ROYAL COLLEGE OF VETERINARY SURGEONS. 
283 
“ The New Veterinary College, G-ayeield ; 
“ Edinburgh, March 4<th, 1879. 
“ To W. H. Coates, Esq. 
“ Dear Sir,—I am sorry that I cannot be present at the 
meeting, as I wanted particularly to draw the Council’s attention 
to bye-law 46, the meaning of which I think has been miscon¬ 
strued. 
“In order to satisfy myself I have taken a legal opinion upon 
it, which is’ as follows :—That according to bye-law 46, an ex¬ 
amination is to be held if there be nine candidates, and that such 
a number may be made up of candidates for the first, second, or 
third divisions of the examination (for example, three for each 
division). 
“ That if tbe bye-law were intended to exclude any number 
below nine from any division of the examination, it ought to have 
been as follows :—‘No examination shall take place in the first, 
second, or third divisions of the examination unless there are at 
least nine candidates for examination in such division,’ which 
would mean that, although there might be twenty-four candidates 
for examination, namely, eight in each division, still no examina¬ 
tion could be held—a matter of great hardship. 
“ I now beg to enclose a notice of motion that I think will 
meet the case, and which I will thank you to suspend in the 
Council-room. 
“ I remain, &c., 
“ W. Williams.” 
“ Notice of Motion as to alteration of Bye-law 46, that Bye-law 
46 shall read as follows : 
“ March 5th , 1879. 
“ No examination shall be held unless there be nine candidates 
for one division of the examination ; but if a Board be assembled, 
and there be a candidate or candidates for another division, the 
examiners for which being within reach, then a Board shall be 
constituted to examine such candidate or candidates. 
“ (Signed) W. Williams.” 
The President gave notice that he intended to move the in¬ 
sertion of the word “ each ” in Bye-law 46 after the word “ for,” 
i.e., unless there were at least nine candidates for each examina¬ 
tion. 
A letter was received from Mr. Callow, of Horsham, Sussex, 
conveying his acknowledgment on being informed that he had 
obtained the first prize of the Royal Agricultural Society ; also a 
letter from Mr. Jenkins, of the Royal Agricultural Society, 
acknowledging receipt of the report of the examiner's, of which 
tbe following is a copy : 
