MAY 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 743

(1.) LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. — (Two papers.) —
(a.) Selected portions of the works of one prose and one verse
author; translation of simple unseen passages from Latin into
English. (b.) An easy passage or passages for translation from
English into Latin prose; questions on grammar.
(2.) GREEK LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE.— (Two papers.)—
(a.) Selected portions of the works of one prose and one verse
author; translation of simple unseen passages from Greek into
English. (b.) An easy passage or passages for translation from
English into Greek prose; questions on grammar.
(3.) ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE.— (Two papers.)—
(a.) The origin, history, and structure of the English language,
and selected portions of one or more authors. (b.) An account
of one period of literature, and a short essay on some subject
arising out of the works selected under (a).
(4.) MODERN LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE.---- (Two papers.) —
French, or German, or Italian, at the option of the candidate.
(a.) Questions on Grammar and Composition. Passages for
translation from and into English and the language chosen. (b.)
Questions on a period of the literature of the language, and
selected authors of the period.
(5.) GENERAL HISTORY AND POLITICAL ECONOMY. — (Two
papers.)—(a.) General History : Period to be selected year
by year. (b.) Political Economy : The production, distri-
bution, exchange, and consumption of wealth; the law of popu-
lation; emigration, immigration; strikes; trade-unions;
socialist theories; land tenures; free-trade and protection;
and the colonial policy of England.
(6.) JURISPRUDENCE AND CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY.— (Two
papers.)—(a.) Jurisprudence : Nature of positive law; sources
of law; scientific classification of law, together with knowledge
of the system adopted in Roman law. (b.) Constitutional His-
tory: The constitutional history of England.
(7.) MATHEMATICS.-(Three papers.)
(a.) Elementary Geometry.—Euclid, Books I., II., III., IV.,
and VI., together with the definitions of Book V. Trigo-
nometry.—The elementary parts of plane trigonometry so far
as to include the principal properties of logarithms, the use of
logarithmic tables, and the solution and properties of triangles,
with easy transformations and examples.
(b.) Algebra.—Definitions and explanations of algebraical signs
and terms; addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of
algebraical quantities, including fractions and surds; the ele-
mentary rules of ratio and proportion; the square and cube
roots; easy equations of a degree not higher than the second,
and questions producing such equations; arithmetical, geo-
metrical, and harmonical progressions; permutations and com-
binations; and the binomial theorem : with proofs of the rules,
and simple examples.
(c.) Elementary Mechanics and Hydrostatics.—Treated so as
not necessarily to require a knowledge of pure mathematics
greater than the standard prescribed for the degree of Bachelor
of Arts, namely, the composition and resolution of forces acting
on a point and on a rigid body on one plane; the mechanical
powers; the centre of gravity; the fundamental laws of motion;
the laws of uniform and uniformly accelerated motion and of
falling bodies; the pressure of liquids and gases; the equilibrium
of floating bodies; specific gravities; and the principal instru-
ments and machines the action of which depends on the pro-
perties of fluids: with simple problems and examples.
(8.) PHYSICAL SCIENCE.—(Two papers.)