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(1) The following revised Regulations for the instruction and training of Pupil-Teachers will come into operation on the 1st of August 1905. Notice has already been given in previous Regulations of the most important changes which will take effect on that date. In addition to these, certain other modifications which the experience of the past year has shown to be desirable are now introduced into the Regulations.

(2) As announced in previous Regulations, no Pupil-Teacher may, after the 1st of August 1905, be employed at a Public Elementary School during more than 200 meetings in the Pupil-Teacher year (or more than half the total number of meetings of the School in that year if that number is greater than 400). The Pupil-Teacher year in this connection means the year for which Grants are payable on account of the instruction of the Pupil-Teacher, and will in the ordinary course be the year beginning on the 1st of August. This restriction of employment will apply to all Pupil-Teachers at whatever date their engagement may have begun and must be observed in all cases without exception.

(3) Candidates who are between the ages of 15 and 16 may be admitted for an engagement of three years from the 1st of August 1905, or from the 1st of January 1906, in any area which has been shown to the satisfaction of the Board to require exceptional treatment. No candidate under the age of 16 may be admitted in any School in an Urban District from the 1st of August 1906, or from any later date.

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(4) For the year beginning on the 1st of August 1905, the Board will require, before approving any arrangements for the instruction of Pupil-Teachers under Article 28, to be satisfied that it is impossible to arrange for the instruction of such Pupil-Teachers in fully constituted Centres satisfying the conditions of Articles 11 to 19. They will, therefore, expect to receive from each Local Authority a statement giving a general survey of the steps which have been taken to provide Pupil-Teacher Centres in its area, and showing the grounds which have prevented the establishment of Pupil-Teacher Centres in any parts of the area in which it is proposed to continue instruction under Article 28 during the year in question. The Board recognise fully the difficulty of organising Centres in country districts, and they do not desire to press unduly those Authorities who can show that they are taking steps to establish an organised scheme of Centre instruction within their area at a reasonably early date. They will, however, be unable to pay Grant under Article 28 in cases where there appears to be no good reason why the Pupil-Teachers in question should not be receiving instruction in a Centre.

(5) Where arrangements are proposed under Article 28 for the instruction of Pupil-Teachers who cannot be instructed in Centres, such arrangements must in all cases provide for at least 300 hours annually to be spent by the Pupil-Teacher under instruction or in private study.

(6) The most important change which appears for the first time in this issue of the Regulations is contained in Article 13, which refers to the curriculum of Pupil-Teacher Centres. That Article in its new form shows how the Board think that the curriculum of a Pupil-Teacher Centre should be organised in order to fill its proper place between the course of the Secondary School and the course of the Training College, to which it will normally lead up. The Board recognise that the scholars who are at present admitted into Pupil-Teacher Centres have reached very varying degrees of proficiency, and that considerable difficulties will have to be overcome in organising their instruction during the early years of the

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new system. In applying the provisions of the new Article 13 the Board will have full regard to these difficulties, and in particular they realise that it will not at present be possible in all cases to include in the curriculum a language other than English. But the Authorities of Centres, and especially of those Centres which are attached to Secondary Schools, should aim at giving the full course of instruction where possible, at any rate to the ablest of their scholars.

(7) The Board find that several Local Education Authorities are of opinion that the time spent by the Pupil-Teacher at the Centre or Secondary School can most conveniently be divided between the two years of his engagement if such instruction is given for two terms in one year and for one term in the other year. It has been represented to the Board that Article 24 of last year's Regulations was not sufficiently elastic to admit of this arrangement being conveniently worked, and the Board have accordingly taken somewhat wider powers under Article 24(b) of the present Regulations to approve proposals for distributing the instruction of the Pupil-Teacher between the two years of the engagement.

(8) As already announced in Circular 522, the Board have decided, in view of representations which have been made to them from many quarters, to change the date of the King's Scholarship Examination from December to Easter. In view of this change of date it will clearly be convenient that the period for which Pupil Teachers are engaged should in future regularly begin on the 1st of August and terminate on the 31st of July. A period beginning and ending on these dates will coincide with what is in most cases the year of instruction of Secondary Schools, as well as with the year of instruction of Training Colleges. The Board hope, therefore, that all Local Education Authorities will make arrangements, as soon as they can conveniently do so, for Pupil-Teachers in their area to commence their engagements on the 1st of August.

