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8. The subjects for examination for the Scholarships will be : — 
1. The Principles of Agriculture, especially with reference to the 
Rotation of Crops, the Nutrition of Plants and Animals, and the 
Mechanical Cultivation of the Soil ; 2. Chemistry, as applied to 
Agriculture ; 3. Elementary Mechanics, as applied to Agriculture ; 
4. Land Surveying. 
9. The maximum and minimum marks allotted to each subject 
are as follows : — 
Maximum Minimum 
Agriculture 400 150 
Chemistry 200 75 
Mechanics • ■ • . . 200 75 
Land Surveying . • , ,100 40 
10. A Candidate who does not obtain the minimum number of 
marks in any of the subjects in which he is examined will be con- 
sidered as failing in that subject. No Scholarship or Certificate will 
be granted to any Candidate who fails in any subject, or who does 
not obtain a total of 450 marks, i.e. half the maximum marks for all 
four subjects. 
11. Subject as above, the Scholarships will be awarded to the ten 
Candidates who obtain the highest aggregate number of marks. A 
Certificate stating that he has qualified for a Scholarship will also be 
granted to each Candidate after the first ten, who passes in each 
subject, and obtains not less than 450 marks in the aggregate. 
12. For the conduct of the examination at each School having 
Candidates, a Local Secretary will be appointed by the Royal 
Agricultural Society. 
Sealed packets of the examination papers will be sent to the 
Local Secretary ; these packets will be opened and distributed 
to the Candidates in his presence, or in the presence of some 
one specially deputed by him. 
During the time the papers are being answered there will be 
present the Local Secretary or his deputy, who will, at the 
end of the time appointed by the examiner for answering, 
collect the papers, seal them in packets, and forward them to 
the Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society. 
By Order of the Council, 
ERNEST CLARKE, Secretary. 
12, Hanover Square, London, W. 
April 11, 1888. 
