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NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL EXAMINATION 



BOARD. 



I.— REPORT ON THE RESULTS 



OF THE THIRTEENTH EXAMINATION FOR THE 



NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN AGRICULTURE, 



Held at Leeds, April 20 to 26, 1912. 



1. The Thirteenth Examination for the NATIONAL DIPLOMA 

 IN Agriculture which, by the courtesy of the authorities, 

 was hekl at the University of Leeds from the 20th to the 26th 

 April hist, marked a change in the principle of this Examination 

 which has now been conducted annually since the year 1900. 



2. New Regulations and a revised Syllabus came into force 

 for the first time, under which a candidate was required to 

 present a certificate from a recognised agricultural college that 

 his attainments in the subjects of General Botany, Geology, 

 General Chernistry , Physics and Mechanics, as attested by class 

 and other examinations were, in the opinion of the authorities 

 of his college, such as to justify his admission to the Examina- 

 tion ; or to produce other evidence of equivalent attainment. 

 The subjects of Examination were Practical Agriculture (two 

 papers), Farm and Estate Etigijieering (including (a) Survey- 

 ing, (5) Farm Buildings, (c) Machinery and Implements), 

 Agricultural Chemistry, Agricultural Botany, Agricultural 

 Book-keeping, Agricultural Zoology, and Veterinary Science. 



3. Candidates were given the option of taking the whole 

 eight papers at one time, or of sitting for a group of any four 

 this year, it being understood that if these were passed the 

 remaining group of four were to be taken next year. Candi- 

 dates failing in a single subject of a group will be permitted to 

 take this again in conjunction with the second group. 



4. After the issue of these new Regulations, however, it 

 came to the knowledge of the Board that a substantial number 

 of students would be unable to comply with the new require- 

 ments. To meet such cases, it was found necessary, therefore, 

 to hold an Examination in both Part I. and Part II. under the 

 conditions which had been in force hitherto. 



5. In all 102 candidates presented themselves, 21 in Part I. 

 {old Regulations), 43 in Part II. (old Regulations), and 38 under 

 the neiv Regulations. 



6. Of these last-mentioned 38, four took the whole Examina- 

 tion, three being successful in obtaining the Diploma. Of the 

 34 sitting for a group of four subjects, 23 were successful. 



