750 
Report to the General Meeting, 
dodder was found in the clovers, but some clover samples contained 
large quantities of the seeds of weeds, especially of sorrel. The 
diseases of the cereal crops have demanded more attention, and the 
injuries produced by parasitic fungi on the crops of the field and the 
garden brought under notice have been more numerous than in any 
previous year. 
26. As a result of the Examination for the Society’s Senior 
Prizes and Certificates, which took place on May 10 to l -l last, ten 
of the twenty candidates satisfied the examiners ; and the following 
competitors, placed in order of merit, gained First-class Certificates, 
and thus became Life Members of the Society ; the first four being 
entitled, in addition, to the prizes stated below : — 
1. John Campbell, The University, Edinburgh. 
First Prize of 2ol. 
2. Thomas Askew Cowakd, The University, Edinburgh. 
Second Prize of\^l. 
3. John Jenkinson, Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. 
Third Prize of 10^. 
4. Walter E. Coates White, The Agricultural College, 
Aspatria, Carlisle. Fourth Prize of 51. 
5. Percy Hedworth Foulkes, The University, Edinburgh. 
6. Joseph Bisset, 22 Orford Street, Chelsea, S.W. 
7. Edwin Alexander Fulton, The University, Edinburgli. 
8. Arthur Noel Joseph Whitley, Royal Agricultural 
College, Cirencester. 
The following candidates, having passed in Agriculture and 
in three of the four other compulsory subjects, are entitled to 
Second-class Certificates 
9. George Bowman, Upleatham R.S.O., Yorkshire. 
10. Martin Hammond Ward, The Agricultural College, 
Aspatria, Carlisle. 
27. The Annual Examination for the Society’s ten Junior Scho- 
larships, of 20/. each, took place on November 8 and 9, when forty- 
three candidates competed. Of these twenty-four passed in all four 
subjects (Agriculture, Chemistry, Mechanics, and Land Surveying), 
and obtained the number of marks necessary to qualify them for 
the Society’s Scholarships and Certificates, in the event of their 
complying, during the forthcoming year, with the conditions of the 
Examination. Three other boys passed in each of the four subjects, 
but, not having obtained the minimum aggregate of marks, are 
ineligible for Certificates. Of the sixteen other unsuccessful 
candidates, four failed in one subject, five in two subjects, six 
in three subjects, and one in all four subjects. There were seven 
failures in Agriculture, nine in Chemistry, ten in Mechanics, and 
ten in Land Surveying. Of the twenty-four successful candi- 
dates, the first ten in the following list will receive Scholarships upon 
complying with the Society’s regulations, and the remainder wjll 
receive Certificate^ ; — 
