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with  receut  research  and  writings.  Though  the  number  of  actual  failures  in 
this  suhjeet  was  only  five,  a considerable  number  of  the  Candidates  did  little 
more  than  satisfy  the  minimum  requirements. 
9.  Agricultural  Engineering.  (200  Marks.) 
Mil  F.  S.  Courtney,  M.Inst.C.E.,  M.I.M.E. 
Taking  the  papers  of  the  several  Candidates  collectively,  the  average  is 
equal  to  that  of  former  years,  and  fewer  papers — perhaps  from  the  nature  of 
the  questions — were  left  unfinished.  In  the  selection  by  the  Candidates  of  the 
questions  to  be  answered,  there  has  been  a careful  avoidance  of  those  which 
necessitated  any  illustration,  and  in  the  majority  of  cases  when  anything  in 
the  way  of  sketching  was  attempted,  the  result  could  not  be  described  as 
satisfactory.  It  is  not  in  the  least  necessary  to  produce  a picture,  but  the 
very  great  importance  of  being  able  to  make  a descriptive  sketch  should  cer- 
tainly receive  more  attention  than  seems  to  have  been  given  to  it.  I would 
again  suggest  to  Candidates  the  desirability  of  carefully  considering  the 
questions  before  commencing  to  write,  and  then  to  confine  their  answers  to 
the  question  put.  In  many  cases  the  answers  were  much  too  diffuse.  The 
replies  on  the  whole  were  quite  satisfactory  when  they  were  purely  text-book 
questions,  but  the  viva  voce  examination  showed  that  there  was  considerable 
scope  for  improvement  in  the  application  of  simple  rules  to  practice. 
10.  Veterinary  Science.  (100  Marks.) 
Professor  Sir  John  McFadyean,  M.B. 
The  knowledge  of  the  elementary  facts  of  Veterinary  Anatomy  and 
Physiology  displayed  by  the  Candidates  could  scarcely  be  pronounced  satis- 
factory, and  it  was  certainly  below  that  of  recent  years. 
7.  The  thanks  of  the  Board  are  due  to  the  authorities  of 
the  Leeds  University  for  their  liberality  and  courtesy  in 
placing  the  Large  Hall  and  other  rooms  of  the  University 
at  the  Board’s  disposal  for  the  Examination ; and  to  the 
Examiners,  for  the  care  and  attention  they  bestowed  upon  the 
written  answers  to  the  papers  set,  and  upon  the  viva  voce 
examination. 
JOHN  GILLESPIE 
JAMES  MACDONALD. 
{Chairman). 
J.  MARSHALL  DUGDALE. 
THOMAS  McROW. 
16  Bedford  Square,  London,  W.C. 
June,  1909. 