(9) The change of the date of the King's Scholarship Examination from December 1906 to Easter 1907

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may cause some difficulty in the case of those Pupil-Teachers whose engagement would, in the ordinary course, terminate on the 31st of December 1906. In such cases the Board will be prepared to allow the engagement of the Pupil-Teacher to be shortened, so as to end on the 31st of July 1906, and will admit him to the King's Scholarship Examination for 1906, provided that he will have reached the age of 18 on the 31st of July 1906. Where this course is considered impossible on account of the age of the Pupil-Teacher, or for any other reason, the Board will be prepared to permit the engagement to be extended for a period ending on the 31st of March 1907, and to pay a proportionate Grant on account of the extended period.

(10) Except as stated in the last paragraph, the Board will not in future recognise Pupil-Teachers as such for any period beyond the close of the period for which they were originally admitted. With a view, however, to giving a recognised status to persons who have been Pupil-Teachers, and who have either deferred the King's Scholarship Examination or have failed to pass it at the first attempt, the Board will be prepared to recognise such persons, whether men or women, as Provisional Assistant Teachers for the year following the termination of their original engagement.

(11) It is found that considerable confusion and inconvenience have been caused by the present rule under which Pupil-Teachers who pass the King's Scholarship Examination are recognised as Uncertificated Teachers from the first day of the month following the close of the Examination. In many cases persons are employed as Uncertificated Teachers, in view of this provision, for some months before the result of their Examination is known, and difficulties arise if it is found that they have failed to pass. The Board will, therefore, not be prepared in future to recognise as Uncertificated Teachers any persons who enter for the Examination during their engagement as Pupil-Teachers, until the first day of the month following the termination of the period of engagement.

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(12) During the past year the Board have, in certain cases, paid proportionate Grants on account of Pupil-Teachers who ceased to be employed as such before the end of their last year of engagement. While the Board felt themselves justified in adopting this course to meet the difficulties of a period of transition, they do not consider that efficient instruction and training can be given to a Pupil-Teacher unless he continues to be employed and instructed as such for the full period of his engagement, and they do not therefore propose, in future, to pay Grants on account of any such broken period.

(13) It has been represented to the Board that inconvenience has been caused by the provision under which the Grant, on account of Pupil-Teachers who are instructed in Centres during the first year of a three years' engagement, has been paid, not to the Authorities of the Centre, but to the Local Education Authority responsible for maintaining the School in which the Pupil-Teacher was employed. Article 24 has accordingly been altered so as to provide for the payment to the Authorities of the Centre of any such Grants that may fall due on account of the year beginning on the 1st of August 1905. Any such Grants which may fall due on account of the period ending on the 31st of July 1905, will be paid to the Local Education Authority in accordance with the provision of last year's Regulations.

(14) The Grant for the first year on account of Pupil-Teachers admitted for a three years' engagement will continue, for the year beginning on the 1st of August 1905, to be paid at the rate of £4. The grant under Article 28, on account of Pupil-Teachers not instructed in Centres, will be paid at rates, to be fixed by the Board, of £2, £3, £4, or £5, according to the nature and cost of the instruction given. In future years it is not probable that the rates of Grant payable on account of Pupil-Teachers not instructed in fully organised Centres will be upon such a

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high scale, but the Board hope to devise means by which an equivalent total sum will be available to meet the special difficulties of country districts.

ROBERT L. MORANT.
July 11th 1905.

It is found convenient to announce in connection with these Regulations the arrangements for an Examination to be known as the "Preliminary Examination for the Certificate", which will for 1907 and later years take the place of the King's Scholarship Examination. A statement has been added as to the conditions under which students who are qualified by passing this Examination for admission to a Training College will be allowed to be prepared for Examinations forming recognised stages towards University Degrees as part of their course in a Training College. (See the note to Article 13(b) and Appendix F.)

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1. Boys and girls who are receiving (a) Training in teaching in a Public Elementary School, together with (b) Instruction approved by the Board under these Regulations, may be recognised as Pupil-Teachers, subject to the conditions hereafter specified.

