Report on Agricultural Education. 
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By far the most successful of these schools seems to be the 
Surrey County School at Cranleigh. Here about 350 boys are 
boarded, lodged, and educated at an inclusive fee of 12 guineas 
per term, or S7L 16s. per annum each. Of this number some 
twenty or twenty-five boys receive instruction in subjects 
bearing upon agriculture during a portion of the year. An 
extraordinary circumstance seems to be that these boys are not 
chosen with reference to the class of life to which they belong, 
or to their own future occupations. They differ only from the 
other boys in so far as they are better educated, from the fact of 
being at the top of the school. 
The whole of these boys are entered to compete for the 
junior scholarships of the Royal Agricultural Society, whereas 
in the case of the rest of the schools enumerated above, only a 
select number, from one to a maximum of six, are specially 
prepared for that examination. 
A list of the schools which have entered pupils for the junior 
scholarships of the Royal Agricultural Society, shows that 
from 1874 to 1882, inclusive, the Surrey County School entered 
184 boys for examination for these prizes, 36 of whom took 
scholarships. In one year, 1874, as many as 27 boys entered. 
From no other school has there been, during those years, 
a greater entry than 6, and in few cases has this number been 
attained. 
The Aspatria School is noteworthy in consequence of the 
directors keeping specially in view the guiding of the education 
with reference to agricultural pursuits. This school has met 
with a deserved success, and I believe it to be the only boys' 
school in Great Britain where agriculture has been made the 
leading feature. 
The Veterinary . Colleges. 
Although very much space need not be devoted to these 
institutions, it will be necessary to notice the principal of them. 
The most important is the Royal Veterinary College of London, 
which was founded in 1791, and is the only Veterinary College 
in England and Wales. Students at this College have to 
undergo an examination at entrance, unless they have passed 
one of seven other examinations, which are regarded as equiva- 
lent by the College authorities. The fees payable by the 
students are 1 guinea for their matriculation examination, and 
36 guineas for their education. The complete course of study is 
of three years' duration, and each academical year is divided 
into two winter terms and one summer term. Students must 
have passed their eighteenth year before they can present them- 
