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or ask for exemption from juries and the house-tax, &c., because it 
was through that we lost the Bill before.” But I should rather 
think that we lost it through asking for too much, especially the 
exemption from taxes and sundry collateral circumstances, and 
under different conditions, rather than merely the exemption from 
juries. 
The Phamaceutical Society have just obtained a bill very similar 
to the one we are trying to obtain, and which I believe might be of 
some service for our guidance, especially in relation to the fourth 
clause, upon which there has been so much written and so much 
discussion. 
Every person who is not upon the register of the Pharmaceutical 
Society, before the passing of the Act of July 31st, 1868, will have 
to undergo a modified examination, and produce certificates as to cha¬ 
racter and the length of time he has been practising as a dispensing 
chemist; and should he pass such examination to the satisfaction of 
the board of examiners, he will be admitted upon the payment of 
the usual fees, &c., as a member of the body corporate, and regis- ‘ 
tered accordingly. None who are not registered will be allowed to 
use the name or qualification of dispensing chemist, or any term 
implying or of the same signification, under sundry penalties, &c. 
In my opinion this applies exactly to our fourth clause, and is 
the best solution of it. By following this plan we should obtain the 
more intellectual portion of those parties who are practising without 
diplomas, and thereby add to our numbers, to fight against right 
down empiricism ; and not only that, but put a considerable amount 
into our coffers. 
Judging from some of the letters written to the Veterinarian 
during the last two or three years by parties of the above class 
upon this subject, there are many who would willingly pay a fee, 
and undergo a modified examination, and produce certiJcates of 
competency from influential men by whom they have been employed, 
if it did not occupy much time and entail a great expense. 
By this means you would offer them such a position they could 
never otherwise have hoped to obtain. I think by treating the 
matter in this way, all those who are at all anxious to practice 
honorably, would gladly avail themselves of such an opportunity. 
And those who are not, we are a great deal better without, as they 
would only be a drag on our advancement, and a disgrace to us as 
a profession. Indeed, I believe the latter class would be in a mi¬ 
nority, and would die a natural death. Should we not adopt some 
means of this sort I think it would be a gross injustice to the 
members of the profession who have spent large sums of money in 
their education, &c., to allow all those who have chosen to style 
themselves veterinary surgeons, &c., before the obtainment of the 
Charter, and thereby legalize the said title, which would be a 
falsehood and a deception. If the Bill were to pass as it was pre¬ 
sented the last time, what do we gain? Nothing. Just let us 
analyse the six clauses:—1st, the name; 2nd, the time at which it 
was to take effect; 3rd, relates to the title of Veterinary Surgeon 
