all the recognised schools. As had been 
already stated, during the last session a greater number of 
Mr. Dick's pupils had been examined by the Board of the 
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons than on any previous 
occasion, and they had, therefore, a right to suppose that in 
the course of time the evil would work its own cure. He 
had had correspondence wdth Mr. Dick upon the subject, 
and he had reason to believe that everything would ulti¬ 
mately work for the common good, if they did not attempt 
any coercive measures. Profesor Dick's board had been 
called an illegal one, but it v T as not so. Every school had a 
right to institute its own court of examiners, and if the 
pupils were contented v’ith the diploma they received, no 
one had a right to complain. The charter itself implied the 
right of the schools to teach and examine their pupils. If 
the pupils, in addition to receiving the certificates of their 
ov r n schools, desired to become members of the corporation, 
of course they must pass the Court of Examiners as instituted 
by the corporate body. With regard to the London School, 
it abolished its Court of Examiners when the Royal College 
v T as established, and it gave its pupils no certificate expres¬ 
sive of their qualifications to practise; but after they had 
passed the examination of the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons, the school gave a certificate specifying that they 
had been duly educated in the various branches of science 
connected with the profession. He did not think it would 
