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the classes and competitions of a national character. An 

 opportunity is afforded for doing this by tabulating the prizes 

 that were awarded in the orthodox way, and those that would 

 have resulted if the " point value " system had been in operation 

 in the two great classes at Shrewsbury last year. Here they 

 are : — 



Decorative Dessert Table Class (Shrewsbury, 1897). 



Societies' Prizes awarded 



Points recorded, ascer- 

 tained value Is. lid. each 



Aggregate " Point Value," 

 excluding decimals 



£ s. d. 





£ s. d. 



1st 12 12 0 



105^ 



10 2 2i 



2nd 12 12 0 



104J 



10 0 3| 



3rd 8 8 0 



99f 



9 10 8i 



4th 5 5 0 



90j 



9 4 llj 



£38 17 0 



406 



£38 18 2 



The reason of the money value of the Society's first and 

 second prizes being equal was the addition of £5 with the 

 Veitch medal to the first prize. 



Taking no account of this, but regarding the addition as an 

 award of honour won by one point,' advocates of the " point 

 value " system would say that the 



1st prize winner had above his just due £2. 2s. dkd. 

 2nd „ „ above „ £2. lis. 8%d. 



3rd „ „ below „ £1. 2s. 8%d. 



4th „ „ below „ £3. 9s. ll%d. 



If the total amount allocated in the schedule could not be 

 exceeded by Is. 2d., it would only be necessary to deduct 3|c7. 

 from each of the prize winners to insure an exact division of the 

 £38. 17s. 



Victorian Fruit Class (Shrewsbury, 1897). 



Prizes awarded 



Points recorded, ascer- 

 tained value Is. l%d. each 



Aggregate " Point Value," 

 excluding decimals 



£ 





£ s. d. 



1st 30 



321 



26 8 3| 



2nd 25 • 



297 



24 8 9£ 



3rd 20 



294 



24 3 10| 



£75 



912 



£75 1 0 



Deduct 4c?. from each prize winner, and the odd shilling is 

 disposed of. 



The greater the number of points recorded the smaller is the 



