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Report to the General Meeting. 
Farming. Three essays were sent in for competition, and 
the adjudicator has awarded the prize to the essay bearing 
the motto " Welsh Black Cattle," the author of which is Mr. 
W. Barrow Wall, of Pembroke. 
The examinations for the Society's junior scholarships 
were held on ^November 8 and 9. The number of schools 
from which candidates were entered was larger than in any 
year since the Junior Examinations were first started in 
1874, ten schools sending up pupils, as compared with six in 
1886 and 1885, and seven in 1884, Forty-three candidates 
were entered from these ten schools, but three did not at- 
tend. The result of the examination is that 21 competitors 
obtained sufficient marks to qualify them for a Scholarship,' 
as against 15 competitors in 1886, and 20 in 1885. Of the 
successful candidates, the first ten in the following list, 
arranged in order of merit, will receive Scholarships upon 
complying with the Society's regulations, and the remainder 
will receive certificates : — 
Portsmouth Grammar School Frederick Wm. Eussell. 
Northampton Grammar School Lewis Henry Cooke. 
Surrey County, School John Eamsey Bishop. 
„ „ „ Barnard John Watkin. 
„ „ „ Charles F. H. Greenwood. 
„ „ „ Peter Green. 
Portsmouth Grammar School Frank Ernest Rock. 
Bedford County School Francis James Steward. 
Ashburton Grammar School Arthur John Ellis. 
Portsmouth Grammar School Wm. Cuthbert Childs. 
Northampton Grammar School Samuel Warren Price. 
Aspatria Agricultural College Bernard Marden. 
„ „ „ Solomon Holliday. 
„ „ „ Joseph Briggs. 
Surrey County School Francis M. Seal. 
Bedford County School Frank Roads. 
„ „ „ William Henry Hare. 
Northampton Grammar School Edwin Coates. 
Ashburton Grammar School George Pearse Foaden. 
Surrey County School Wm. Frederick Herbert. 
„ „ „ John Huttb Bouwer. 
