Oct. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3037

(25.) Dressmaking and Needlework.

Selection: Choice and selection of clothes; comparison of cost and wearing-values of cotton, linen, silk, wool, and mixtures; suitable colours and appropriate style of clothes.

Patterns: Making of simple drafts from pupils’ own measurements without reference to charts or other mechanical devices; use and adaptation of commercial patterns.

Making up: Making up of articles for personal and household use; the various stitches and processes used in dressmaking; the application of ornamental stitchery to garments and household articles.

Care: Care of clothes; removal of stains; pressing; mending and repairing garments, household linen and furnishings. Adaptation of adult garments for children’s wear as required.

Practical Work.—Plan a complete wardrobe, illustrating the book with drawings or magazine illustrations, giving patterns of suitable material for each garment and estimating cost. The clothing budget should include everything worn by the girl, and be planned to cover a period of two years. The care and use of the machine. Drafting of patterns to actual measurements. Making up and repairing garments and household articles. At least five articles should be made and finished each year, of which one or two may be handwork; at least three repairs should be done.

Every candidate for examination in dressmaking and needlework shall be required to hand to the supervisor at the examination a specimen or specimens of work done within a period of three months preceding the date of examination, such specimen work to be accompanied by a certificate, signed by the class instructor and the Principal of the school, that the work is the candidate’s unaided effort, executed without the supervision or direction of the instructor.

(26.) Housecraft.

House: Arrangements of house and position of equipment (especially with regard to kitchen, dining-room, and pantry); principles, construction, management of ranges, and of gas, electric, and oil stoves; hot-water services; how to set, light, and regulate fires; fuels and economy of fuels. Care and cleaning of stoves, kitchen sinks and traps; care and cleaning of floors, walls, windows, woodwork (plain, painted, and polished); the yard, including care and cleaning of drains, dustbins, and closets; appliances for cleansing purposes; cleaning and care of other things of the house. Arrangement of daily and weekly work.

Laundry: Choice and care of utensils and appliances. Sorting, steeping, washing, and finishing a household wash. Simple methods of disinfecting; removal of stains; treatment of fast and loose colours.

Foods: (a.) Preservation of foods for out of season use.

(b.) Planning, preparation, cooking, and serving of meals (including school lunches) for the different seasons of the year for a family consisting of adults and children. The meals should contain all the essentials of a normal diet for adults and children, and be chosen so that economical meals can be prepared, using different methods of cooking, without great expenditure of energy and time. The meals should be compared with respect to their values as sources of carbohydrates, fats, proteins, minerals, vitamins and roughage.

(c.) Modifications of diet suitable for invalids and convalescents.

Practical Work.—House: Planning the arrangements of two or more rooms in a house. Actual practice in cleaning and care of the house in illustration of the above.

Laundry: Practical work to illustrate the above as far as can be done in the school or under school-hostel conditions.

Foods: Preservation of foods; preparation and serving of meals, including practice of individual dishes as required.

(27.) Trade Drawing.

All candidates must take Part I, and either Part IIa or IIb.

I. Use and care of drawing-instruments, including scales, pencils, pens, compasses, dividers, protractors, set-squares, and T square. How to test the accuracy of drawing-instruments, and how to correct errors. Hand-sketching in plan, elevation, and section. Use of squared paper.

IIa. Engineering, &c.—Measuring simple machine parts, determining position of centre lines, and dimensioning sketches. Sketching simple machine parts from memory. Drawing centre-lines, and completing plans, elevations, and sections to scale in pencil from dimensioned sketches of simple machine parts. Tracing in ink, and dimensioning, &c. Conventional representation of screw-threads. Details of nuts, bolts, studs, rivets, cotters, keys, pins, and other fastening and locking devices.