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AGRICULTUEAL EDUCATION. 



AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



CERTIFICATES AND DIPLOMA IN AGRICULTURE. 



Council on Education. 

 By a Supplementary Charter under the Great Seal, granted in 1856, the- 

 Society is empowered to grant Diplomas. 



Members of Council named hy Charter. 



The President of the Highland and Agricultural Society — President. 



The Lord Justice-General — Vice-Fresident 



The Lord Advocate. 



The Dean of Faculty. 



The Professor of Agriculture. 



The Professor of Anatomy. 



The Professor of Botany. 

 The Professor of Chemistry. 

 The Professor of Natural 

 History. 



Members of Council nominated hy Society. 



The Duke of Buccleuch, K.G. 

 William S.Walker of BowlandjC.B. 

 John Wilson, Wellnao-e. 



Thomas Mylne, Niddrie Mains. 

 Robert Dundas of Arniston. 

 John Munro, Faimington. 



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. Natural History. — Professor Sir C. Wyville Thomson. 



5. Veterinary Science. — Professor Williams. 



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



7. Book-keeping. — John Turnbull Smith, C.A. 



Standing Acting Committee. 

 The Lord Justice-General — Convener. 



The Professor of Agriculture. 

 The Professor of Botany 

 The Professor of Chemistry. 



Thomas Mylne, Niddrie Mains. 



John Munro, 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- 

 date must be acquainted with the science and practice of agriculture, elemen- 



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

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

 to lodge intimation before the 15th of March. 



