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Gabriel  Kineton  Parkes,  Haipev-Aclams  Agricultural  College,  Newport, 
Salop. 
John  Samuel  Pownall,  Leeds  University. 
David  Beatt  Ross,  Aberdeen  and  North  of  Scotland  College  of  Agricul- 
ture, Aberdeen. 
William  Albert  Scoby,  Leeds  University. 
Sydney  Skelton,  South-Eastern  Agricultural  College, 'Wye,  Kent. 
Alexander  Francis  Smith,  Aberdeen  University. 
Allen  Lacy  Tate,  South-Eastern  Agricultural  College,  Wye,  Kent. 
Herbert  Wignall,  Harris  Institute,  Preston. 
Frank  Wilkinson,  Midland  Agricultural  and  Dairy  College,  Kingstpu, 
Derby.  • 
James  Williams,  Aberdeen  and  North  of  Scotland  College  of  Agriculture, 
Aberdeen. 
William  Airey  Yates,  Harris  Institute,  Preston. 
John  McDonald  Young,  West  of  Scotland  Agi-icultural  College,  Glasgow. 
5.  The  reports  of  the  Examiners  in  the  five  subjects 
included  in  Part  I.  are  as  follows  : — 
1.  Agricultural  Botany.  (200  Marks.) 
Professor  John  Percival,  M.A.,  F.L.S. 
The  work  of  the  Candidates  in  this  subject  was,  on  the  whole,  quite  satis- 
factory. The  Oral  Examination  revealed  the  fact  that  a few  of  the  Candidates 
had  had  insufficient  training  in  practical  botany,  and  lacked  first-hand 
acquaintance  with  the  subject.  More  than  half  of  them  failed  to  recognise 
ears  of  rye  and  bearded  wheat,  the  inflorescence  of  a mangel  with  fruits,  smut 
of  barley  and  samples  of  cabbage,  black  mustard,  and  other  comparatively 
common  farm  seeds.  The  knowledge  possessed  by  them  was  sound  enough  as 
far  as  it  went,  but  better  results  would  have  been  obtained  if  they  hail  devoted 
more  time  to  the  subject  before  presenting  themselves  for  Examination. 
2.  Mensuration  and  Land  Surveying.  (200  Marks.) 
Mr.  H.  Trustram  Eve,  F.S.I. 
The  plotting  of  the  Field  Notes,  both  of  Sinveying  and  Levelling,  was,  on 
the  whole,  done  well.  Greater  attention  should  be  paid  to  applied  Surveying 
after  elementary  plotting  has  been  conquered.  A question  was  given  to  test 
the  knowledge  of  applied  Surveying,  namely,  to  divide  a Field  into  P'our  Small 
Holdings,  but  this  was  only  attempted  by  two  Candidates  out  of  forty-four. 
Answers  in  Mensuration  were,  as  usual,  distinctly  good.  The  knowledge  of 
Ordnance  Maps  continues  to  be  elementary,  and  should  show  some  improve- 
ment year  by  year. 
3.  General  Chemistry.  (200  Marks.)  Professor  W.  W.  Fisher,  M.A. 
The  quality  of  the  work  in  General  Chemistry,  with  allied  parts  of  physics, 
was,  on  the  whole,  satisfactory,  and  the  answers  showed  that  the  Candidates 
had  reached  a fair  standard  of  knowledge  in  this  subject.  There  were  very 
few  bad  failures,  and  from  an  inspection  of  the  note  books,  it  was  seen  that 
practically  ad.  the  Candidates  had  gone  through  a course  of  practical  instruc- 
tion in  some  recognised  Agricultural  Institution.  Some  of  the  answers  to  the 
questions  in  Organic  Chemistry  indicated  a very  limited  knowledge  of  the 
compounds  mentioned  in  the  schedule,  and  rather  more  attention  might  be 
devoted  to  this  part  of  the  syllabus. 
I.  Geology.  (100  Marks.)  Dr.  John  E.  Marr,  M.A.,  F.R.S.,  P.G.S. 
The  Candidates  as  a whole  showed  a competent  knowledge  of  the  subject. 
The  knowledge  of  fossils  displayed  was,  as  usual,  slight,  but,  in  the  opinion  of 
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