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and recognised in the army, and throughout Great Britain 
and its dependencies, while it is doubtful if the diploma of 
the proposed Royal Veterinary College of Scotland would be 
recognised elsewhere than in Scotland. 
And I do not see the advantages to he derived by the 
possession of the proposed Charter. There is almost no pro¬ 
vision of consequence to veterinary science and the profession 
which is not quite as well provided for in the Charter of the 
Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons as it is in the proposed 
new Charter. It is unnecessary for me to contrast the 
two, as most veterinary surgeons will do, or have done so 
already. Then, where are the funds to be got necessary for 
sustaining the new college ? The Charter embraces only 
Scotland. Suppose the whole of the students attending our 
Scottish schools—a very unlikely thing to occur—were to 
take their licenses from the new college, there would not be 
from this source sufficient funds to sustain it; and I do not 
see any other source of income from which the staff of 
officials for the new college are to get payment of their 
salaries. Even the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, 
with its income from students coming from all parts of the 
world, does not, I believe, find that its income is any more 
than sufficient for its efficient management. 
If, therefore, a Charter be granted, it will have the effect 
of weakening the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons 
without creating a strong college in Edinburgh, and we w’ill 
then have two weak bodies instead of one strong one. This 
is to be avoided, because veterinary science and art can 
neither advance nor flourish under such circumstances. 
‘‘The Royal'College of Veterinary Surgeons is quite as 
much a Scottish institution as an English one, hut suppose 
it was English, we are more concerned with the fact of 
wffiether the Royal College deals rightly and justly by us than 
whether it is English or Scottish, and all know' that it does. 
Its examinations are conducted by medical men practising 
in Edinburgh, and not a few of the examiners are Scotchmen, 
and were educated at the Edinburgh Veterinary College. I 
think this question of nationality should have no place in 
our discussions, and that the sooner we forget such questions 
the better will it he for the public and the profession.” 
The result of all this has been the rejection of the proposed 
Charter by the Government, on the ground that such an 
institution would, to a great extent, fail in its endeavours to 
extend the usefulness of veterinary science through the 
want of co-operation on the part of the profession. 
It was considered that one great faculty having the power 
