10 AGRICULTUEAL EDUCATION. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



CERTIFICATES AXD DIPLOMA IN AGRICULTDEE. 



CouxciL ox Education. 

 By a Supplementary Charter under the Great Seal, granted in 1S5G, the 

 Society is empowered to grant Diplomas. 



Members of Council named by Charter. 



The President of the Highland and Agricultural Society — President. 



The Lord Justice-General — Vice-President. 



The Lord Advocate 



The Dean of Faculty. 



The Professor of Agriculture 



The Professor of Anatomy. 



The Professor of Botany. 

 The Professor of Chemistry. 

 Tlie Professor of Natural 

 History. 



Members of Council nominated by Society. 



The Duke of Buccleuch, K.G. 

 William S.WALKERofBowland,C.B. 

 John Wilson, Wellnage. 



Thomas Mylnu, Niddrie Mains. 

 Robert Dundas of Arniston. 

 John Munro, Fairnington. 



A. Campbell Swinton of Kimmerghame. 



Board of Examiners. 



1. Science and Practice of Agriculture. — Professor Wilson ; John Wilson, ' 



Wellnage, Dunse ; Thomas Mylne, Niddrie Mains, Liberton ; and 

 John Munro, Fairnington, Kelso. 



2. Botany. — Professor Balfour. 



3. Chemistry. — Dr A. P. Aitken. 



4. Nafii.ral History. — Professor Sir C. Wyville Thomson. 



5. Veterinary Science. — Professor Williams. 



6. Field Engineering. — David Stevenson, M. Inst. C.E. 



7. Book-heeping. — Kenneth Mackenzie, C.A., and John Turnbull 



S.MITH, C.A. 



Standing Acting Committee. 

 The Lord Justice-General — Convener. 



Thomas Mylne, Niddrie J\Iains. 



The Professor of Agriculture. 

 The Professor of Botany 

 The Professor of Chemistry. 



John JNIunro, Fairnington. 

 A. Campbell Swinton of Kim- 

 merghame. 



Bye-Laws. 



I. That, in terms of the Charter, the Society shall nominate seven members 

 to act on the Council on Education. 



II. That the Council shall appoint a Board of Examiners on the following 

 subjects : — Science and Practice of Agriculture ; Botany ; Chemistry; Natu- 

 ral History ; Veterinary Science ; Field Engineering; and Book-keeping. 



III. That the examinations shall be both written and oral, that the value 

 of the answers shall be determined by numbers, and that the oral examina- 

 tions shall be public. 



IV. That there shall be three Examinations,* to be styled respectively 

 the " Second Class Certificate Examination," the " First Class Certificate 

 Examination," and the "Diploma Examination." 



V. That to pass the " Second Class Certificate Examination," a candi- 



* It has been resolved that, under ordinarj' circumstances, the Examinations shall 

 Le held annually in the end of March or beginning of April, candidates being required 

 to lodge intimation before the 15tli of March. 



