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However, he might state that they put a stop some time ago to anything 
of the kind being done in the future so far as Edinburgh was con¬ 
cerned. 
Mr. Cameron , Berwick-on-Tweed, said he had much pleasure in 
being present at the first meeting of the Royal College in Edinburgh. 
He was not living in Scotland now, but he had still the same feelings 
as Scotchmen. He highly approved of the change which had been 
made which enabled the meeting to be held in Edinburgh : but another 
change would require to be made before the full advantage could be reaped. 
It had not been taken into account that there were no trains running 
in the north of Scotland on Sabbath. It was a matter of time and 
money to those in the north who attended the meeting, and he 
thought that an arrangement should be made so that meetings such as 
the present, and even in London, should not take place on a Monday or 
a Saturday. The present system also involved a good deal of Sabbath 
travelling. Although he had no special objection to Sabbath travelling 
which he did professionally, yet it ought to be done as little as possible. 
They knew the source of England’s greatness, and they knew that it 
was said, “ They that honour Me, I will honour.” If there was no 
legal objection to it the meeting ought certainly to be held on any day 
of the week except Saturday or Monday. He was sure that Scotch¬ 
men were highly gratified to see their English brethren in Edinburgh 
(applause). With regard to the question of voting, he considered it 
would be a very great improvement if Mr. Lawson’s proposal were 
carried out. 
General Sir F. Fitzwygram said he wished to make a few remarks. 
Professor McCall, in the course of his speech, said that the Royal College 
of Veterinary Surgeons were regulating or had regulated the Matri¬ 
culation Examinations. That was not the case. The Royal Veterinary 
College had regulated its own examinations, and the Royal College of 
Veterinary Surgeons had had nothing to do with it. Professor Walley 
had mentioned that while the Royal College of London prescribed a 
high standard, they allowed the admission of students surreptitiously by 
coming down to Scotland. Now, there was no doubt that in the original 
scheme in London they did accept certain examinations for certain places, 
but it was found that there was an abuse, and the Governors stopped 
it, and no one was now allowed to enter the College unless he passed the 
full examination. The proposal of the College was not to establish a 
uniform examination for the four schools, but to define a certain standard 
below which no one should be allowed to enter into the veterinary 
schools at all. What they endeavoured to do was to draw out a scheme 
giving the lowest examination which a young gentleman must pass 
before he could be fairly supposed to derive any advantage from enter¬ 
ing the schools. He thought that if the Principals of the four schools 
would agree together, the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons would 
gladly endorse any recommendations they might make. There would 
then be no chance of the examination being altered without the accord 
of the schools. He thought that some examination should be adopted 
below which no young gentleman should be allowed to enter. 
Principal McCall said that the alterations had taken place principally 
with reference to the veterinary element of the London College. As 
they were aware, Sir F. Fitzwygram, Mr. J. Collins, and Mr. Ilarpley, 
were Governors of that Institution. Now, suppose that the other col¬ 
leges took a part in the Matriculation Examination of the students, these 
three gentlemen would still have to do with the Matriculation Examina¬ 
tion for members of the Council; so that, while the other three colleges 
