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CATTLE FLAGtJE. 
At the same time I understand that the Highland Society 
is to cease holding examinations, but not to disappoint those 
students who may have entered the schools with a view of 
taking the Society’s certificate, that unless fifteen students 
entered their names no examination will be held. Now, 
there seems to me to be some doubt about this; for if cor¬ 
rectly reported a student may attend a whole session, and at 
the end will not be examined owing to the number not being 
sufficient. I consider it only just that rejected students 
should be allowed to go up again for the Highland Society’s 
certificate without attending the veterinary schools in the 
interim. There are some students who have attended four 
or five sessions, and it is well known that they cannot again 
present themselves at the Royal College examinations, they 
having ceased attendance under the old rules. 
Now, as the Royal College of veterinary surgeons admits 
the holders of the Highland Society’s certificate by paying 
certain fees, and without undergoing any examination, 
arrangements should be made that rejected students should 
be allowed up again without attending the schools. They 
have all the text-books at home, they know what to study, 
and by doing so they may be found to be up to the mark if 
again allowed to try. 
I trust this matter will be considered by some members of 
the Council with a view of allowing rejected students to have 
a chance, they having spent so much money and time, and 
after all are nothing but quacks. Yours, &c., 
A Rejected Student. 
To the Editors of the ‘ Veterinarian .’ 
Pathological Contributions. 
CATTLE PLAGUE. 
A most important step has been taken by the Russian 
Government towards the suppression of this disease in cer¬ 
tain localities. The Imperial Council, at a general meeting, 
have taken into consideration the representation of the 
Minister of the Interior respecting the slaughtering of dis¬ 
eased horned cattle, and, according to the official gazette of 
13th July, 1879, instructions have been issued for the 
slaughter of infected and suspected animals, and the indemni¬ 
fication of the owners. 
Cattle plague still prevails to a considerable extent in 
Austria. The latest reports state that the disease exists in 
