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It will be seen from this Table that whilst the number of com- 
petitors on the present occasion is about the average of recent years, 
the number of competing schools is the highest yet reached. 
2. Of the forty actual competitors, sixteen have passed in all 
four subjects (Agriculture, Chemistry, Mechanics, and Land Survey- 
ing) and have obtained the number of marks necessary to qualify 
them for the Society's Scholarships and Certificates. These will, in 
accordance with the regulations, be retained until the winners of 
them shall have spent the ensuing year at school or college, or with 
a practical agriculturist upon a farm. Three other boys (two from 
the Aspatria Agricultural College and one from the Northampton 
Grammar School) passed in all four subjects, but failed to obtain 
the minimum total marks necessary to qualify for Certificates. Of 
the twenty-one other unsuccessful competitors, ten failed in one 
subject, seven in two subjects, three in three subjects, and one in 
all four subjects. There were nine failures in Agriculture, nine in 
Chemistry, eleven in Mechanics, and nine in Land Surveying. 
3. The names of the successful candidates, with the number of 
marks gained by each, are given in the following Table : — 
No. in order 
of merit 
Candidate 
Age 
School or College 
Agriculture, 400 ; 
pass, 150 
Chemistry, 200 ; 
pass, 75 
Mechanics, 200 ; 
pass, 75 
Land surveying, 
100 ; pass, 40 
Total, 900 ; 
pass, 450 
1 
Lister, J. . . 
15 
Aspatria Agricultural College . 
325 
143 
154 
85 
707 
2 
Wilson, W. 
15 
Aspatria Agricultural College . 
290 
161 
148 
100 
699 
( Alexander, D. . 
16 
Maybole Public School, N.B. . 
285 
167 
141 
54 
647 
I 
\ Robinson, W. A. 
17 
Sedgebrook Sohool.nr.Grantham 
275 
157 
153 
62 
647 
( Smart, E. H. . 
15 
Portsmouth Grammar School . 
265 
136 
176 
70 
647 
6 
Daniel, J 
15 
Ashburton Grammar School 
268 
170 
100 
72 
610 
7 
Mason, W. G. . 
15 
Aspatria Agricultural College . 
278 
126 
118 
76 
598 
8 
Hutcheson, W. 
17 
Aspatria Agricultural College . 
275 
135 
102 
52 
564 
9 
Gillson, W. A. . 
16 
Norfolk County School 
280 
145 
75 
54 
551 
10 
Arnison, C. . 
16 
Aspatria Agricultural College . 
230 
116 
107 
72 
525 
11 
Heaman, R. G. 
15 
Devon County School 
210 
111 
132 
60 
513 
12 
Edgecombe, E. 
15 
Ashburton Grammar School 
223 
110 
98 
46 
477 
13 
Mills, C. H. 
15 
Ashburton Grammar School 
180 
122 
109 
64 
475 
14 
Rennie, R. 
17 
Maybole Public School, N.B. . 
195 
147 
91 
40 
473 
IS 
Johnson, H. 
15 
Swanley Horticl. College, Kent . 
215 
103 
96 
52 
466 
16 
Newman, J. II. 
16 
Surrey County School 
150 
152 
104 
45 
451 
4. The Examiner in Agriculture (Mr. Primrose McConnell, B. Sc.) 
reports that "while there are 22'5 per cent, of failures this year as 
against 13 - 5 per cent, last year, the average marks gained by those 
who have passed are much higher. The average of the best ten 
papers is 281 marks as against 253 last year, and 252 in 1888. 
There is, therefoi'e, a decided improvement on this occasion. Some 
of the questions were intentionally made of such a practical nature 
that the answers could not be found in any book, but were easy to 
any lad who had been on a farm, and therefore improvement under 
these conditions is a gratifying proof that the teaching is practical," 
