Education Life Memberships. cxciii 
of the examinations. The Committee 
presented a report on the results of 
the examination for publication in 
the Journal (see page 799). 
Of the grant of 5007. made to them 
for the year 1893, the Committee had 
actually expended 3757. 8s. 11<7., as 
against 3627. 13s. 10<7. for the year 
1892. To the above sums must, 
however, be added the cost to the 
Society of providing life membership 
to the winners of first-class certifi- 
cates in the Senior Examination, 
fourteen in 1893 (at 157. each, 2107.), 
as against eight in 1892 (at 157. each, 
1207.). The Committee moved for a 
renewal of their grant of 5007. for 
the year 1894. Having regard to the 
large number of candidates who now 
entered for the Society’s Senior 
Examinations, the Committee had 
discussed at some length the question 
as to whether the life membership of 
the Society should in future be con- 
ferred upon all winners of first-class 
certificates. Eventually, it was 
agreed to recommend that in future 
life membership of the Society 
should only be conferred upon the 
first five winners of first-class certifi- 
cates, placed in order of merit. This 
would not affect the four money 
prizes, which would be awarded as 
before. The Committee had met 
seven times during the year, and 
made seven reports. 
Education Life Memberships. 
Mr. Pull said that, with reference 
to that portion of the report which 
dealt with the education life mem- 
berships conferred upon the winners 
of first-class certificates, whilst he did 
not in any way wish to discourage 
educational merit, he desired to draw 
the attention of the Council to the 
circumstances connected with these 
admissions to life membership, 
which had commenced in 1869, and 
had extended to the present time. 
In that period there had been 
ninety-seven additions of that cha- 
racter made to their membership, 
which represented (at 157. each) a 
money loss to the Society of 1,4557. 
The average admissions to life mem- 
bership during the period mentioned 
had been about 4 per year. In 
1889, however, there were 10 admis- 
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sionsf^in 1890, 6; in 1891 and 
1892, 8 each year ; but during the 
present year, in which there seemed 
to be a spring in intellectual activity, 
there had been no less than 14 
admissions. These free life member- 
ships in such numbers constituted a 
drain upon their finances. Let the 
Council remember that these were all 
young men, and that they were all 
likely to have a lengthened period bf 
existence. It seemed to him that it 
was a bad principle to commence pen- 
sioning young people. It was a 
feature in the finances of the Society 
likely to become one of great import- 
ance, and they ought to consider the 
ulterior consequences of the scheme 
before allowing it to continue longer. 
He begged to give notice of a motion 
on the subject, in order to test the 
view of the Council as to whether 
(the Education Committee having 
already resolved to limit the number 
of education life memberships) they 
might not go a step further, even to 
the withdrawal of this form of mem- 
bership altogether. 
Sir Nigel KiNGSCOTE'said he had 
great sympathy with Mr. Pell’s pro- 
posal, for it should be remembered 
that the Council gave very substantial 
money prizes, so that the most suc- 
cessful candidates in the examination 
were already rewarded. 
Mr. Foster said that the majority 
of the Education Committee thought 
that they were doing away with any 
abuse that might have existed in the 
past by reducing the number of life 
memberships to 5, which was a 
very fair decision to make. He did 
not think this matter should be gauged 
from a financial point of view, and lie 
would therefore support the Com- 
mittee. 
Dairy. 
The Hon. Cecil T. Parker (Chair- 
man) reported that the Committee 
had again considered and finally re- 
vised the prize-sheet for dairy cattle, 
poultry, produce, and butter-making 
competitions for the Cambridge Meet- 
ing of 1894. They recommended that 
prizes for dairy cattle be given in two 
classes, one for milk and the other 
for butter-producers, as follows : — 
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