Meport to the General Meeting. 
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Of the 19 boys who are unsuccessful in getting the mini- 
mum number of marks, 3 failed in all four subjects — Agri- 
culture, Chemistry, Mechanics, and Land Surveying : 8 
failed in three subjects, 2 in two subjects, 4 in one subject 
(of whom 3 failed in Agriculture only), and two, though 
passing in all subjects, did not earn the number of marks 
qualifying for a certificate. 
The Examiners in all the subjects speak favourably of 
the quality of the papers submitted to them. The Examiner 
in Chemistry adds that the number of decidedly bad papers 
is very much smaller than last year, and that as a whole the 
answers show very fair knosvledge. 
In consequence of the rapidly increasing work of the 
Society in all its branches, it has been found necessary to 
apply the whole of the rooms in the Society's House (with 
the exception of those sub-let to the Shorthorn Society and 
the Smithfield Club) to oflBce purposes. The Chemical 
Laboratory, greatly enlarged and improved, has been trans- 
ferred to the upper rooms formerly occupied by the late 
Secretary, and the old laboratory on the ground floor has 
been converted into a general office for the clerks. 
These alterations have left free the front room on the 
ground floor, which the Council have fitted up as a general 
waiting and reading-room for Members, a convenience 
which has been an admitted necessity for a considerable 
length of time. 
By order of the Council, 
EENEST CLAEKE, 
Secretary. 
