Nov. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3041

Group IV.

(27.) In English History and Civics the requirements include an outline knowledge of the main course of English History from 1688 to 1900, and a substantial acquaintance with the chief rights and duties of a citizen, including their historic foundation. In their bearing on civics and Empire-extension, some acquaintance with matters of a date prior to 1688 will be assumed.

(28.) Book-keeping and Commercial Correspondence.—The requirements will include commercial arithmetic and tots and easy précis-writing.

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 connection with cheques, promissory notes, and bills of exchange. The forms and uses of the cash-book, the purchase-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 rectification of errors.

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

(30.) Needlework.—The repairing of any plain article of under-clothing; the drawing of diagrams of such a plain article, and the cutting-out and making of it. The answering of questions on needlework, as required in the Public School Syllabus.

Candidates holding certificates in Plain Needlework granted by the City and Guilds of London Institute are entitled to exemption from further examination in this subject for the Class D certificate.

(31), (35), and (36).—For Plain Cookery, Woodwork, and Ironwork candidates are required to produce the certificates in these subjects granted by the City and Guilds of London Institute. Pamphlets containing information of the examinations held and of the programmes prescribed may be obtained on application to the Education Department.

(32.) Dairy-work.—Before undergoing the written examination in this subject, the candidate will be required to furnish a certificate showing that he has satisfactorily completed an approved course of practical instruction in Dairy-work. The examination will include the general properties of solids, liquids, and gases; solution; precipitation; emulsification; coagulation; weighing and measuring; the balance; graduated measures; specific gravity; measurement of the specific gravity of liquids; fluid-pressure; pumps and siphons; the hydrometer and lactometer; the effect of heat on liquids; evaporation and condensation; measurement of temperature; thermometers; relation between pressure and boiling-point; the unit of heat; specific heat; latent heat; refrigeration; temperature of mixtures; fermentation.

The constituents of milk. Causes of variations and of defects in the composition of milk. The physical and chemical properties of milk. The coagulation of milk. The composition of skimmed and of separated milk, of buttermilk, and of cream. The uses and value of separated milk and of buttermilk. Methods of determining

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