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COLEMAN PRIZE AWARD. 
This Prize, which is annually awarded to the students of the Royal 
Veterinary College for the best essay on practical subjects relating to 
the foot or eye of the horse, or to the disease glanders, was awarded by 
the Governors at their meeting on July 8th to the writers of the essays 
having the following mottoes :— 
Spes .— Silver Medal. Mr. William Frank Smith. 
In statu quo .— Bronze Medal. Edw. Simpson Shave. 
Invicta .— First Certificate of Merit.— Wm. Alston Edgar. 
SCHOLARSHIP AWARD. 
On the report of the College of Preceptors and the Professors, the 
Governors of the Royal Veterinary College has awarded the scholarship 
of £25 per annum, tenable for two years to Mr. Charles Edward Cockram, 
Weymouth, Dorset. 
THE FITZWYGRAM PRIZES. 
The notices and regulations with regard to the above prizes have been 
issued to graduates of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, and to 
the students of the respective veterinary schools who had obtained their 
diplomas since April, 1879. * 
The Examiners appointed were Dr. Bailey Balfour, of Edinburgh; 
Mr. Dan Gresswell, Louth; and Mr. Richard Sam Reynolds, Liver¬ 
pool. 
The second part of the examination was held in Nottingham. The 
Superintendents were Dr. James Dunsmure, jun., and the Secretary of 
the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. 
The names of six candidates were entered on the list. From the 
Royal Veterinary College two were entered. From the Edinburgh 
Veterinary College two candidates entered, both of whom withdrew. 
From the New Veterinary College, Edinburgh, two were entered. 
The written examination took place in London and Edinburgh on 
Wednesday, April 23rd, and Thursday, 24th. 
The following is the result, and the number of marks obtained by each 
competitor : 
Royal Veterinary College. 
Physio¬ 
Path®- 
Che¬ 
Materia 
Nos. 
Anatomy. 
logy- 
logy-. 
mistry. 
Medica. 
Botany 
300 
300 
suo 
100 
125 
7a 
Mr. E. Simpson Shave 
74 
. 280 . 
195 . 
250 
. 51 
. 87 . 
29 
— Wm. Frank Smith 
73 
. 255 . 
150 . 
245 
. 65 
. 70 . 
36 
New Veterinary College, 
Edinburgh. 
Mr. T. Herbert Lewis 
81 
. 205 ? 
210 . 
230 
. 85 
. 96 . 
47 
— Henry Wilson 
82 
. 240 . 
130 . 
210 
. 69 
. 97 . 
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The only competitors who were eligible for the'viva voce examination 
were Messrs. E. Simpson Shave and Wm. Frank Smith from the Royal 
Veterinary College, and Mr. Thomas Herbert Lewis from the New 
Veterinary College, Edinburgh. 
The viva examination took place at Nottingham, on Monday, June 
9th. 
The report of the viva voce and practical examination were as 
follows: 