2. Candidates for admission as Pupil-Teachers must have passed either -

(a) One of the Examinations specified in Appendix A, or

(b) An Admission Examination which will be held by the Board on 26th May 1906, in accordance with the Regulations and Syllabus given in Appendix C, or

(c) An Examination conducted by a Local Education Authority or by the Managers of a Pupil-Teacher Centre and approved by the Board as providing adequate tests of the fitness of the candidates for the subsequent education and training of a Pupil-Teacher.

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from personal defects, must have been vaccinated, and (in the case of girls) must be reasonably proficient in needlework.

N.B. - It is desirable that no candidate should be proposed for admission as a Pupil-Teacher unless it can reasonably be expected that he will be able eventually to satisfy the Board as to his physical capacity in the manner prescribed by the Elementary School Teachers' Superannuation Rules 1899.

5. (a) Pupil-Teachers must, except as hereafter provided, be not less than 16 years of age at the date of their admission.

(b) The length of the engagement of a Pupil-Teacher will normally be two years, but an engagement of one year will be permitted, provided that the end of the reduced term of service will fall beyond the completion of the Pupil-Teacher's 18th year and that the Board are satisfied that the candidate has shown evidence of special attainments.

(c) In schools in Rural Districts candidates between the ages of 15 and 16 may, with the special consent of the Board, be admitted for an engagement of three years.

(d) Where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Board that the circumstances of any area require exceptional treatment, they will be prepared, as regards that area, to postpone until 1st August 1906, the date at which Article 5(a) will come into operation, and to allow candidates between the ages of 15 and 16 to be admitted as Pupil-Teachers for engagements of three years from August 1st 1905, or from January 1st 1906. No candidate, however, who is over 16 will in any case be admitted for an engagement of three years.

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(e) The engagement of any Pupil-Teacher who was originally admitted for a period ending on the 31st of December, 1906, may, if he does not pass his Leaving Examination in the last year of his original engagement, be extended, with the consent of the Board, for a period ending on 31st March 1907.

(f) Persons who have been Pupil-Teachers may be recognised as Provisional Assistant Teachers for a period of one year following the termination of the engagement for which they were originally admitted as Pupil-Teachers.

6. (a) All Pupil-Teachers must be employed under written agreements, except that a Pupil-Teacher appointed by a Local Authority may be employed under a minute of the Authority.

(b) Either the Local Education Authority or the Managers of the Public Elementary School in which the Pupil-Teacher is employed must undertake by such agreement or minute that the Pupil-Teacher shall be provided with instruction in accordance with Articles 11 to 19 or Article 28(a) of these Regulations, during the period of the engagement, but the agreement or minute must not bind the Pupil-Teacher to receive such instruction at any particular Centre if his parent prefers that it shall be given to him at some other available Centre recognised or eligible for recognition under Article 11 of these Regulations.

(c) The agreement or minute must not require that the Pupil-Teacher shall perform any duties unconnected with the ordinary work of the Public Elementary School in which he is employed, except so far as may be necessary to ensure that he shall receive instruction in accordance with these Regulations.

7. Pupil-Teachers must be employed and receive training in the art of teaching at a Public Elementary School during not less than 100 meetings and not more than 200 meetings in the Pupil-Teacher year (or not more than half the total number of meetings of the school in that year if that number is greater than 400).

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8. (a) No Pupil-Teacher may be employed in any school which is not approved by an Inspector of the Board as suitable for the purpose of training Pupil-Teachers.

(b) Not more than four Pupil-Teachers will as a rule be recognised by the Board in any department, but a larger number recommended by the Inspector may be recognised in any case where the Board are satisfied that the school is specially adapted for the purpose of training Pupil-Teachers.

(c) Pupil-Teachers must be trained under the supervision of the Head Teacher of the school in which they are employed, and the Head Teacher must keep registers showing the time spent by each Pupil-Teacher in this training and full records of its nature.

9. Girls are not as a rule recognised as Pupil-Teachers in a boys' school nor boys in a girls' or infants' school.

10. The recognition of a Pupil-Teacher may be withdrawn at any time by the Board if any of the conditions on which he was admitted cease to be fulfilled, or if the Board are satisfied that he is not receiving proper instruction or training in teaching, or if the Inspector reports unfavourably on his capacity for teaching.

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11. (a) Where possible, the instruction of Pupil-Teachers must be given in a Pupil-Teacher Centre recognised by the Board under these Regulations. A Centre may be attached to a Secondary School, or may, with the special consent of the Board, be attached to a Higher Elementary School, or be separately established.

