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Report to the General Meeting. 
for the Societ_y's Medals and Prizes offered for proficiency in 
Cattle Pathology. The Examiners adjudicated the First Prize 
and Gold Medal to Mr. William Alston Edgar, of Westfield 
House, Dartford, Kent ; the Second Prize and Silver Medal to 
Mr. William Frank Smith, of Bull Hotel, Bromley, Kent; and 
the Third Prize and Bronze Medal to Mr. Nicholson Almond, 
of Great Clacton, Colchester. 
The Council regret that the Highland and Agricultural Society 
of Scotland do not at present see their way clear to adopt a joint 
scheme of Examination for these Prizes, whereby they would be 
thrown open to Graduates of all the Veterinary Schools in the 
United Kingdom, 
Nine candidates presented themselves at the recent Senior 
Examination in Practical and Scientific Agriculture for the 
Society's Prizes and Certificates ; but only four satisfied the 
Examiners in all the subjects necessary to qualify them for 
the First-class Certificates and Life Membership of the Society, 
as well as to earn payments as teachers of the principles ol 
agriculture under the Departments of Science and Art. One 
candidate also obtained a Second-class Certificate. The successful 
candidates were : — 
First Class. 
Michael Falcon, jun., Whitfield, R.S.O., Glos. (R. A. Coll.j, 
1st prize, 25/. 
R. J. B. Clements, Spa, Gloucester (R. A. Coll.), 2nd prize, 15/. 
Primrose M'Connell, Lymm, Cheshire (Edinburgh University), 
3rd prize, 10/. 
Gerard de Lisle, Garendon Park, Loughborough (R. A. Coll.), 
4th prize, 5/. 
Second Class. 
Richard Henderson, The Grange, Kirkcudbright, N. B. (educated 
at Edinburgh). ' 
At the recommendation of the Education Committee, the 
Council have revised the conditions relating to the Junior 
Scholarships, so as to enable any boys, who might prove them- 
selves qualified, to hold them under certain regulations. The 
following are the principal regulations which must be complied 
with by candidates desiring to compete for these Scholarships : — 
