The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1878-03-26 00:00:00

DORSET COUNTY ACH(X)L COMPANY
(LIMITED).

The annual meeting of the company was held on
Tlittreday. the 14th instant, in the Council Chamber
at Dorchester. There were present: The Venerable
Archdeacon Sanctuary (chairman). Rae. Canon G. L.
Nash, Mtwara H. H. Middleton and B. Palmer, the
Rey. T.
Mr.
(bead-master); Mr. E. Raker
*lark), Mr. R. Case, of !dews. Williem'a and Co.'s
bank, was again appointod auditors for the current
year, and the report, already in the hands of the
shareholders was, with some slight vernal amend-
ment*, scorpted The report " orograttdates the
shareholders upon the increase of the school receipts
over the previous year." it Aliso aside "It is encour.
aging to state that the school still maintains its
reputation for eound and useful learning. In the
Cambridge Local Examinations Or school tree the
twist encase/Id in the county and also in the whole
D4csone.4 Salisbury ; and at the Dorchester centre for
the Trinity College Examination in the theory of
mode thie school obtained the largest number of
certificates; and the boys who compete' for the
scholarships of the Royal Agricultural Society
though not successful, passed a creditable "catnip Won.
Our Head-master h. in little more than two years
admitted 64 new echo's.. and, it parents had its all
cases sent boys under 11 instead of over 14 years of
see, not only would the nuirthers at the sowed have
been higher. but the education would have been
airomearily more complete. We desire to that that
whiki every provision is made for the ealoCatioo of
older boys, great attention is bestowed upon younger
tines an,d the upper and junior achook will be kept as
distinct as b..' The following retiring members
of the Council, via.: Revs. Canon E. 8. Ratak's,
Cason C. W. Bingham, H. Mottle, and Messrs. J. C.
Mamas'. Pleydell, and Norris Roper, were re-elected.
After the thanks of the meeting in the name of the
Company had been heartily accorded to the Head-
/aeon. for his unti log exertions during the past year,
an behalf of the school, the proceedings terminated.

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LOCAL EXAM-
NA [loss, DORCHESTER CENTRE.
The results of the examination held at the Dorset
Conllty school in December last hare just been
published. The eatiefactory number mit tea boys and
tow girls were sucomeeful. Of the boys eight are
penile at the Coun•y schooL The Juni. r. bare in
Ire. elms honours E. 0. Cox (Laden Newton and
°misty School), and in third elms honours A. Haynie
tor and Mr. O. Whits'eschool), R. Skean
FLaetis
rttutea and Mr. Shea.,.an school), dH.W. C.
ice (Bournemouth and t3ounly School), who we.
didthlettiohod In religious knowledge. POW juniors
also passed, namely, It. K. Genie (Waterson and
County School), J. N. Grant (I,ounty G. J.
gent ( !Pt-named and Gwent, School). and F. J. Kent
Eerie Ceetle and Oonoty School). Two others Dark
be in the I.relitninary eabircte_,
nil k,,,,,,d0i5e an English subjects R
, ria , R.
Out (Curry Rivel and County School), red A.. j
Counington (Dorchester ant St. Leonard's School)
The seniors bare In third alms honours 11„
A._elee (Weymouth sad Connie School), nod, pa. g_
Wilke ( iv and County `tcht..tl). r • Junior
*ls hare is third oleo honours Is AL W. L.** (C,
Shire peeled N. Mall...dais*
Mine Lock. Imo 0 Dorcheeter), and
a Keld (Bridporil.satYhe seniors list has one pus,
k.I. Kill (Its.. blick • "4"4). lb.
laoiriat.dddids, @Amsted frogs tit l'oricasre Poet,
whichwui lawns. our readies:— Thie Innenenn of
eraddis lib par Me boss so forix Ikea WO,

total number being 5,17 L This is tames than doable
the number that tb.r. were In 1871, an increase which
shows the growing popularity and usefulness of these
smansinationa They were in December lam presided
over 17 more than a hundred examiners, the greater
part of whom are amongst the most active of the
teaching staff of the university or clergymen lately
engaged on the teaching staff. Since that date the
pap. • have been in the hands of the examiners in
eubjee,'-ta, alto hid no light task in going through the
of nearly 6.000 nd dates, each on the average
d:Ze an
papers In five or sir subjects. Dm extraordin sry
Increase of candidates at the last examination leaden
the disparity between the Oxford and Cambridge
examination greater than ever. The Oxiord examinee
lion took place in June, and the can lidates numbered
2,344 only, so hat the Cambridge examination
obtained nearly a 1,000 mom than double as many as
Oxford The proporti .n .4 Churchmen to Diaseuters
loin this year's het rather greater than in the prevt .us
Cmadidatee belonging to the Church of Eng.
=are exandoed, the Juni me in the Church Cam-
eldem and the seniors in the Book of t!ontaxot Prayer,
and these numbered at the last examination 2,865;
whilst Dimenters are examined, the juniors in
Christian evidences and the seniors in liars Pa dins,
and them numbered at the last examination 2,697.
wntint 215 candidates did not offer in either or for
Scripture. The class Ude of both boy. and girls are
now 'nand, the former having grown to such propor-
tions that it. bulk and price are doubled.