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It may not be known either to the public or profession, but it is a 
fact, that so far as the teaching is concerned it is anything but profitable, 
and, in too many instances, not only do those on whom the greatest re¬ 
sponsibility devolves receive no remuneration, but if they are not out of 
pocket they are fortunate; and too often, instead of being encouraged 
in their good work, are exposed to the jealousy and ill will of those 
whose best interests such institutions must serve most. 
While the present inefficiency of our Veterinary Schools is in some 
measure attributable to this cause, yet it is no excuse for those who un¬ 
dertake the positions of teachers of the science, not to take advantage of 
privileges at their disposal for raising the standard of the profession at 
least to a position of respectability. / 
In, concluding these papers I sincerely hope that the true object in 
writing them will be credited to the writer, viz., a desire to bring about 
important improvements, for which he has long pleaded privately with 
those who had the power without the will to bring them about, and that 
the free discussion of the subject, which is likely to follow, will be pro¬ 
ductive of much good to all of us. 
Already we have entered on a higher platform, two of the Colleges 
having added matriculation to their requirements, and the American 
Veterinary College has adopted a three-session course and a graded ex¬ 
amination, as has been practiced for years at Montreal; and no doubt 
our friends at Toronto will follow the good example, and thus remove 
the last great obstacle to the progress of Veterinary Education in 
America, and place the members of this profession on this continent on 
a par with their European brethren. 
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS 
WITH RESPECT TO THE EXAMINATION OF VETERINARIANS. 
(Printed under the direction of the Council of the Dorpat Veterinary Institution .) 
By D. McEachran, F. R. C. V. S., V. S. Edinburgh, 
Principal of the Montreal Veterinary College. 
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Apropos of the subject of Veterinary Education, the following 
translation* in a condensed form of the printed regulations of the 
* I am indebted to Prof. Osier for translating the above. 
