no ROYAL COLLEGE OE VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
to investigate the matter, and if this were done, it would meet 
his proposal for the suspension of bye-law 31, and the new 
bye-law 46. 
The President said he should be glad to assent to the appoint¬ 
ment of a committee to arrange for the marks and the words to 
be used, and the value of the different portions of the exami¬ 
nation. 
Professor Williams said there was also another thing to be 
taken into consideration, namely, the finance. He had recently 
had a conversation with Professor Turner, and he (Professor 
Williams) stated that justice would be done to the examiners 
and the College by giving them so much per hour. By this 
plan the financial difficulty in which the College had been placed 
would be overcome. If the matter were left to a committee 
a very satisfactory arrangement might be come to. 
After some further remarks, 
The President moved the appointment of a committee (e To 
regulate the marks to be assigned to the different subjects of 
examination, the marks which are to pass or to reject candidates, 
and the payments to be made to the examiners ; also to consider 
any arrangements which can be made to suit candidates for 
examination.” 
Professor Williams seconded the motion which was carried. 
The members of the Committee appointed were, The President 
Professor Turner, of Edinburgh, Professor Williams, Professor 
Brown, Professor Pritchard, and Mr. Collins. 
The Obituary notice was read. 
The Registrar reported that 100 Registers have been sold 
since their last issue, and eight Registrar's fees had been received. 
The Secretary then read the Examiners’ Report of the Examina¬ 
tion of Candidates for the Royal Agricultural Society’s Prizes, 
which Examination took place on January 7th 1879. 
The report was ordered to be forwarded to the Secretary, 
Royal Agriculture Society. 
To the President and Council of the Royal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons. 
The Examiners appointed to test the qualifications of the 
Students, competing for the prizes offered by the Royal Agricul¬ 
tural Society of England, for proficiency in the pathology of 
Cattle, Sheep, and Pigs, beg to present their report, and in doing 
so wish at the same time to express their regret that the number 
of Candidates should be so limited; but they do not attribute 
this to indifference on the matter so much as to the qualifica¬ 
tions insisted upon to render them eligible being perhaps too 
stringent. 
