108 ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
“ Veterinary College, Clyde Street, 
Edinburgh; Bee . \Bth, 1878. 
“ To the Secretary of 
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
“ Sir, —I beg to bring before the notice of the Council what I 
consider a hardship, under certain circumstances, to students, in 
connection with rules 32, S3. 
“ At present a student is required to study three terms before 
presenting himself for the first examination, and two other terms 
before he is eligible for the second examination, i.e. presuming 
that he has passed his first. Now, if from any cause the student 
is prevented from going up for his first after the expiry of three 
terms, or in the case of his having been rejected after the ex¬ 
piration of one; his course at College is much prolonged and a 
considerable addition is made to his College expenses. There 
are at present six students (two of whom were rejected in July 
last) in this College eligible for the first examination in January 
next, but owing to the fact that there are none from the other 
Scotch schools they cannot present themselves until April, thus 
throwing them back three months, and that from no fault of 
their own; and if they pass in April they will not be eligible for 
the second examination until January, 1880. 
“ J submit for the consideration of the Council the following 
proposition:— 
“ ‘ That if from any unavoidable cause a student is prevented 
from presenting himself for any examination in the usual course, 
he shall be allowed to go up for the next examination after 
studying one term less than the rule at present prescribes/ 
“ Thus, in the case of the six students referred to above, sup¬ 
posing that they pass the first examination in April next, they 
will have to wait, as I have before remarked, until January, 1880, 
before they are eligible for the second; but if my suggestion 
were adopted they would be able to present themselves for the 
second examination in July, 1879. 
I shall be obliged by your bringing this matter before the 
Council at the earliest opportunity. 
“ (Signed) Thomas Walley.” 
The President said that the proper course for Prof. Walley 
to adopt was to give notice to the Council that he intended to 
move the rescinding of the laws in question. 
Examinations . 
At a meeting of the Court of Examiners for “ the pass ex¬ 
amination/’ held on January 6th, 1879, 4 students passed, and 
8 were rejected. 
At a meeting for the “ second examination,” held on January 
7th, 8 passed, and 1 was rejected. 
