2308
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 106

Knowledge of Common Things.—A syllabus as for object-lessons in the former standards.
Repetition of Verses.—Syllabus showing progress.
Handwork.—See Regulation 29.

ADDITIONAL SUBJECTS.

Singing.—Easy exercise on the common chord and the interval of a second, in common time and in ¾ time, not involving the use of dotted notes; use of the signs p., f., cres., dim., rall., and their equivalents; songs as before, or in common with the upper part of the school.
Needlework.—See Regulation 28.
Drill.

STANDARD IV.

PASS-SUBJECTS.

A. English.

1. Reading.—An easy book of prose and verse.
2. Spelling and Dictation suited to this stage, as represented by the reading-book in use; the dictation to exhibit a knowledge of the use of capitals and punctuation, but (at inspection) to be confined to prose.
3. Writing.—Good copies in a hand not larger than round-hand, and transcription of poetry.
4. Composition.—Letter-writing on prescribed subjects; the addressing of letters and envelopes; exercises in the turning of two given simple sentences into one simple sentence with an adjunct, and in the construction of the complex sentence by the blending of given simple sentences through the use of substantial, adjectival, and adverbial clauses. The pupils are not to be required to give technical names to sentences, adjuncts, or clauses, or to distinguish the three kinds of clauses, but they must be able to turn given sentences into clauses, and to insert them in suitable order.

B.

5. Arithmetic.—Long multiplication of money; reduction of money, weights and measures; the compound rules applied to problems in weights and measures; practice, and the making out of bills of accounts and receipts; tables of money, weights and measures. The weights and measures for this standard are: Avoirdupois weight, troy weight, long measure, square measure, measures of capacity (including cubic measure) and time, and angular measure. The questions for “pass” must not include the difficult cases in which division by 5½ or 30¼ with a remainder is involved, but such cases may be put separately as a test of the ability of the class. Mental arithmetic adapted to this stage of progress.

CLASS-SUBJECTS.

Geography.—New Zealand: Seat of Government; chief towns of provincial districts; leading products and industries according to locality; principal ports; interprovincial transit; principal objects of interest to tourists; rough maps of the colony showing such one set of principal features (as capes, towns, rivers, mountains) as the Inspector may require. Australia: The names and positions of the colonies, and their chief towns, capes, bays, and ports. The map of the world: The principal trade routes; the countries in which the principal articles of commerce are produced; the chief ports and trading centres; the oceans and great seas; the most conspicuous geographical features of the several continents.
Drawing.—Practical plane geometry and very simple applications of scales to the geometrical problems. Freehand drawing to be kept up. (See Regulation 23.)
Grammar.—The distinguishing of all the parts of speech in easy sentences; the inflections of the noun, adjective, and pronoun.
English History.—The period from the Norman conquest to the Battle of Bosworth: About twenty-five persons and events, and about twelve dates, are to be selected from this period by the teacher. (See Regulation 19, and the description of the work in history for Standard III.)
Elementary Science.—As prescribed in Regulation 24 or 25.
Recitation.—A list of pieces learnt, and one piece (or more) specially prepared for the examination.
Handwork.—See Regulation 29.

ADDITIONAL SUBJECTS.

Singing.—Easy exercises on the chords of the dominant and subdominant, and in the intervals prescribed for Standard III.; exercises in triple time; use of dotted notes; melodies, rounds, and part-songs in common with the higher standards. [Note.—It will suffice if this class take the air of the song while the other parts are sung by the more advanced classes, and it may be useful to let older scholars lead the parts in a round.]
Needlework.—See Regulation 28.
Drill.