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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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Two Modern Languages other than English. Group 2: Political
Science, including General History, Political Economy, Juris-
prudence, and Constitutional History. Group 3: Mathematics
and Mathematical Physics. Group 4: Chemistry and Experi-
mental Physics. Group 5: Natural Science. Group 6: Mental
Science. The subjects shall be divided as follows :-

(1.) LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE :-
A. Latin. (Three papers.)---(a.) Passages from any of the
best classical Latin authors; questions on grammar, history, and
antiquities. (b.) Detailed examination in the history, literature,
and language of a selected period, with accurate knowledge of
the principal works of one prose and one verse author of that
period. (c.) Passages for translation from English into Latin
prose.

B. Greek. (Three papers.)---(a.) Passages from any of the
best classical Greek authors; questions on grammar, history, and
antiquities. (b.) Detailed examination in the history, literature,
and language of a selected period, with accurate knowledge of
the principal works of one prose and one verse author of that
period. (c.) Passages for translation from English into Greek
prose.

C. English. (Three papers.)---(a.) Origin, history, and
structure of the English language; questions on philology and
etymology; the periods of English literature, and the principal
authors of each period. (b.) Detailed examination in the litera-
ture of some one or more periods, and in the works of one or
more authors. Selections to be made from year to year. (c.)
Essay on some subject arising out of the works selected under (b).

D. Modern Languages. (Three papers in each.)---French, and
either German or Italian. (a.) Origin, history, and structure of
the language; questions on philology and etymology; the periods
of literature, and the principal authors of each period. (b.)
Detailed examination in the literature of some one or more
periods, and in the works of one or more authors. Selections
to be made from year to year. (c.) Essay (to be written in the
languages chosen) on some subject arising out of the works
selected under (b).

(2.) POLITICAL SCIENCE. (Four papers.)---(a.) General His-
tory.---Period to be selected year by year. (b.) Political
Economy.---Treated more fully than for the degree of Bachelor
of Arts, with the addition of economical doctrines. (c.) Juris-
prudence.---Treated more fully than for the degree of Bachelor
of Arts. (d.) Constitutional History.---The constitutional history
of England.

(3.) MATHEMATICS AND MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS.---(Five
papers):
(a.) Elementary Geometry, Plane Co-ordinate Geometry, and
Conic Sections.---The elementary geometry shall be the same as
defined for the degree of Bachelor of Arts, with the addition of
Euclid, Book XI., Propositions 1-21, and Book XII., Propositions
1 and 2. Deductions will be set to some or all of the propositions
given.

(b.) Algebra, Trigonometry, and the more elementary portions of
Differential and Integral Calculus.---The algebra and trigono-
metry shall be the same as defined for the degree of Bachelor
of Arts, with the addition of the following: Indeterminate
coefficients; convergency and divergency of series; summation
of series; interest and annuities; and the elementary theory of
probability; the exponential theorem; the construction of
logarithmic tables; Demoivre's theorem; Euler's series for ex-
panding the sine and cosine of an angle in terms of its circular