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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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the simplest steps to be taken in the dissection of a rabbit
and of a frog.

(25.) Elementary knowledge of Agriculture.—(a.) The
parts of plants, stems, leaves, roots, flowers, and fruit
(with special reference to fruit-trees and agricultural
plants). (b.) Fertilisation of flowers and formation of
seed; storage of food in seeds, roots, &c.; germination.
(c.) Composition of plants; the meaning of the terms
“organic” and “inorganic”; elements and compounds; out-
lines of the chemistry of air and of water. (d.) How plants
obtain their food; function of the leaf; decomposition
of carbonic acid; leaf green; importance of water to the
plant; absorption of food by the roots; action of root
hairs. (e.) The soil: how soils are formed; decay of rocks;
chemical constituents of soil; subsoil; humus; the soil as
a source of plant-food. (f.) Brief outline of the chemistry
of the elements essential to the growth of plants; influence
of light, warmth, and moisture on plant growth; bacteria as
the cause of decay and fermentation. (g.) Soils: mecha-
nical analysis of soils; classification of soils; good and bad
qualities of soils; influence of mechanical conditions of soils
on their fertility; plant-food in the soil, available and dor-
mant. (h.) Tillage: the objects to be obtained by tillage;
improvement in the mechanical condition; importance of a
good seed-bed; chemical changes induced by exposure to
the air; action of bacteria, &c., in the soil; fallows; tillage
as partly replacing manure; water in the soil; capillary
action in the soil; drainage; possible loss of plant food in
drainage water; difference in modes of cultivation for light
and heavy soils; plant-food in the soil; exhaustion of the
soil; principle of application of manures; principle of rota-
tion of crops; improvement of the soil. (i.) Manures: ob-
ject of manuring; general and special manures; farm-yard
manure, its composition and value; its liability to ferment;
management to prevent loss of value; vegetable and animal
refuse as manures; green-manuring; plant-food most fre-
quently wanting in soils; manures supplying particular
kinds of plant-food; guanos; special manures supplying
nitrogen; bone manures; superphosphate and other mineral
manures; action of lime on the soil. (j.) Crops: the
characteristics of the commoner crops; cereals, fodder-
crops, root-crops; habits of growth of a plant; distribution
of roots; principle of adaptation of manures to crops.
(k.) Importance of good seed; propagation of plants by
cuttings, tubers, bulbs, &c.; objects of grafting and prun-
ing; insect pests; insect changes, as illustrated by the
life-history of common insects; nature of parasitic fungi.

Group IV.

(26.) In English History the requirements include a fair
knowledge of the period from 1688 to 1900, and a cursory
knowledge of the chief events prior to 1688.

(27.) Book-keeping.—The object and value of book-keeping.
Double entry: its meaning and advantages. The form,
nature, and classification of accounts. The balancing and
closing of accounts. The explanation of simple commercial
terms such as debit, credit, balance, profit (gross and net),
interest, discount, commission, insurance, assets, liabilities,
capital, bankruptcy, composition, bad debts, folio, trial
balance, company (limited and unlimited), invoice, receipt,
voucher, cheque, bill of exchange. A knowledge of the
transactions involved and the special terms used in con-
nection with cheques, promissory notes, and bills of
exchange. The forms and uses of the cash-book, the pur-
chases-book or invoice-book, the sales-book or day-book, the
journal, and the ledger, and methods of keeping them.
Journalising an easy set of transactions, posting the journal,
taking out trial balance, preparing profit-and-loss account,
and balance-sheet. The prevention, detection, and recti-
fication of errors.

(28.) Shorthand.—Writing eighty words a minute, and
transcribing accurately into longhand. Candidates should
be able to explain the principles of the system they use.

(29.) Needlework.—The repairing of any plain article of
underclothing; the drawing of diagrams of such a plain
article, and the cutting out and making of it. The answer-
ing of questions on needlework, as required in the public-
school syllabus.

PARTIAL SUCCESS AT THE EXAMINATION FOR CLASS D.

