242 Report to the Annual General Meeting. 



2. The Medal shall be awarded for a monograph or essay giving 



evidence of original research on any agricultural subject or any 

 of the cognate agricultural sciences applicable to British Farm- 

 ing, and v?hich has not been previously published. 



3. Candidates for the Medal must reside in Great Britain or Ireland, 



and must not be either over the age of twenty-seven years or 

 of more than five years' standing from the time of taking their 

 first agricultural qualification, such qualification being (a) a 

 Degree or Diploma of a University or University College, or 

 a school or college associated with a University, or (6) the 

 National Diploma in Agriculture. 



4. The Medal shall be adjudged by Eeferees appointed by the Council 



of the Royal Agricultural Society. The Referees shall have 

 power to award in the place of the Gold Medal a Bronze 

 Medal and Books, together of equivalent value to the Gold 

 Medal, if the successful candidate so desires. 



5. The monograph or essay shall be forwarded to the Secretary of 



the Royal Agricultural Society on or before July 25th. The 

 monograph or essay shall be typewritten or printed. 



6. If in the opinion of the Referees no monograph or essay be found 



to attain a sufficient standard of excellence, they shall be at 

 liberty to reserve the medal of that year for award as an 

 additional medal in some subsequent year. 



7. The monograph or essay of the successful candidate may be 



published in the Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society, if, 

 in the opinion of the Council, it is suitable for that purpose. 

 The award of the Gold Medal will carry with it Life Membership 

 of the Royal Agricultural Society. 



The Fifteenth Annual Examination for the National Diploma 

 in Agriculture was held at the Leeds University from the 17th 

 to the 24th April last, when thirty-five candidates were suc- 

 cessful in obtaining the Diploma, the first two gaining Honours. 

 For list see page 244. 



The Examination for the National Diploma in Dairying 

 was held this year for English students from September 12th to 

 18th, at the University College and British Dairy Institute, Read- 

 ing; and for Scottish students from September 18th to 26th, at 

 the Dairy School for Scotland, Kilmarnock. Thirty-four can- 

 didates were examined at the English Centre, of whom twenty- 

 one were successful, and at the Scottish Centre thirty candidates 

 were examined, of whom twenty-one passed. The names of the 

 Diploma winners will be found on pages 248 and 249. 



By Order of the Council, 



THOMAS McROW, 

 Secretary. 

 16, Bedford Square, London, W.C. 

 November 4th, 1914. 



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