CX PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



SCHOOL TEACHEES' EXAMINATION IN 

 COTTAGE AND ALLOTMENT GARDENING. 



DUTIES OF A SUPERVISOR. 



(a) To satisfy himself that the room proposed for the Examination is a suitable 

 one for the purpose, and to see that a sufficient quantity of foolscap paper, all 

 of one size, is provided for the use of the Candidates. 



(6) To satisfy himself that all Candidates belonging to his centre have been duly 

 acquainted with the place, day, and hour of Examination. This may be done 

 by communicating with the Lecturer or with the Secretary of the County 

 Council, &c. 



(c) To receive the sealed parcel of Papers which will be posted to him from London 



seven clear days before the Examination. N.B. — If the Papers do not arrive 

 by the fourth day before the Examination, he should immediately telegraph to 

 the Secretary of the Society, Vincent Square, London, S.W. Telegraphic 

 address : " Hortensia, London." 



(d) To preserve the seals of the parcel unbroken, until he opens it in the presence of 



the Candidates, at the hour fixed for the Examination to commence. 



(e) To distribute one copy of the Examination Paper, one copy of Form X, and an 



envelope bearing the Society's address and space for Candidate's number to 

 each Candidate. It is better that the Candidates should be seated not too 

 closely together. 



( f The Supervisor will then immediately read aloud the directions printed at the 

 head of the Paper of Questions, make a note of the exact time, and inform 

 Students distinctly of the exact hour at which all Papers must be handed in. 



(g) To tell each Candidate to number every sheet of his Paper with the number 



printed on the top of his Question-paper, and not to write his name and address 

 on any of them, but to send it separately in an envelope which is sent for the 

 purpose, on the outside of which the Candidate must also be sure to write his 

 distinctive number. 



(h) To collect from the Candidates the envelopes containing their names and 



addresses, and see that they are numbered outside with the corresponding 

 number of the Question-paper of each. 



(i) To see the following rules are strictly observed : — 



1. Three and a half hours are allowed for the Paper. 



2. Students are not allowed to bring any books, paper, notes, &c, into the 



Examination-room ; nor to ask any questions whatever, save of the Super- 

 visor, who must exercise his judgment as to whether such question is one 

 he should answer or not. 



3. Students are not allowed to leave the Examination-room on any pretext 



whatsoever after each Paper has been distributed. In case of unavoidable 

 illness, the Student must be content either to hand in what he has already 

 done or to wait till another Examination takes place. 



4. Any Student leaving the room before the full time allowed has expired must 



first give up to the Supervisor his written Papers. 



5. The Papers of any Students breaking these rules or found copying should at 



once be destroyed. 



(k) The allotted time having expired, the Supervisor will call on the Students to 

 fold up and hand in their Papers, which should then be at once (before leaving 

 the room) properly secured, either with string or paper-fasteners. They should 

 be posted to the Secretary, R.H.S., Vincent Square, London, S.W., by the 

 earliest possible post. 



(/) The supervisor will, of course, not himself leave the room during the time of 

 Examination. 



The Supervisor is requested to sign the following form and return it with the 

 Students' Papers to the Secretary, R.H.S., Vincent Square, London, S.W. 



I hereby certify that the Examination held at 

 has been conducted strictly according to the rules and regulations of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society. 



Supervisor's Signature . 



Supervisor's Address 



Date 



%f The Council of the Royal Horticultural Society reserve to themselves the right 

 to modify the application of these Regulations as they may consider necessary, and all 

 disputed questions of interpretation and procedure must be referred to them for final 

 decision. 



