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NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL EXAMINATION 



BOARD. 



I.— REPORT ON THE RESULTS 

 OF THE TWELFTH EXAMINATION FOR THE 

 NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN AGRICULTURE, 



Held at Leeds, April 24 to 27, 1911. 



1. The Committee of the National Agricultural Examina- 

 tion Board entrusted with the conduct of the Twelfth Annual 

 Examination for the NATIONAL DIPLOMA in AGRICULTURE 

 report that, by the courtesy of the authorities, the Examination 

 was again held at the Leeds University, from April 24 to 27, 

 1911. In all, 97 candidates entered, 52 in Part I., and 45 in 

 Part II. Of the candidates who entered this year for Part II. 

 — which comprises the subjects of Practical Agriculture, 

 Agricultural Book-keeping (or Mensuratiun and Land-Sur- 

 vey ing), Agricultural Chemistry, Agricultural Engineering, and 

 Veterinary Science — eight, who had previously failed in one 

 subject of Part I., were allowed to take that subject in con- 

 junction with the Second Part ; and eleven, who had on a 

 former occasion failed in only one subject of Part II., came up 

 for that subject alone. 



2. The result of the Examination in Part II. was that 29 

 candidates (including two of the eight who w^ere also taking a 

 Part I. subject, and the whole eleven who came up for one 

 subject only) were successful, and, having now passed both 

 Parts of the Examination, are entitled to receive the National 

 Diploma in Agriculture, the first five candidates gaining 

 Honours. 



Diploma uiith Honours. 



1. Frederick Keith Jackson, licecls University. 



2. Thomas Hamilton, Leeds University, 



3. George Christopher Martin, Leeds University. 



4. E. Ernest W. Paynter, Leeds University. 



5. Gordon Burdass Young, Harper-Adams Agricultural College, New- 



port, Salop. 



The names of the Diploma winners, in alphabetical order, are 

 as follows : — 



Diploma. 

 Onnig J. Balabanian, West of Scotland Agricultural College, Glasgow. 

 William James Berry, College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Holmes 



Cbapel, Cheshire. 

 Benjamin Bunting, College of Agriculture and Horticulture, Holmes 



Chapel, Cheshire. 

 Thomas Elsey Carter, Midland Agricultural and Dairy College, Kingston, 



Derby. ' 



Frank Ewart Corrie, West of Scotland Agricultural College, Glasgow. 



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