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ROYAL COLLEGE OP VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
The Examinations . 
The Council then proceeded to the notice of motion given 
by Professor Williams. 
The following is the petition to which the motion refers:— 
To the President and Council of the Royal College 
of Veterinary Surgeons. 
NOTICE OF MOTION. 
That I shall move at the next succeeding Quarterly Meet¬ 
ing, “That the prayer of the Petition, from the Professors of 
the Veterinary College, Edinburgh, be granted. 5 ’ 
W. Williams, 
Member of Council. 
Petition from the Principal and Prof ess or s of the Edinburgh 
Veterinary College to the President and Council of the 
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
Whereas it has always been the custom up to this date 
to examine the Veterinary Students after the completion of 
two Winter Sessions of attendance at the Edinburgh Vete¬ 
rinary College, in all the subjects necessary to the procuring 
of your Diploma, at one and the same time, we, the under¬ 
signed, respectfully recommend, in the interest of the 
Teachers, the Students, and the Profession, that the Exami¬ 
nation in future be more assimilated to the mode of con¬ 
ducting the Medical Examination, that is, the various sub¬ 
jects ought to be divided into two distinct sets, in which the 
Candidates shall be thoroughly tested, and with this view 
beg to submit for your favorable consideration and approval 
the following Rules and Regulations. 
I. There shall be Two Examinations held yearly, viz. 
one in July and one in April. 
II. Candidates who have attended at least one Winter 
Session of the Veterinary College shall be allowed 
to present themselves for examination on Anatomy. 
Chemistry, and Materia Medica, nine months, but 
not earlier, after the commencement of their pro¬ 
fessional studies. 
III. The above shall be called the First or Minor Exami¬ 
nation. 
