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13. In view of the fact that eight of the candidates who origin- 
ally entered failed to present themselves at the Examination, the 
Committee recommend that the deposits of such of them as were 
not absent on account of ill-health be retained by the Society for the 
present. They also recommend that in future the deposit paid by 
an absent candidate should not be returned, unless such candidate 
presents himself for examination within the two following years. 
{Signed) Moreton, 
June 2, 1891. Chairman. 
EXAMINATION IN AGRICULTUKE. 
Maximum Numbek of Mabks for this Paper, 200. 
TASS NrMBER, 100. 
Tuesday, May 12th, from 2 2).m. till 5 j).m. 
N.B. — It is hoped that all the questions will be answered. Nos. 1, 2, 7, 8 
may be answered shortly. Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6 should be answered as fully as time 
will allow. Base all your answers upon the average conditions and prices of 
the year 1890. Leave a margin to the left hand of your paper, and sis lines, 
at least, clear after each answer. 
Assume that you intend to adojd AgricuUuro as an occupation and for a 
livelihood, that you require a farm, and have the cajntal to stock it. 
Farm. 
Description. 
1 . State shortly the description of farm that with the present agricultural 
outlook you would select ; state your reasons and the points to which you 
would pay particular attention in such selection. State how you would judge 
of the climate and of the soil, and its capabilities of production. 
Capital. 
2. State shortly the acreage, the time of entry, the system of farming 
which you would adopt, the rent (to include tithe) at which you think such a 
farm could be taken, the capital you would consider necessary for the farm 
proper (apart from the house), and how you would allocate it. 
Assume that you have been in occujMticn of such a farm for a few years, 
that it it in jyi-oper rotation and coiidition, and that you are farming it accord- 
ing to the system stated ahove. Describe gewrally the management of the farm 
for one year under the following heads, viz. : — 
Receipts from Farm. 
Crops. 
3. Stat« the rotation and acreage of cropping, with the general manage- 
ment of each crop respectively, both as regards arable and grass land, specify- 
ing annual produce per acre and receipts from produce sold. 
