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NATIONAL  AGRICULTURAL  EXAMINATION 
BOARD. 
I.— REPORT  ON  THE  RESULTS 
OF  THE  ELEVENTH  EXAMINATION  FOR  THE 
NATIONAL  DIPLOMA  IN  AGRICULTURE, 
Held  at  Leeds,  April  25  to  28,  1910. 
1.  The  Committee  entrusted  by  the  National  Agricultural 
Examination  Board  with  the  conduct  of  the  Eleventh  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  25  to  28,  1910. 
In  all  93  candidates  entered,  45  in  Part  I.,  and  48  in  Part  II. 
Of  the  candidates  who  entered  this  year  for  Part  II. — which 
comprises  the  subjects  of  Practical  Agriculture,  Agricultural 
Book-keeping  (or  Mensuration  and  Land-Surveying ),  Agri- 
cultural Chemistry,  Agricultural  Engineering,  and  Veterinary 
Science — six,  who  failed  in  one  subject  of  Part  I.  in  1909,  were 
allowed  to  take  that  subject  in  conjunction  with  the  Second 
Part  ; and  eight,  who  had  previously  failed  in  only  one  subject 
of  Part  II.,  came  up  for  that  subject  alone. 
2.  The  result  of  the  Examination  in  Part  II.  was  that  31 
candidates  (including  two  of  the  six  who  were  also  taking  a 
Part  I.  subject,  and  seven  of  the  eight  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  gaining  Honours. 
The  names  of  the  Diploma  winners,  in  alphabetical  order,  are 
as  follows  : — 
Diploma  with  Honours. 
James  Bernard  Garnett,  Leeds  University. 
Diploma. 
Fred  Bancroft,  Harris  Institute,  Preston. 
Arthur  Owen  Blackhurst,  Harris  Institute,  Preston. 
Reginald  Arthur  Dallet,  Harper-Adams  Agricultural  College,  New- 
port, Salop. 
Norman  Roe  Foster,  College  of  Agriculture,  Holmes  Chapel,  Cheshire. 
Arthur  Gillott,  Leeds  University. 
Alexander  Gregg,  Technical  Schools,  Truro. 
Matthew  Henderson,  Leeds  University. 
Jeremiah  Alfonso  Hickey,  Leeds  University. 
James  Richmond  Holmes,  Harris  Institute,  Preston. 
Thomas  Duckworth  Marsh,  Harris  Institute,  Preston. 
Stephen  Pascal  Mercer,  Harper-Adams  Agricultural  College,  Newport, 
Salop. 
