Report of the Council. 



IX 



Chemistry applied to Agriculture. 

 Name. School Prize. 



F. B. Kingdon .. E. A. College, Cirencester 5 



J. L. Walclon .. Devon County School 4 



H. E, Goddard ,. E. A. College, Cirencester 4 



In all these lists whore prizes of the same value are given to more 

 than one candidate for the same subject, the candidates' names are 

 arranged in alphabetical order. 



The whole number of Candidates was 45. 



With regard to the Cambridge Local Examinations to be held 

 during the present month, the Council have determined upon offering 

 prizes for the same subjects as before. 



Seventy-four candidates are entered for these jirizes. Of these, 21 

 are Seniors and 45 Juniors; while 10 are entered for the special prizes 

 in Mechanics and Chemistry applied to Agriculture, of whom 2 are 

 also entered amongst the Seniors. 



The Council also offer (besides the foregoing prizes) 1 Senior 

 Scholarship of 50Z., and 4 Junior Scholarships of 20/. to be competed 

 for at the ensuing Cambridge Local Examinations in December, 1866, 

 limited to sons of tenant farmers, or of owners, if not exceeding 500 

 acres, occupying their own land, on the following conditions : — 

 That the Senior Scholarship shall only be given on condition that 

 the scholar sj)end a year with a practical agriculturist, to be 

 approved by the Education Committee, or at one of the Agri- 

 cultural Colleges — such as Cirencester, Glasnevin, or the Agri- 

 cultural Department at Edinburgh — and that the money shall 

 not be paid until a testimonial as to good conduct and industry 

 be produced, at the end of the year of scholarship, from the body 

 or person under whom the scholar has studied . 

 That the Junior Scholarships shall only be given upon condition 

 that the scholars spend a year at a school, to be approved by the 

 Education Committee, and that the money shall not be paid 

 until a testimonial as to good conduct and industry be produced 

 at the end of the year of scholarship, from the person under 

 whom the scholars have studied. 

 These Scholarships will be awarded according to the order in which 

 the Candidates stand at the Cambridge Local Examinations. 



The Council have again obtained the assistance of Mr. Besant, 

 of St. John's College, Cambridge (Senior Wrangler, 1850), to 

 examine in Mechanics applied to Agriculture, in conjunction 

 with Mr. Amos, the Society's Consulting Engineer. Mr. 

 Liveing, Professor of Chemistry in the University of Cambridge, 

 and Professor Voelcker, the Society's Consulting Chemist, Avill 

 conduct the examination in Chemistry applied to Agriculture. 



While heartily uniting with the whole kingdom in thanks- 

 giving for the abatement of the Cattle Plague, the Council are 

 at the same time sensible of the importance of continuing many of 



