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Report on Agricultural Education. 
By farm prizes offered every year in connection with the 
Shows of the Society, the Society endeavours to stimulate agri- 
culture. The Reports of the Judges, which are published in 
the ' Journal,' are read with much interest, not only by the 
competitors and their neighbours, but also by agriculturists in 
other parts of the country, and thus a mass of information is 
diffused which must have a good effect upon agriculture. 
The Institution of Surveyors. 
The Institution of Surveyors, which was only established in 
1868, and incorporated by Royal Charter in 1881, is authorized 
to hold examinations to test the qualifications of persons who 
desire to be recognized as professional members or associates of 
the Institution. " Students " must first pass a preliminary ex- 
amination in various subjects unless they have matriculated at 
any University in the United Kingdom, or have passed the 
senior local examination of Oxford or Cambridge with honours. 
There are then two grades of examinations to be passed, 
namely, one to qualify them as " professional associates," and the 
second as " fellows." For an associate's diploma the examination 
has reference not merely to agriculture in the sense of farming, 
but also to its adjuncts, such as construction of farm-buildings, 
forestry, land-drainage, geology and composition of soils, book- 
keeping, the principles of valuation, and the law of landlord 
and tenant. 
The examination is a comparatively new feature of the Insti- 
tution, but it is understood to have already brought up a fair 
number of candidates, several of whom come from the Agricul- 
tural Colleges of Cirencester and Downton. 
Highland and Agricultueal Society of Scotland. 
In addition to the establishment of the Chair of Agriculture 
at the University of Edinburgh, already described, the High- 
land and Agricultural Society holds its own examinations in 
agriculture every year. The examinations are both written 
and oral, and are very similar in character to those of the 
Royal Agricultural Society. In order to pass the diploma 
examination of the Society a candidate must possess a thorough 
knowledge of the science and practice of agriculture, botany, 
chemistry, natural history, veterinary science, field engineering, 
and book-keeping. 
The diploma carries with it the lifc-mcmborship of the 
Society, but no money prizes are offered as further inducements 
to candidates to enter for this examination. 
It has already been mentioned that the Society grants annually 
