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    Mr. Wilson explained that he had deputed one of his officers to
the Muktesar course with a view to having him trained more
especially in laboratory technique. He subsequently discovered that
the officer was being trained in the general duties expected to be
performed by men of Imperial Service rank.

    Mr. Hewlett believed that it was clearly laid down that the
promoted men must be subsequently employed in their own pro-
vinces.

    Mr. Quinlan agreed with the observations made by the Chairman
regarding the high-handed manner in which the Imperial veteri-
nary officers in charge of provinces had been treated in the matter
of the training of the men now undergoing instruction with a view
to promotion.

    Mr. Howard maintained that only men possessing the diploma
of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons should be eligible for
the Imperial Service.

    Mr. Quirke likewise stated that the M. R. C. V. S. qualification
of its equivalent should be insisted upon. He pointed out that
there would arise difficulties of a commercial nature if men were
admitted not possessing these qualifications, as certificates in regard
to animal disease were not accepted by certain corporations or
individuals unless they were signed by a holder of that particular
diploma.

    Mr. Cameron also stated that this objection was a real one, for
it often occurred that there was difficulty in granting a certificate
in regard to the export of hides from Burma when no M. R. C. V. S.
was available. The Government of Australia, for example, would
not accept a certificate in respect of exported hides unless it was
signed by a M. R. C. V. S.

    Mr. Riley also raised the question regarding the possibility of
hardships for Imperial Service officers now under probation, when
the men now under training became promoted.

    The Chairman then proposed the terms of a Resolution:—

Resolution I (b)

      (2) That in view of the Government policy providing for the
               promotion of a proportion of Provincial Officers to
               the Imperial Service, it is considered that promotion
               to the Imperial Service should be restricted to those
               Provincial officers who have at least 10 years' further
               service to the credit of Government, whose selection is
               approved by a Standing Committee of Imperial officers,
               and undertake to submit themselves to a course of special
               work to be prescribed by this Committee and pass success-
               fully the tests laid down for the course.