ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 487 
The scheme which the Examination Committee laid 
before the Council for its guidance has been adopted 
with success; the only drawback being some inconvenience 
to the Examiners in London, arising from the means as yet 
available for carrying out the Practical Examination, viz., 
the Cattle Market, Islington, and Mr. Matthews’ premises 
in Theobald’s Road. It is hoped that some more suitable 
arrangements may be obtained for so desirable an object. 
The Practical Examinations conducted in Edinburgh and 
Glasgow have also been systematically carried out, and 
the Principals of the respective schools have afforded every 
facility to the Examiners. 
An intimation has been recently conveyed to the Council 
that the Governors of the Royal Veterinary College have 
decided to introduce a Summer Course of Lectures, from 
which the students, and more especially the rejected ones, 
should derive considerable advantage previous to a subse¬ 
quent Examination. 
The Council has also directed its attention to the sub¬ 
ject of rejected Candidates, as regards their eligibility to 
appear before the Court of Examiners for re-examination. 
It was found that in several instances such students 
had neglected to resume their studies, and, in order to 
meet this requirement, the Council has amended “ Bye-law 
33,” which now states— 
“ That no rejected pupil shall be eligible for re-exami¬ 
nation unless he produces a certificate of having 
received further instruction at one of the recog¬ 
nised schools.” 
The Council has recently had under discussion the ad vis- 
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ability of abolishing the Christmas Examination. After 
discussion it was decided to continue the same. It has been 
thought that the time has now arrived when the Students’ 
Examination Fees might justly be raised from seven to ten 
guineas. To carry out this project, however, there must 
necessarily be an alteration in the Bye-laws ; and before any 
steps of a definite character are taken, the Council is 
desirous that the opinion of the Principals of the respective 
schools should be obtained. The subject has been deferred 
for future consideration. 
The Council regrets having to announce the loss of one 
of the most distinguished Members of the Examining Board, 
viz., Mr. William Robinson, of Tamworth, who so ably 
assisted in Examining at the Cattle Pathology table during 
a period of twenty-three years. 
