May 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1381

Science and Nature-study, (5) History and Civics, (6) Drawing (free drawing and drawing with instruments, two papers).

15. (a) In both English and Arithmetic the papers may include questions on the work of any standard not higher than the Sixth Standard.

(b) In English the papers may include such a test of the candidate’s general reading and of his general comprehension of English as may be found expedient.

(c) In Geography, in History and Civics, and in Science the papers shall contain a choice of questions sufficient to make reasonable allowance for the varying programmes in these subjects.

(d) In Science the papers shall cover such a range of subjects as, in either rural or urban schools, are usually taught under the heading of nature-study, elementary science, health, &c., in Standards V and VI, and may include alternative questions in such subjects as are commonly recognized for pupils of the same stage under the “Regulations for Manual and Technical Instruction”—e.g., woodwork, cookery, dairy-work, laundry-work, and elementary agriculture.

(e) In Drawing I the paper shall contain questions on free drawing with pencil or brush to be executed directly, so far as the general circumstances of the examination permit, from a natural or fashioned object or from a group of not more than two objects, and may contain also questions on elementary design. In Drawing II the paper shall include alternative questions having special application to the subjects of handwork as prescribed under the “Regulations for Manual and Technical Instruction.”

(f) In any subject questions may be set relating in common to that subject and any other subject of the school course.

(g) Generally the examination shall assume on the part of a candidate a general knowledge such as may fairly be expected from a Sixth Standard pupil who observes his surroundings intelligently and whose reading is such as will afford a fair acquaintance with current events.

16. The marks assigned to the several subjects shall be as follows: English, 300; Arithmetic, 200; Geography, 100; Elementary Science and Nature-study, 100; History and Civics, 100; Drawing (two branches), 100. English, Arithmetic, and Geography are compulsory for all candidates. Any two of the three remaining subjects (viz., Elementary Science and Nature-study, History and Civics, and Drawing) shall also be taken. The total possible marks obtainable in the examination shall be 800.

17. No candidate shall be regarded as qualified in the examination who fails to obtain 100 marks in English, 60 marks in Arithmetic, or a total of 400 in the whole examination.

EXAMINATION FOR SENIOR SCHOLARSHIPS.

Selection of Subjects.

18. Subject to any limitation hereinafter made, every candidate for the Senior National Scholarship Examination shall be examined (a) in the subjects English, Arithmetic, and History from Group I of the examination schedule, (b) in one subject to be chosen by the candidate from Group II or Group III, and (c) in any other subjects to be chosen from Groups II, III, or IV in accordance with such schedule, but so that the total possible maximum of marks assignable in all the subjects in which he is to be examined shall not exceed 2,300: Provided that any selection from Group II must include general experimental science, together with at least one, but not more than two, of the remaining subjects of the same group.

Schedule of Subjects.

19. The following shall be the subjects of examination and the the maximum marks assigned to the several subjects:—

Group I. Maximum Marks.

(1) English . . . . . . . . 500
(2) Arithmetic . . . . . . . . 300
(3) History . . . . . . . . 300