368 KOYAL COLLEGE OE YETEKINAIIY SURGEONS. 
the Highland and Agricultural Society’s certificate, request¬ 
ing to be informed when a meeting of the Court of Exami¬ 
ners would be held in Edinburgh, as they were desirous of 
presenting themselves before the Board of Examiners, and 
also asking for information as to the amount of examination 
fee. 
The Secretary stated he had informed these gentlemen 
that the special meeting would be fixed by the Council, 
and that they would be required to forward a notice to the 
honorary secretary of the Scotch Court in Edinburgh, to 
whom they were to pay their fees, and produce their High¬ 
land and Agricultural Society’s certificate, on the day of 
examination. 
Letters were read from Dr. Dunsmure on the arrangement 
of the meeting of the Scottish section of the Court of Exami¬ 
ners. Also one on the subject of the rejected candidates 
from the Glasgow School, in which the Principal desired to 
be informed whether any additional fee would be required. 
Beference was also made by Dr. Dunsmure to the case of 
a Mr. F. W. Prentice, a student of the Edinburgh Veterinary 
College, who was a candidate for examination and had been 
rejected by the Board of Examiners in London. 
Dr. Dunsmure wished to know whether an additional fee 
would he required in this case. 
The Secretary informed the Council that he had written to 
Dr. Dunsmure, after consulting the President, that the exami¬ 
nations might be held at the time specified. 
Mr. Prentice being an exceptionable case, the Secretary 
stated that he 'would lay the subject before the Council for 
their instructions. 
The Chairmayi said it would be necessary that the appli¬ 
cant should present a certificate from the school at which he 
had subsequently studied. 
It was decided by the Council that Mr. Prentice be allowed 
to present himself before the Board of Examiners without 
the payment of an additional fee, and that the rejected candi¬ 
dates produce their certificates previous to examination. 
A letter was read from Dr. Wilson Johnstone, M.D., of 
Edinburgh, a surgeon in the Bengal army, desiring to be 
informed whether he could present himself before the Board 
of Examiners in London or Edinburgh from the 20th to the 
end of March, previous to going out to India. 
He was informed that no meeting of the Court of Exami¬ 
ners would be held in London or Edinburgh until the middle 
of April. That he would be required to give the usual notice 
and fee to the honorary secretary of the Scottish Court, and 
