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NATIONAL  AGRICULTURAL  EXAMINATION 
BOARD. 
I.— REPORT  ON  THE  RESULTS 
OF  THE  TENTH  EXAMINATION  FOR  THE 
NATIONAL  DIPLOMA  IN  AGRICULTURE, 
Held  at  Leeds,  April  26  to  29,  1909. 
1.  The  Committee  entrusted  by  the  National  Agricultural 
Examination  Board  with  the  conduct  of  the  Tenth  Annual 
Examination  for  the  National  Diploma  in  Agriculture  report 
that,  by  the  courtesy  of  the  authorities,  the  Examination  was 
held  at  the  Leeds  University  from  April  26  to  29,  1909.  In 
all  91  candidates  entered,  48  in  Part  I.,  and  43  in  Part  II.  Of 
the  candidates  who  entered  this  year  for  Part  II. — which  com- 
prises the  subjects  of  Practical  Agriculture,  Agricultural  Book- 
keeping (or  Mensuration  and  Land  Surveying),  Agricultural 
Chemistry,  Agricultural  Engineering,  and  Veterinary  Science- 
four,  who  failed  in  one  subject  of  Part  I.  in  1908,  were  allowed 
to  take  that  subject  in  conjunction  with  the  Second  Part,  and 
six,  who  failed  in  only  one  subject  of  Part  II.  last  year,  came 
up  for  that  subject  alone,  in  accordance  with  Regulation  9. 
2.  The  result  of  the  Examination  in  Part  II.  was  that  25 
candidates  (including  one  of  the  four  who  were  also  taking 
a Part  I.  subject,  and  four  of  the  six  who  came  up  for  one 
subject  only)  were  successful,  and,  having  now  passed  both 
parts  of  the  Examination,  are  entitled  to  receive  the  National 
Diploma  in  Agriculture,  the  first  candidate  receiving  Honours. 
The  names  of  the  Diploma  winners,  in  alphabetical  order,  are 
as  follows  : — 
Diploma  with  Honours. 
William  Lawson,  West  of  Scotland  Agricultural  College,  Glasgow. 
Diploma. 
William  Boelask,  Springfield,  Tregolls  Road,  Truro. 
Haeet  Geeaed  Beat,  Midland  Agricultural  and  Dairy  College,  Kingston, 
Derby. 
Miss  Ammtb  Selina  Beentnall,  Harris  Institute,  Preston. 
Claud  Cuewen,  Harris  Institute,  Preston. 
Alexandee  John  Findlay,  M.A.,  Aberdeen  University. 
Laueence  Baenaed  Fooed,  Leeds  University. 
Andeew  Thomson  Fowlie,  Aberdeen  and  North  of  Scotland  College  of 
Agriculture,  Aberdeen. 
Phect  Alexandee  Feancis,  West  of  Scotland  Agricultural  College, 
Glasgow. 
