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GLASGOW COLLEGE INTRODUCTORY LECTURE. 
are deputed to hold certain examinations in the capital towns 
of Great Britain. The results of these examinations^ if con¬ 
sidered satisfactory, are the granting of diplomas in the name 
of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. Any student 
who has attended this college and obtained his diploma, by 
undergoing a satisfactory examination before the Board of 
Examiners referred to, is entitled to rank equal with any 
veterinary surgeon in the three kingdoms. 
I mention this particularly, because it would seem to be 
an opinion in many parts of Scotland that it is the college at 
which a student is educated that grants the diploma, and not 
a distinct corporate body like the Royal College of Veterinary 
Surgeons. 
There is so considerable an outlay by the Royal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons in holding these examinations, that it 
leaves hut a small margin to the credit side in their hooks. 
Now, when we come to consider the desirableness of having 
a similarly chartered college in this country, and hear in 
mind that all students rank equal in their profession by 
having the same diploma from the same college, and that if 
the Scottish Chartered Institution ever could maintain itself 
pecuniarily, which is very doubtful, a diploma granted by it 
would not be regarded in many parts of England and Ireland, 
at least for many years to come, as sufficiently recom¬ 
mendatory. This scheme was heartily opposed by many, 
including your principal, and I place before you some remarks 
of his at the time of the meditated charter two years 
ago. 
“ The Charter of the Royal College of Veterinary Sur¬ 
geons is a Charter applicable to the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Ireland, was obtained on the application 
of the late Professor Dick, of Edinburgh, and others, and 
was granted to him and them together, with such others of 
our loving subjects as now hold certificates of qualification 
to practise as veterinary surgeons granted by the Royal 
College of London and by the Veterinary College of Edin¬ 
burgh respectively, &c., so that in point of fact we have a 
charter for Scotland already. 
Then I have yet to learn that it is either inefficient in its 
workings or unjust to Scotland. On the contrary, all must 
admit that it has wrought here efficiently and well, and been 
most impartially administered. Further, I do not see the 
benefit to he obtained by having a diploma from the pro¬ 
posed Royal Veterinary College of Scotland, instead of one 
from the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. The di¬ 
ploma of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons is known 
