442 ROYAL COLLEGE oi? VETERINARY SUltGEOfrS. 
tion lie had named. He saw no reason why the examination 
fees should not be increased. The body corporate would run 
the risk of becoming bankrupt if the present scale of fees 
were retained. There was very little difference in the present 
year between the amount received and the cost of the 
examination. 
The President stated that £100 had been deposited this 
year, which did not appear in the financial statement. 
Mr. Russell said it ought not to be forgotten' that those 
who attended the examination were put to the expense of 
going to the Cattle Market. He demurred to the idea of the 
yard in Theobald’s Road being a proper place to examine 
horses in. It was a cab-yard with a stable on either side. 
There was a roof projecting half way across the yard, so that 
if a student wanted to examine a horse’s eyes he had to bring 
him out, so that the sun’s rays came slanting down upon 
them. Fearing that he would be too long in making his 
examination the student might be induced to hurry over his 
work, and perhaps might pass over many defects that he 
would otherwise observe. Then, again, the ground was very 
rough and bad, and it was impossible to tell whether a horse 
was lame or not. He believed they were safe in leaving the 
matter in the hands of Professor Simonds. 
Mr. JVilkinson said that no place could be better than a 
stable-yard for the examination of horses. The student was 
not obliged to examine the horses under the shed. He was 
sorry to say that some did so, and he thought it very bad 
practice on their part. The examiners, however, were per¬ 
fectly satisfied with the place in that respect. The rough 
part of the road was preferred by the pupils. When it was 
prepared by throwing a little straw over it was pooh-poohed 
by them, for they preferred the rough gravel. 
Mr. Hunting said that when the College was turned out 
of its present house it would require the £100 to which the 
President had alluded, and a great deal more. 
Mr. Smith thought that a strenuous effort should be made 
among the members of the profession to alter the present 
state of things, and to place the profession in a better posi¬ 
tion with the public. He thought that premises might be 
obtained with suitable yard and stable in which to conduct 
the examinations, without being dependent upon any other 
body, or subjecting the examiners and pupils to any humilia¬ 
tion on account of the premises in which they were engaged. 
He thought the time had scarcely arrived when the examina¬ 
tion fee should be increased, but he hoped that in a few 
years that increase would be made, and that a more complete 
