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Report to Ike General Mcctinq. 
of tlie land by steam shall take place at Leicester, and a selection 
of machines then be made, for further trial after harvest. 
Mr. Larking', the representative in England of the Viceroy of 
Egypt, having expressed to the Society the great interest taken 
by his Highness in promoting the science of Agriculture, and 
also the pleasure derived from a visit to their Show-yard at Bury 
St. Edmund's during his short stay in this country, announced 
the anxiety of his Highness to offer a Prize Cup to be awarded 
by the Society at their next show of agricultural implements, 
and the Council have resolved on accepting the offer of his 
Highness the Viceroy of Egvpt, of a prize " for the best imple- 
ment for the cultivation of the soil by steam-power, combining 
strength with simplicity of construction, for use in foreign coun- 
tries, where skilled labour for repairs is difficult to be procured." 
This Cup, which is of the value of about 150/., will be competed 
for at the Leicester Meeting, and finally awarded at the adjourned 
trial after harvest. 
The examinations of Candidates for the Society's honours and 
prizes in connexion with Education have recently taken place in 
the Society's house, where twelve candidates presented them- 
selves out of eighteen who had entered, and in the opinion of the 
examiners the competition has been superior in its kind to that 
on former occasions. The terms approved of by the Council 
required that every candidate should satisfy the Examiners in, 
the following subjects — viz. : In the Science and Practice of 
Agriculture and in Bookkeeping, as well as in Land Surveying, 
or in Mechanics as applied to Agriculture ; consequently to 
pass in Bookkeeping was essential to success. In this subject, 
however, no one candidate has succeeded in obtaining even the 
minimum number of marks fixed by the examiners, who report 
as follows : — 
" To entitle a candidate to a first-class certificate he must 
obtain 75 out of the 100 marks allotted to this subject — 
to a lower class 30 marks. We have been unable to 
apportion the lowest minimum (30) to any one candi- 
date, consequently they all come under the category ' not 
passed.' " 
The result is that no classification has been made, nor have 
any certificates been granted. The fijllowing prizes have, how- 
