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Regulations of the Senior Examination. 
REGULATIONS AS TO THE SOCIETY'S SENIOR 
EXAMINATION. 
(As approved, by the Council ni December 12, 1894.) 
1. An Examination of Candidates for the Society’s Senior 
Certificates is held annually, in the month of May, at the 
Society’s House, 13 Hanover Square, London, W. The next Ex- 
amination will take place from Tuesday, May 7, to Saturday, May 
11, 1895. 
2. Forms of entry may be obtained of the Secretary, and must be 
returned to him duly filled up on or before March 31 preceding the 
Examination. 
3. A Deposit of 11. must be paid by each candidate at the time of 
making his entry. This Deposit will be returned to all candidates 
attending for examination at the proper time, but will in other cases 
be forfeited, unless an explanation satisfactory to the Council be 
received before the first day of the Examination. 
4. The Examinations will be conducted by means of written 
papers, and by a vivd voce examination. 
5. The successful candidates will be placed in order of merit 
in two classes — First Class and Second Class. 
6. Certificates, to be termed first- and second-class certificates, 
will be granted to candidates placed in the first and second classes : 
such certificates will specify the subjects in which the candidates 
shall have satisfied the Examiners. 
7. In order to obtain a first-class certificate a candidate must 
satisfy the Examiners in the Practice of Agriculture, Book-keeping, 
Chemistry, Land Surveying, and Agricultural Engineering. 
8. In order to obtain a second-class certificate a candidate must 
satisfy the Examiners in the Practice of Agriculture, and also 
in three of the four following subjects, all of which must be bond 
fide attempted : — Book-keeping, Chemistry, Land Surveying, and 
Agricultural Engineering. 
9. A candidate may offer himself for examination in one or 
more of the following subjects, viz. : — Geology, Botany, Veterinary 
Science, and Agricultural Entomology. Any knowledge which he 
may show of these subjects will be counted to his credit in the 
general classification, provided that he shall have fulfilled the fore- 
going conditions, and provided that the knowledge of these optional 
subjects does not fall below the standard fixed as a minimum in 
each of such subjects. 
10. A candidate who does not obtain half the maximum number 
of marks in any of the subjects in which he is examined will be 
considered as failing in that subject. The maximum number of marks 
obtainable in each subject is as follows : — 
Agriculture 300 i Optional Subjects. 
Book-keeping 200 Geology 100 
Chemistry 200 i Botany 100 
Land Surveying .... 200 i Veterinary Science. . . 100 
Agricultural Engineering 200 I Agricultural Entomology 100 
