Beport of the Education Gommittee, 1892 . 
355 
Name of 
Candidate 
j Age of Candidate 
Agriculture, max. 300 
Chemistry, 
max. 200 
Book-keeping, 
max. 200 
Land Surveying, 
Wfur, 200 
Agrl. Engineering, 
max. 200 
a. Botany, max. 100 
[ a. Geology, max. 100 j 
a. Anatomy, max. 100 
a. Agrl. Entomology, 
max. 100 
Total Marks 
1 Result 
1 
•Bisset, J. . . 
29 
170 
142 
105 
122 
138 
67 
90 
60 
75 
96 
6th 
fBowman, 0. . , 
37 
180 
+ 
160 
126 
136 
+ 
59 
+ 
GO 
721 
9th 
•Campbell, J. . , 
27 
205 
153 
170 
175 
ICC 
73 
90 
75 
100 
1,207 
1st 
+ . . . 
32 
+ 
112 
+ 
121 
174 
55 
— 
— 
50 
+ 
+ 
+ • • • 
28 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
110 
+ 
— 
— 
75 
+ 
+ 
•Coward, T. A. 
24 
175 
170 
165 
147 
148 
68 
77 
75 
75 
1,100 
2nd 
-1- , . . 
24 
190 
+ 
100 
116 
+ 
4- 
C6 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
*+*..• 
27 
1G7 
+ 
+ 
130 
50 
50 
55 
75 
+ 
+ 
•Foulkes, P. n. 
21 
200 
140 
200 
100 
174 
54 
— 
— 
100 
974 
5th 
•Fulton, E. A. . 
20 
175 
123 
130 
1.30 
100 
50 
— 
— 
75 
843 
7th 
+ . * » 
23 
+ 
+ 
105 
+ 
140 
— 
— 
— 
— 
+ 
+ 
•Jeiikinson, J. . . 
21 
155 
137 
185 
185 
126 
51 
77 
G5 
55 
1,036 
3rd 
+ . . . 
20 
+ 
119 
155 
+ 
102 
— 
— 
— 
G5 
+ 
+ 
18 
+ 
+ 
145 
IOC 
— 
— 
— 
— 
+ 
4- 
22 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
+ 
61 
+ 
55 
+ 
4- 
fWard, M. H. . 
20 
190 
100 
115 
+ 
136 
+ 
— 
50 
50 
671 
loth 
•White, W. E. C. . 
18 
100 
161 
130 
177 
160 
52 
C9 
G5 
60 
1,034 
4th 
•Whitlev, A. N. J. . 
20 
160 
142 
172 
102 
120 
— 
— 
— 
— 
696 
8th 
+ . • . 
26 
+ 
102 
110 
+ 
+ 
74 
77 
60 
55 
+ 
4- 
18 
+ 
142 
140 
119 
146 
G1 
C9 
50 
60 
+ 
4* 
REMAIIK.S. 
* First-class certificate anti life membersliip. 
t Second-class certificate. 
a Optional subjects. 
+ 
Did not attempt. 
Failed, not having obtained half the maxi- 
mum marks in the subject. 
May 31, 1892. 
Moreton, 
Chairman, 
EXAMINATION IN AGRICULTURE. 
Maximum Number op Marks for this Paper, 200, Pass NtiMbEli, 100. 
Tuesday, May \Qtli,from 2^a.7?|; tilt p.m. 
1. Describe briefly the general management of a farm of 450 acres (200 
acres being meadow and pasture land, the remainder good sound corn and 
stock land), a herd of Shorthorn cows for producing milk for sale to be the 
chief aim. The herd to be maintained by rearing all the cow calves, keeping 
the heifers round to take the place of older cows, drafted from time to time 
for the butcher, &c. Give the number of horses, cows, heifers of various 
ages, sheep, weekly labour bill, and amount of capital required to carry on 
the farm with ordinary success. 
2. Give your ideas as to laying down land to permanent pasture, the class 
of land most suitable, how, and when the best time to carry out the work, 
the most suitable seeds to sow on rich and poor soils respectively, and what 
should be the after treatment of the land so laid down. 
3. What kind of soil is most improved by an application of chalk, and 
what quantity per acre is necessary to ensure success ? How many years will 
such a dressing remain unexhausted, and what will be the general effect pro- 
duced on the soil and future crops ? 
4. Given a field of 26 acres of arable land left by an outgoing tenant, very 
foul and full of couch, ploughed once in the autumn. State how you would 
proceed in the following spring to clean the said field for roots, or bare 
