422 Report of Education Committee, 1890. 
7. Edward Douglas Malcomson Hamilton, Magherabuoy, 
Portrush, Co. Antrim. 
8. John Arthur Llewellyn Beasley, Aylestone, Leicester. 
9. George Pelham Thomas, Hemsworth, Wakefield. 
10. James Gunter, Estate Office, Glasbury. 
11. George Sharman Mitchell, Cannon Street, Belgrave, 
Leicester. 
5. Of the compulsory subjects, there were two failures in Agricul- 
ture, eight in Chemistry, four in Book-keeping, four in Land-sur- 
veying, and two in Agricultural Engineering. Of the optional 
subjects there were no failures in Geology, but four in Botany, three 
in Anatomy, and one in Agricultural Entomology. 
6. The Examiner in Agriculture (Mr. Thomas Bell) reports 
that : — 
" The farming experience of candidates who came up for examin- 
ation having been obtained in widely separated districts of the 
United Kingdom, ranging from the North of Ireland and the North 
of Scotland to the southern counties of England, their descriptions 
of the management of sheep and cattle could not be otherwise than 
varied. The diversity of treatment entailed by the differences of 
climate and situation — which necessarily influence local customs — 
was carefully taken into consideration. The time at disposal for the 
vivd voce examination was too limited to elicit sufficiently the ex- 
perimental knowledge of some of the candidates whose papers were 
fair, but who did not come out so well when examined on the 
details of dairying and of the production of beef and mutton. 
" The answers to questions as to rotation of crops, cultivation, 
manuring, and amount of produce were generally satisfactory ; but 
great divergence of opinion was expressed as to the quantities, 
varieties, and cost of grass and cover seeds desirable for grass in 
rotation to lie three years. There was also a great disparity in the 
replies as to the amount of work which a man and a pair of horses 
should accomplish in a given time. 
"Those candidates who had been engaged in the practical work 
of the farm wgre free from the hesitation and uncertainly which 
some of the more theoretical students displayed." 
7. Eight of the candidates, or half of the total number, failed 
in chemistry. The Examiner in General Chemistry (Prof. Liveing) 
speaks well of the work of the three candidates who received the 
highest number of marks in the subject. The Examiner in Agri- 
cultural Chemistry (Mr. R. Warington) remarks that "the vivd 
voce examination proved that many of the candidates had a very 
slender acquaintance with the practical side of agricultural chemistry. 
Four failed to obtain half-marks in the vivd voce examination, and 
four others only a little exceeded this. Six of the candidates when 
shown Peruvian guano could not tell what it was, or gave ridiculous 
answers. The results of the written examination were better. The 
arithmetical question (5) [see page 427] was generally well done. The 
