Feb. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 779

The identification of common trees at different seasons by means of various parts and organs, such as buds, bark, leaves, &c.

The description and dissection of commonly occurring flowering-plants (technical descriptions will not be demanded).

A general knowledge of the following natural orders—Liliaceae, Ranunculaceae, Cruciferae, Umbelliferae, Leguminosae, Myrtaceae, Rosaceae, Compositae, Graminaceae—with a special knowledge of at least one indigenous and one exotic typical member of each order.

The candidate will be required to forward, before the date of examination, a certificate in the prescribed form that he has carried out satisfactorily a course of practical work based on the above syllabus.

(17.) Elementary Zoology (alternative with Elementary Botany).—The candidate will be expected to show that he has as far as possible acquired his knowledge of the following topics by observation and investigation: A general knowledge and comparison of the external features (e.g., head, limbs, hair, feathers, teeth, beaks, hoofs, claws, &c.), the skeleton (with special reference to adaptations to support, locomotion, and prehension of food), and mode of life (e.g., habitation, locomotion, food, self-protection, adaptation to surroundings) of commonly occurring mammals (e.g., cat, dog, rabbit, horse, &c.), birds (e.g., gull, sparrow, hawk, &c.), and fishes (e.g., blue-cod, dogfish, flounder, &c.).

The general anatomy as revealed by very simple dissections only of the rabbit (as an example of a vertebrate). The form, uses, and relations to other organs of the component parts of the skeleton. The megasopic structure; the arrangement, uses, and mode of action of the nervous, circulatory, respiratory, digestive, and excretory organs.

A general knowledge of the external structure of the bony skeleton, where present, and of the mode of life, of an earthworm, a crayfish, a spider, a beetle, a honey-bee, a butterfly, a garden snail, a frog, a fish, and a bird. Comparisons should be made wherever possible. A knowledge of the chief characters of the classes to which the first seven of these animals belong and of the classes of vertebrate animals. The reference to these classes of commonly occurring members thereof.

A knowledge of the life-history subsequent to hatching of a butterfly and a frog.

Candidates may be required to recognize or describe from actual specimens or photographs any of the above-mentioned animals or typical parts of them.

The candidate will be required to forward, before the date of examination, a certificate in the prescribed form that he has carried out satisfactorily a course of practical work based on the above syllabus.

(18.) Elementary Practical Agriculture.—The candidate will be expected to show (a) that he has a practical knowledge of the operations incident to the work of a school garden, and (b) that he has conducted experiments and observations bearing on the life and growth of plants, on the lines indicated below under the head of experimental and observational work:—

(a.) Work in the garden.—General: Preparation of the land; digging, trenching, hoeing, raking, and surface cultivation. Drawing drills. Sowing. Thinning, pricking off, hardening, and planting out seedlings. Methods of treating light and heavy soils. Fertilizers; the time of year and the condition in which to apply fertilizers. The selection of fertilizers for particular purposes. Use of lime, soot, clay, road-sweepings, ashes, leaf-mould, &c., as soil-improvers. Arrangement of the garden to the best advantage from the points of view of space, succession of crops, and weeding. The application of preventives and remedies for garden pests and diseases. Special: Methods of plant-cultivation. Cultivation and management of plants selected from one or more of the following groups:—