116 ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
A second letter from Mr. McCallam was also read, wherein 
he considers it a hardship being denied the privilege of a 
written examination, and requests to be informed whether he 
could present himself for examination before any of the mem¬ 
bers of the Examining Board in Edinburgh before January 
next. 
The Secretary, in his reply, stated that the Board of Exa¬ 
miners would not meet in Edinburgh until next year. 
A letter from Mr. C. W. Blake, of Crewkerne, Somerset, 
was read on the subject of his eligibility to present himself 
before the Special Board of Examiners. He stated that he 
had been a student at the Royal Veterinary College in 1834-5, 
but had not presented himself for examination. 
The Secretary referred the applicant to Bye-law 27, which 
requires that he should produce a certificate of having been 
educated at one of the recognised schools.^^ 
A long letter from Mr. John Barker, of Scarborough, was 
then read, requesting a copy of the new Register, and at the 
same time to be informed whether a Mr. Wm. and Mr. Foster 
Maw, of Thornton, near Pickering, were entered as students 
at the Veterinary College, they having represented them¬ 
selves as members of the Royal College of Veterinary Sur¬ 
geons. Mr. Barker also complained of the non-professional 
conduct of a veterinary surgeon in Scarborough, enclosing the 
copy of an advertisement, which he requested might be laid 
before the Editors of the Veterinarian. 
The applicant was informed that there was no person 
living of the name of Maw on the Register, a copy of which 
was forwarded to him. The advertisement was returned in 
order that he might lay the subject before the Editors of the 
Veterinarian. 
The Secretarv informed the Council that he had received 
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253 copies of the new Register, one of which was laid upon 
the table. 
A letter was also read from Mr. Adlard, enclosing a policy 
of insurance for j05O on the type of the Register, the property 
of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. The premium 
havingjbeen paid by Mr. Adlard, he at the same time informed 
the Council that the policy might be retained or returned to 
him, as they thought fit. 
It was moved by Mr. Wilkinson, and seconded by Mr. 
Lawson —• 
That the policy of insurance on the type should remain 
in the custodv of the Secretarv.’’^—Carried. 
It was then moved by Mr. Goioing, and seconded by Mr. 
Withers — 