24. A candidate whose work at the examination for
    Class D is good on the whole, but in one or two subjects
    is below the required standard, may be registered as having
    achieved partial success at the examination, and, on giving
    notice as required by clauses 18 and 19, and on payment of a
    fee of five shillings for each such subject, may at the next
    examination present himself to be examined in such one or
    two subjects only; and the candidate, if successful in such
    subject or subjects, shall be deemed to have passed the
    examination.

EXAMINATION FOR CLASS C.

25. The subjects of examination for Class C are arranged
    in four groups. Candidates are required to pass in all the
    subjects of Group I., and in five of the remaining subjects,
    at least one subject being taken from Group II., at least
    one from Group III., and at least two from Groups III.
    and IV.

26. A candidate may not take more than six of the sub-
    jects of Groups II., III., and IV. at any one examination.

27. A candidate may secure exemption from examination in
    any subject of Group III. by producing the advanced certifi-
    cate of the Board of Education, South Kensington, London,
    for that subject, for applied mechanics, for machine con-
    struction and drawing, for building construction, or for any
    other subject that the Inspector-General may approve.

28. Exemption from examination in any subject for
    Class C may be obtained by passing in that subject at a
    degree examination of the University of New Zealand; and
    any candidate who, before the first day of June, 1904, shall
    have satisfied the examination requirements for Class D,
    and who, at any examination held by the said University
    not later than the thirty first day of December, 1905, shall
    have passed in the subjects of the intermediate examina-
    tion for the degree of Bachelor of Medicine, or of the first
    examination for the degree of Bachelor of Laws, or of the
    first section of the examination for the degree of Bachelor
    of Arts or of Science, shall, on application to the Inspector
    General of Schools, be regarded as having passed for Class C
    without further examination.

29. Candidates that, at the Junior Scholarship Examina-
    tion of the University of New Zealand, have obtained
    “credit” shall not be required to take, at the examination
    for Class C, the subjects in which they gained 45 per cent.
    of the possible marks at the scholarship examination.

30. Candidates that have passed the Civil Service Senior
    Examination shall not be required to pass again for Class C
    in the subjects in which they have already passed at the
    Senior Examination.

31. A candidate that holds a certificate of Class D or
    Class E may take the examination for Class C in two or
    more sections; provided that the first section shall com-
    prise not less than three subjects out of the four following:
    English language and literature; theory of education;
    a subject out of Group II.; a subject out of Group III. A
    candidate that takes the examination in sections shall pay
    an entrance fee of ten shillings for each section.

32. A teacher that holds a certificate of any class may,
    upon making due application, as is provided for in clauses 18
    and 19, and upon payment of a fee of five shillings for each
    subject taken, be admitted to examination in any of the
    subjects of Groups II., III., or IV. of the examination for
    Class C in which he has not already passed, and shall be
    entitled to have a record of his success endorsed upon his
    certificate.

33. In lieu of any one only of the subjects of Group II. or
    Group III. a candidate may, upon giving due notice, elect
    to take any two of the branches of handwork as set forth in
    clause 36.

34. The following are the subjects of examination for
    Class C:—

Group I.—
(1.) Reading.
(2.) Writing.
(3.) Arithmetic.
(4.) Music.
(5.) Drawing.
(6.) Elementary human physiology.*
(7.) Theory of education.
(8.) English language and literature.

Group II.—
(9.) Greek language and literature.
(10.) Latin language and literature.
(11.) French language and literature.
(12.) German language and literature.
(13.) Italian language and literature.
(14.) Spanish language and literature.
(15.) Maori language and literature.
(16.) General history.
(17.) Constitutional history.
(18.) Psychology and ethics.
(19.) Logic.
(20.) Arithmetic and algebra.
(21.) Geometry and trigonometry.

Group III.—
(22.) Theoretical mechanics.
(23.) Sound, light, and heat.
(24.) Magnetism and electricity.
(25.) Chemistry.
(26.) Physiography.
(27.) Geology.
(28.) Botany.
(29.) Zoology.

*Until the examination of January, 1906, and at that examina-
tion, a candidate may substitute for elementary human physio-
logy an additional subject from Group III.