Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Hibernia 1896
Adjudicators:	Thomas Young
Venue:	Ferndale, Glamorgan

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw
1	Trehafod Rechabite	David D. Williams	8
2	Pontyberem	A. G. Harries	11
3	Nelson Temperance	Carl Taylor	7
4	Cory's Temperance	Phineas Ambler	5
	Tylorstown	Unknown	1
	Treharris Temperance	Wilfred Dawson	2
	Deri	Unknown	3
	Gilfach Goch	Unknown	4
	Aberaman Public	Unknown	6
	Pontlottyn	Unknown	9
	Aberaman Silver	Thomas Eastwood	10
	Beaufort	Unknown	12
	Avan Valley	Unknown	13

Prizes: £7, £4, £2, £1
March contest: 1. Nelson Temperance
19 bands entered, 13 competed
A special prize of a medal was given to the conductor who would occupy the least time on the stage. Much amusement was created by the members of some of the bands rushing on and off the stage, even tumbling over each other. Tylorstown Band won the medal.