Nov. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3055

detection, and rectification of errors. The explanation
of commercial terms, such as rebate, account current,
account sales, depreciation, lease, assignment, bill of
sale, bill of lading, freight, dock warrant, free on board,
demurrage, average, brokerage, ad valorem, del credere.
A knowledge of the transactions involved and the docu-
ments employed in connection with the purchase and
sale of goods, with the import and export trades, with
partnership accounts, consignments, adventures, and
account sales. A general knowledge of the nature of
capital, of debentures, stocks, and shares, and of com-
pany book-keeping.

(37.) Shorthand.—Writing 130 words a minute, and transcrib-
ing accurately into longhand. Candidates should be
able to explain the principles of the system they use.

(38.) Agricultural Chemistry.—The atmosphere, rain, dew, and
their composition.

Soils: The origin, formation, and mechanical analysis
of soils; the physical properties of soils; the chemical
and physical properties of the constituents of soils;
the effects on soils of weathering, of vegetable and
animal life, and of tillage; the oxidation of organic
matter in soils; the active or available and the dor-
mant or reserve soil-constituents; the conditions neces-
sary for the formation of the active from the dormant
constituents, or promoting this formation.

Manures: Definition of manures; the principles
governing their use; the properties and composition of
the chief general, artificial, and manufactured manures;
fermentation.

Plants: The organic and inorganic constituents; the pro-
portions of water and solid matter. The ash of plants;
the essential, non-essential, and useful ash-constituents;
differences in composition between the ash of grain
and that of straw or leaf. General composition of farm
crops; chemical elements in the plant obtained from
the air and from the soil; chemical actions in different
parts of the plant; effects of light and heat; chemical
changes during germination.

Animals: Chief organic and inorganic constituents of
animal bodies; ash-constituents of blood, muscle, and
bone; composition of fats; the general composition and
values of ordinary farm foods and their uses in the animal
body. The constituents of milk, cream, butter, and
cheese.

(39.) Agricultural Zoology.—The chief characteristics, geo-
graphical distribution, and general conditions of ex-
istence in respect of those orders of the animal king-
dom to which the animals (including those injurious to
agriculture) that are of economic importance to agricul-
turists, belong. A knowledge of the external features,
general structure, and mode of life of such animals.
The means of destroying animals injurious to agriculture,
or of holding them in check.

(40.) Agricultural Botany.—The elementary morphology, an-
atomy, and physiology of plants; the functions of the
members of the plant; pollination and fertilisation;
formation of seed; adaptations for protection and
dispersal of seed; germination and growth; storage
of food; general conditions of plant-life; contention
with physical environment; competition with fellows;
variation. Description of gymnosperms used for timber
in New Zealand, and of cryptogams that are parasitic
upon higher plants and upon animals of economic value,
with methods of prevention and cure. Classification
of phanerogams, with special reference to those orders
to which the more important trees, grasses, plants,
weeds, &c., with which the agriculturist is concerned,
belong. The recognition, description, reference to
their orders, and uses of such trees, &c. The pre-