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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
instruments, the simpler processes of agriculture,
and the classification of animals and plants. The
head-teacher of each school shall prepare a syllabus
showing the distribution of these subjects over a
three-years' course, having regard to the amount and
order of the information contained in the reading
books used in the school. The Inspector will see
that the syllabus is sufficient, and examine each class
in that part of the work with which the class has
been engaged during the year. The syllabus shall
present a suitable arrangement of the matter con-
tained in the following programme (the portions
enclosed within square brackets being, however,
optional:—

Conditions of matter—solid, liquid, gaseous; force—
gravitation, heat, chemical affinity, electricity, mag-
netism; properties of solids—compactness, porous-
ness, comparative hardness, brittleness, toughness,
&c.; forms of bodies; inertia of rest and motion;
comparative density and specific gravity; centre of
gravity; acceleration; the mechanical powers;
pressure of liquids and gases; pumps, barometers,
hydraulic press, &c.

Vibrations; velocity of sound and light; reflection,
refraction, &c.; the magnifying glass and the prism;
heat expansion, convection, conduction, radiation;
thermometer; ventilation; steam; mechanical mix-
ture and chemical combination; [oxygen; hydrogen;
nitrogen; chlorine; carbon; sulphur; phosphorus;
lime; iron;] composition of water and of air; com-
bustion; [acid and alkali].

[Characteristics of saccharoids; of oils and fats;
of fermentation products; of albuminoids; frictional
and voltaic electricity; the electric machine; the
battery; currents;] the build of the human body, and
names and positions of internal parts; constituents
of blood, muscle, bone, and connective tissue; ali-
mentation; circulation; respiration; [the kidneys
and their secretion;] animal heat; organs of sense;
principal divisions of the animal kingdom, and of
the vegetable kingdom.

[NOTE.—The extent of the knowledge indicated by this pro-
gramme is intended to be not greater than the ground covered
by the ten popular lectures contained in Parts II., III., IV., V.,
and VI., of "Science made Easy," by Thomas Twining, price
1s. each part; published by Chapman and Hall, London.
The "Science Primers," entitled respectively "Introductory,"
"Chemistry," "Physics," "Physiology," "Botany," price 1s.
each, published by Macmillan and Co., will be useful to teachers,
but they go beyond the programme. "Health in the House,"
by Mrs. Buckton, price 2s., published by Longmans, is a very
useful illustration of the application of elementary science to
the practical concerns of common life; and Johnston's "Cate-
chism of Agricultural Chemistry," price 1s., published by
Blackwood and Sons, should be studied, especially by teachers
of country schools.]

13. Standard IV., as defined in these Regulations,
    shall be the standard of education prescribed under
    "The Education Act, 1877," section ninety, subsec-
    tion four.

14. These regulations shall come into force upon
    the date hereof; but the examinations of schools at
    any time earlier than the first day of July, one
    thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine, shall be
    regarded as merely preparatory to the complete
    observance of the standards as herein defined.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations as to Class Books for Public Schools.

NORMANBY, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this
twenty-fourth day of September, 1878.
Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

BY virtue of the powers and authorities vested in
me by "The Education Act, 1877," I, George
Augustus Constantine, Marquis of Normanby, the
Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
the said colony, do hereby make the following regu-
lations respecting the class books to be used in public
schools, that is to say, —

1. Subject to such restrictions as the Education
   Board of any district may impose, any books described
   in the following list may be used in any public
   school:—

Reading.—Nelson's Royal Readers (the whole
series); Chambers's National Reader (the whole
series); Collins's Academic Progressive Reader (the
whole series); Philip's New Code Reader, by J. G.
Cromwell (the whole series); and, for advanced
classes, Macmillan's Sixth Reading Book, Morell's
English Literature, and Church's Stories from Homer
(Seeley).

Spelling.—Sullivan's Spelling Book Superseded;
Jones's Spelling Book for Beginners; Jones's
Essentials of Spelling; Christie's Constructive Spel-
ling.

Writing.—Vere Foster's Copy-books (preferred to
any others); Darnell's Copy-books; the Public School
Copy-books (Daldy).

Arithmetic.—Colenso's Shilling Arithmetic;
Colenso's Arithmetical Examples, Parts 1, 2, 3;
Chambers's Arithmetical Exercises; Collins's Stand-
ard Arithmetic; Collins's Complete System of Prac-
tical Arithmetic; Nelson's Royal Arithmetic, Parts
1 to 5; Piper's Elementary School Arithmetic;
Manson's Progressive Exercises (Senior and Junior);
Irish National School Arithmetic; and, for advanced
classes, Colenso's School Arithmetic; Barnard Smith's
School Arithmetic; Hamblin Smith's Arithmetic;
Piper's Advanced Arithmetic; Barnard Smith's
Arithmetical Exercises with Answers; and Barnard
Smith's Examination Papers in Arithmetic with
Answers.

Grammar.—Lewis's Grammar for Beginners (2d.);
Chambers's Grammar Primer (1d.); Chambers's In-
troduction to Grammar (6d.); Morrison's Initiatory
English Grammar (7d.); Brewer's First and Second
English Grammars (4d. and 1s., Philip); Smith's
English Grammar Simplified (Nelson); Currey's
English Grammar; Morrison's English Grammar;
Allen and Cornwell's English Grammar; Collins's
English Grammar; Douglas's English Grammar;
Chambers's Grammar and Composition; and, for
advanced classes, Lewis's English Language, its
Grammar and History (2s., Stanford); Smith and
Hall's English Grammar (Murray); and Morell's
Grammar and Analysis. [Teachers may consult with
advantage Tancock's English Grammar.]

Composition.—Chambers's Introduction to Com-
position; Allen and Cornwell's Young Composer;
Collins's Elementary English Composition; Nelson's
Exercises in English Composition.

Geography.—Chambers's Outlines of Geography
(1 d.); Collins's Young Child's Geography (3d.);
Nelson's Geography and Atlas combined; Hughes's
Elementary Class Book of Modern Geography;
Cornwell's Geography for Beginners; Cornwell's
School Geography; Mackay's Outlines of Modern
Geography; Murray's School Manual of Modern
Geography; Petrie's New Zealand Geography;
Bowden's New Zealand Geographies (revised);
Collins's Modern Geography—Australia, Tasmania,
and New Zealand; Science Primer—Geography;
Sullivan's Geography Generalized. Physical Geo-
graphy: Procter's Elementary Physical Geography
(1s. 6d., Longmans, strongly recommended as com-
prising all the physical geography required for
Standards IV., V., and VI.); Geikie's Physical Geo-
graphy (Science Primer); Hughes's Elementary
Physical Geography; and, for advanced classes,