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Candidates for the Scholarships must be between fourteen and 
eighteen years of age. 
Candidates still at school can only be entered for these 
Scholarships by the Head-masters of their respective Schools. 
Other candidates must satisfy the Education Committee of 
their fitness to compete by sending certificates of education, 
or of their having passed any examinations in connection with 
the Science and Art Department, or of any University in the 
United Kingdom. 
Any Head-master intending to enter candidates for these 
Scholarships, and any candidate intending to enter himself, 
must inform the Secretary of the Royal Agricultural Society of 
his intention to do so, on or before the 1st of October in each 
year. All entries must be made on or before October 15th ; 
and these final entries must give the Christian and Surname as 
well as the date of birth of each candidate entered. 
Annual Examinations will be held in the month of November 
simultaneously at such Schools as have candidates, and at the 
Society's Rooms, 12, Hanover Square, London, W. ; and the 
Scholarships will be awarded to the boys who obtain the highest 
aggregate number of marks. 
The subjects for examination for the Scholarships will be : — 
1. Land Surveying. 2. Elementary Mechanics, as applied to 
Agriculture. 3. Chemistry, as applied to Agriculture. 4. 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. 
By order of the Council, 
, H. M. Jenkins, Secretary. 
