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oral examination, and in consequence the percentage of passes 

 in Clieese-making was above the average. 



The arrangements for carrying out the Examination at both 

 centres were excellent, and during the whole of the eight days 

 occupied in Practical Cheese-making the work proceeded with- 

 out a hitch. 



8. Dr. Voelcker reports that the work in Chemistry and 

 Bacteriology' at Reading was extremely well done. The num- 

 ber of failures was low, and there were several papers of more 

 than usual excellence ; in one case, indeed, practically full 

 marks were obtained. The improvement evinced in the Bac- 

 teriological part of the subject of Examination was particularly 

 striking, and it was clear that most of the candidates had been 

 through a good practical course of training. On the other 

 hand, the chief weakness shown w^as in respect of knowledge 

 of elementary chemistry, this being brought out most in the 

 viva voce examination, which was not, as a whole, as satis- 

 factory as the written replies. 



At the Scottish Centre the results of the Chemistry and 

 Bacteriology part of the Examination were, Dr. Voelcker 

 remarks, hardly as satisfactory as in former years. Several 

 papers were quite good, but there was none of special excellence. 

 Nor did the viva voce examination, as a whole, much improve 

 the position of candidates. The chief failure was to reply to 

 questions involving knowledge of general chemistry as apart 

 from dairying matters in particular. The questions involving 

 knowledge of Bacteriology were much better answered, and 

 there had evidently been a fair amount of practical work done 

 in this branch. 



Alexander Cross, 



Chai7'ma7i. 

 16 Bedford Square, London, W.C. 

 October, 1914. 



