1828
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 66

chosen by the candidate from Group II or from Group III, or from
both, in accordance with the schedule, but so that the total possible
maximum of marks assignable in all the subjects to be taken by the
candidate shall not exceed 2,200:

Provided that if the number of marks assignable to the subjects
chosen by a candidate in accordance with these conditions falls short
of the total marks permissible he may be allowed to select another
subject although the marks for this subject make the possible maximum aggregate of marks for the subjects taken greater than 2,200; but
in any such case the candidate shall be assigned such total marks only
in the examination as shall bear the same proportion to 2,200 as his
actual marks do to the possible maximum aggregate of the subjects
taken by him.

26. Marks in subject (4) shall be awarded in respect of individual
    practical work done by the candidate in one or more of the subjects
    Elementary Home Science, Elementary Practical Agriculture, and
    Elementary Dairy Science within the prescribed program during the
    two years immediately preceding the examination. No marks for
    individual practical work under this heading shall be awarded to
    a candidate who does not obtain at least 25 per cent. of the total
    possible marks assignable to one of these subjects in the examination.

27. No candidate shall be regarded as qualified in the examination
    who fails to obtain 33 per cent. of the maximum marks in each of the
    subjects English and Arithmetic, or 40 per cent. of the total marks
    assignable.

28. If the marks assigned to the candidate’s work in any subject
    are less than 25 per cent. of the maximum assignable in that subject such marks shall not be included in reckoning the candidate’s
    aggregate of marks.

29. The examination in · Woodwork, Metalwork, Housecraft
    (Cookery and Laundry-work), and Dressmaking and Needlecraft will
    in each case consist of a written examination and a practical test.
    The following shall be the scope of these examinations:—

Woodwork.—Drawing: How to test the accuracy of drawing-instruments, and rectify errors; construction of plain scales; drawing
to scale from dimensioned sketches or from models or articles made
in the workshop; hand sketching; plans, elevations, sections (easy
cases only), and oblique projections of geometrical solids the surfaces
of which are bounded by straight lines, and of articles made in the
workshop.

Tools and Timbers: The classification, description (illustrated by
hand sketches), proper uses, and correct handling of tools; care of
tools; hardening, grinding, and sharpening; the functions of their
several parts; the mechanical principles underlying their construction
and manipulation.

A knowledge of th geographical distribution, appearance, general
characters (including structure of trunk and limbs) of trees from
which the timbers in common use in New Zealand are obtained;
the countries and ports from which New Zealand receives its supplies
of foreign timbers; the forms in which timber is brought into the
market; the growth, felling, conversion, seasoning, storage, and
preservation of timber; measurement of timber; selection of timber
for particular purposes; methods of working hard and soft woods;
appearance, characteristic properties (including specific gravity), and
defects of timbers. Candidates may be required to identify specimens
of timbers in common use.

Bench-work: Measuring and setting out work; dressing a piece
of timber truly; principles to be observed in designing joints and
fastenings; the construction of useful or ornamental articles providing opportunities for practice in the following processes, fastening-devices, and joints: Processes—sawing, planing, paring, grooving and
trenching, slotting, gouging, cutting curves, shaping and filing, chamfering; fastening-devices—nails, screws, glue, dowels, pins, cleats,
keys, and wedges; joints—the ordinary joints, including haunched
mortise and tenon, bridle, mitre, common dovetail.

Metalwork.—Drawing: Use of T square and set-squares, compasses,
dividers, and protractors. How to test the accuracy of drawing-instruments, and how to rectify errors.

The use of the foot rule, metric rule, and callipers; calculations
based on measurements t .ken by these; candidates will be expected
to measure with approximate accuracy to one-hundredth of an inch.
Making approximately accurate hand sketches of simple geometrical