JULY 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 889

elementary science (as hereinafter defined), vocal music, drawing, and the art of teaching and school management.
Women shall be examined also in needlework, and, in consideration of this addition to their list of subjects, will be allowed to substitute the laws of health and domestic economy for elementary science if they choose to do so. They will also be permitted to pass in arithmetic on somewhat easier terms than men.
The papers for this class, with the exception of the papers on the art of teaching and school management and in elementary science and domestic economy, will be based generally on the programme of public school standard work; but, as compared with papers set for examination in standards, will be so much more difficult as the comparative maturity of the persons examined renders reasonable and proper.
Geography will include the form and motions of the earth; the phenomena of day and night and of the seasons; the real significance of the polar circle, tropics, and equator; the most elementary parts of physical geography; the general topography and political geography of the world (without minute detail); and map drawing, from memory, of the hemispheres, the Continents, Great Britain and Ireland, and New Zealand.
In English history a fair knowledge of the period from 1603 to 1837 will be required; and a cursory knowledge of the chief events prior to 1603.
12. The examination for Class E in elementary science will be based upon the following programme:—
Fundamental Ideas of Matter and Energy.—Three states of matter—Mass—Inertia—Force—Momentum—Acceleration—Energy—“Centrifugal Force.”
Conditions of Matter.—Compactness—Porosity—Hardness—Brittleness—Toughness—Malleability—Ductility—Tenacity—Flexibility—Elasticity—Compressibility—Viscidity—Liquidity—The Gaseous State—Diffusion—Solution—Crystallisation.
Gravitation.—Weight—Density—Specific Gravity—Flotation—Balloon—Pressure of Liquid Column—Level—Pressure of Air—Barometer—Pump—Syphon—Diving-bell—Falling Bodies—Work—Laws of Gravitation.
Mechanical Powers.—Lever—Wheel and Axle—Pulley—Inclined Plane—Screw.
Sound.—Echo—Waves—Velocity—Pitch—Resonance—Interference.
Light.—Propagation—Velocity—Reflection—Looking-glass—Refraction—Lenses—Prism and Colour.
Heat.—Production—Measurement of Temperature and Quantity—Expansion—Winds—Conduction—Convection—Steam—Latent Heat—Evaporation—Distillation—Radiation.
Magnetism.—Properties of Magnets—Induction—Mariner’s Compass.
Electricity.—Development of Frictional Electricity—Attraction—Repulsion—Induction—Conduction—Insulation—Distribution—Lightning-conductors—Electric Machines—Simple ways of producing a Galvanic Current—Conductors—Resistance—Heat—Electro-magnets—Magneto-Electricity—Simple Telegraphs—Telephones—Electric Lights—Chemical Decomposition.
Chemistry.—Mixtures and Compounds—Combination and Decomposition—Elements and Compounds—Affinity—The Air—Burning—The preparation, elementary properties and simpler compounds of Oxygen, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen—Atoms and Molecules—Chief properties of Carbon, Sulphur, Phosphorus, and Chlorine—Oxidisation and Reduction—Flame—Acids, bases and salts—Preparation and properties of Nitric and Hydrochloric Acids—Properties of Sulphuric Acid.
Physiology and Health.—Organized matter—Animals contrasted with plants—Composition and nutrition of plants—Composition and general form of the human body—Positions and functions of the internal organs—Alimentation—The Blood—Circulation—Respiration—Functions of the Skin—Animal heat—The Ear—The Eye—Ventilation—Cleanliness in person, home, and surroundings—Drainage—Temperance—Food—Clothing.
13. The examination for Class D shall include, in the first place, the following subjects as they are defined in Regulation 11: Reading, writing, vocal music, drawing, and the art of teaching and school management, and (for women only) needlework. Any candidate for Class D who has passed for Class E will be exempt from examination in these subjects.
In the next place, the examination for Class D shall include English grammar (with spelling, composition, and punctuation), arithmetic, geography, and English history, and the papers in these subjects shall be more difficult than those set for Class E.
The examination for Class D shall also include elementary experi-