Transactions of RHASS Volume 1940 - Page 234
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46 CERTIFICATES IN FORESTRY In 1870 the Society instituted an Examination in Forestry, and granted First and Second-Class Certificates respectively to such students as attained a certain standard of proficiency in the following subjects. Candidates were required to possess a thorough acquaint- ance with the theory and practice of Forestry, and a general know- ledge of the following branches of study, so far as these applied to Forestry: (a) the elements of Forest Botany and Forest Zoology: (b) the elements of Meteorology and Geology ; (c) Forest Engineering ; and (d) Arithmetic and Book-keeping. Holders of the First-Class Certificate were entitled to become free Life Members of the Society. In View of the institution of Examinations for Certificates and Diplomas in Forestry by the Royal Scottish Forestry Society, and by arrangement with that Society, the Board of Directors of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland resolved in 1935 to cease holding further Examinations for the First and Second-Class Certificates, and that, in future, the granting of Certificates and Diplomas be left in the hands of the Royal Scottish Forestry Society. The list of students who obtained the Highland and Agricultural Society’s Certificates in Forestry prior to 1899 appears in the ‘ Trans- actions ’ for the year 1899. A further list of those obtaining Certifi- cates between 1899 and 1935 inclusive appears in the ‘ Transactions ’ for the year 1935. The total number of Certificates granted since the commencement of the Examination in 1870 was as follows: First-Class, 43 ; Second-Class, 38. VETERINARY CERTIFICATES AND MEDALS The Society established a Veterinary Department in 1823, but by an arrangement made with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, the Society’s examination ceased in 1881. Holders of the Society’s Veterinary Certificate are entitled to become members of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons on payment of certain fees, without being required to undergo any further examination. The number of students who passed for the Society’s Certificate is 1183. The Society gives annually 8. limited number of silver medals for Class competition to each of the two Veterinary Colleges in Scotland —the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College, Edinburgh, and the Glasgow Veterinary College, Glasgow. 47 CHEMICAL DEPARTMENT Chemist to the Society—J. F. TOOHEB, D.Sc., LL.D., F.I.C., Crown Mansions, 41} Union Street, Aberdeen. The object of the Chemical Department is to promote the diffusion of a knowledge of Chemistry as applied to agriculture among the members of the Society, to carry out experiments for that purpose, to assist members who are engaged in making local experiments requiring the direction or services of a chemist, to direct members in regard to the use of manures and feeding-stufls, to assist them to put the purchase of these substances under proper control, and in general to consider all matters coming under the Society’s notice in connection with the Chemistry of Agriculture. MEMBERS' PRIVILEGES IN RESPECT TO ANALYSES. The Directors are anxious to take any steps in their power to expose the vendors of inferior fertilisers and feeding-stuffs, and the members can give them assistance in this by supplying to the Chemist, when sending samples for analysis, information as to the guarantee, if any, on which the goods were sold, and also as to the price charged. These charges apply only to analyses made for agricultural purposes, and for the sole and private use of members of the Highland and Agricultural Society who are not engaged in the manufacture or sale of the substances analysed. _ Valuations of manures, according to the Society's scale of units; will be supplied if requested. The Society will not be liable for payment of fees in respect of analyses for any member in excess of £5 for any one year, or £10 for any five consecutive years. The undernoted fees are those payable by a member. These amounts represent only one-third of the total fee for any particular analysis, the other two-thirds being paid by the Society. This scale does not apply to members whose subscriptions are in arrears. Fsarmxssns AND FEnDrNG-Smrs. (1) The determination of one ingredient in a single sample of a manure or of a feeding-stufi . . . . 3/6 (2) The determination of two ingredients in a single sample of a manure or oi ejecding-slufl . . . . 5/- (3) The complete analysis of a sample of a manure or of a feeding-slug“ . . , . . . . 10/— |
| Title | Transactions of RHASS Volume 1940 - Page 234 |
