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VETERINARY EXAMINATIONS. 
By Professor Williams. 
I SHALL feel much obliged if you will allow me to correct 
an error which has crept into your report of my short speech 
at the Annual Meeting of the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons. 
According to the report I am said to have suggested that 
the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons could not afford 
to send a Board of Examiners to Edinburgh to examine two 
or three students only, and that there might be two, three, 
or four examinations in London 'per annum. 
Now what I said was as follows :—That there was but one 
examination per annum in Edinburgh, and that it would be 
an injustice to in Edinburgh Veterinary College to have 
more than one in London, as it would place the London 
Veterinary College in a better position with regard to its 
students having the privilege of going up for an examination 
which the students of the Edinburgh Veterinary College 
could not obtain.I further stated that “ the rules of the 
Edinburgh Veterinary College contained a clause to the 
effect that no student entering after the 25th of November 
could be allowed to present himself for examination at the 
end of the second session after his entrance, and that I 
thought the same rule should apply to the other teaching 
colleges.^^ 
The injustice of having more than one examination in 
London must be apparent, as a student may enter the 
London Veterinary College at the middle of a winter course, 
and present himself for examination in the middle of ano¬ 
ther session, whereas if he enter the Edinburgh or Glasgow 
Colleges he must either go to London for examination or 
remain until the end of the course. 
It will be well for the Council to take this matter into its 
very serious consideration, as it is of very great importance, 
and might lead to grave and serious consequences. 
Allow me to add one remark upon Professor Spooner’s 
suggestion as to the alteration in the Examining Boards. 
The Professor said, “ He thought the first members of the 
Court to be dispensed with were those who examined on 
physiology and anatomy. As to chemistry and materia 
medica, the probability was that it would be a longer period 
before the services of such gentlemen as were now examining 
upon those could be dispensed with.” 
