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ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
The adjourned Special Meeting was then resumed for the 
further consideration of the report from the Examination In¬ 
quiry Committee. 
Mr. Ernes handed in a notice of his intention to propose 
alterations in the Bye-Laws, desiring that it might be sus¬ 
pended for three months. 
Mr. Wilkinson said such a course would defer the consi¬ 
deration of a most important subject for six months. After 
the notice of intention had been suspended for three months, 
the proposed alterations would also have to be suspended for 
three months. 
Mr. Ernes, in reply, said it was quite enough, according to 
the Charter, to suspend the notice of intention for three 
months. It was not necessary to suspend the terms of his 
proposed alterations. 
The Secretary read the clause of the Charter referring to 
this matter. 
Mr. Ernes said if Mr. Wilkinson’s view were correct, any 
one opposed to a particular alteration would be able indefi¬ 
nitely to postpone it by making fresh suggestions every time 
it was brought forward. 
Professor Broion then said if it was necessary to suspend 
every alteration for three months, he would undertake never 
to allow a single Bye-Law to be altered so long as he belonged 
to the Council. 
3Ir Fleming thought it was necessary to suspend the terms 
of the alterations for three months, so that the members of the 
Council might be able to discuss among themselves as to the 
nature of those alterations. 
Mr. Pobinson said it was not in their power to alter any¬ 
thing that was suspended without giving another three months’ 
notice. 
Mr, Ernes said his intentions were well known. If it was 
necessary, his proposals might be suspended as well. 
Mr. Wilkinson tlien said the proper way to proceed would 
be to have a Special Meeting as soon as Mr. Ernes was pre¬ 
pared to lay the subject-matter before them. They would 
then be able to take a bond fide step, and communicate with 
the heads of the various colleges with a view to securing a 
more improved matriculation examination. It was not ne¬ 
cessary to suspend any notice for that purpose. 
Mr. Ernes never meant to propose wliat Mr. Wilkinson 
alluded to, because the question of preliminary examination 
rested entirely with another body. All that the Council had 
to do was to examine the pupils after they came from any 
of the authorised schools. He, therefore, had no intention 
