AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



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AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION. 



CERTIFICATES AND DIPLOMA IX 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 by Charter. 



The President of the Highland and Agricultural Society- 

 The Lord Justice-General — Vice-President. 



-President. 



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 by Society. 



The Duke of Buccleuch, K.G. 

 William S. Walker of Bowland, C.B. 

 John Wilson, Wellnage. 



Thomas Mylne, Niddrie Mains. 

 Robert Dundas of Arniston. 

 John Munro, Fairnington. 



A. Campbell Swinton of Kimmerghame. 



Board of Exarainers. 



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



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

 John Munro, Fairnington, Roxburgh. 



2. Botany. — Dr Cleghorn. 



3. Chemistry. — Dr A. P. Aitken. 



4. Natural History. — Dr Ramsay H. Traquair. 



5. Veterinary Science. — Professor Williams. 



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



7. Boohkeejjing. — John Turnbull SiiiTH, C.A. 



Standing Acting Committee. 

 The Lord Justice-General — Ccnvencr. 



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, tlie Society shall nominate seven members 

 to act on the Council on Education. 



II. That tlie Council shall aj)point a Board of Examiners on tlie following 

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

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



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

 of the answers sh;ill be deterniiued by nuuibers, and that the oral examina- 

 tions shall be public. 