(b) To obtain recognition by the Board, a Centre must be provided either by the Council of a County, County Borough, Borough, or Urban District, or by a responsible body of Governors or Managers. Some person must be appointed to act as Correspondent with the Board, who must not be a paid teacher of a Centre or of a Public Elementary School or of a Secondary School.

N.B. - It will not be required, in the case of a Centre attached to a Secondary School or to a Higher Elementary School, that the two Institutions should be carried on in the same premises or under the same management, but the Board must be satisfied that the instruction is properly co-ordinated, and that arrangements are made for pupils from the Secondary School or Higher Elementary School to pass in the ordinary course to the Centre.

13. (a) The course of instruction for every Pupil-Teacher in a Centre must include English Language, Literature, and Composition, History, Geography, Elementary Mathematics (including Arithmetic), Elementary Science (including practical work), Reading and Recitation (including voice production), Drawing and Physical Exercises. Boys should, as a rule, be instructed in Manual Work, and girls in Needlework, and both boys and girls should be instructed in Music. One Language other than English should, where possible,

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be also taken by some or all of the Pupil-Teachers, and two may be so taken with the approval of the Board. Not less than half the time available for instruction should be devoted to English, Geography History and Languages. Where the Centre is attached to a Secondary School or a Higher Elementary School , proper provision must be made for the co-ordination of the instruction given in the two institutions.

(b) Every Pupil-Teacher in a Centre must, except with the special consent of the Board, enter for an approved Leaving Examination, which may be either the King's Scholarship Examination or the Preliminary Examination for the Certificate, or some other Examination qualifying for admission to a Training College. (See Appendix B.)

N.B.- The Regulations and Syllabus for the King's Scholarship Examinations for 1905 and 1906 are printed as Appendices D and E to these Regulations. No King's Scholarship Examination will be held after that for 1906. In place of it there will be held for 1907 an Examination which will be known as the "Preliminary Examination for the Certificate", and this Examination will be accepted, together with the other Examinations named in Appendix B, as qualifying for admission to a Training College.

The Regulations and Syllabus for this Examination are printed as Appendix F to these Regulations. No student admitted to a Training College in 1907 or afterwards will be allowed to be prepared for an Examination forming a recognised stage towards a University Degree as part of his Course, unless he has either

(a) passed the Preliminary Examination for the Certificate and obtained in that Examination distinction in English, History and Geography and also in four optional subjects, including two languages, one of which must be either Greek, Latin, French, or German; or

(b) passed some other Examination which may have been accepted by the Board for the purpose.

(d) A Time Table and Syllabus must be submitted annually for the approval of the Board together with a statement of the Leaving Examination or Examinations for which the Pupil-Teachers under instruction in the Centre are to be entered. A copy of the approved Time Table must be conspicuously exhibited in the Centre and must not be permanently modified without due notice to the Inspector.

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(e) Registers showing the attendances of all Pupil-Teachers for instruction must be kept at the Centre in a manner approved by the Board. Systematic records of the conduct and progress of each Pupil-Teacher must also be kept.

14. (a) The Teaching Staff of the Centre must be approved by the Board and must be sufficient in numbers and qualifications to provide for each Pupil-Teacher adequate instruction in each subject of the curriculum.

(b) In the case of a Centre attended entirely by girls, the Head-Teacher and at least one-half of the Permanent Staff must be women, and in the case of a Centre attended mainly by girls, at least one-half of the Permanent Staff, other than the Headmaster or Headmistress, must be women; but these rules will not be enforced in such a way as to cause hardship in the case of any Teacher who is already employed in Central Classes at the date when such Classes obtain recognition as a Centre.

(c) The Teachers may not undertake any other duties which would interfere with the efficient discharge of their duties in the Centre.

15. (a) The Centre must be efficient; must not compete unduly with any other Centre, or with a neighbouring school providing higher instruction; and, from its character and financial position, must be eligible to receive aid from public funds.

(b) A Centre, to the Managers of which grants are to be paid under these Regulations, must not be conducted for private profit or farmed out to the Head Teacher, and the scale of salary of the Teaching Staff must not be subject to variation according to the amount of grant received.

(c) The fees and any other charges made to scholars in the Centre must be approved by the Board.

(d) A full account of the income and expenditure of the Centre must be furnished annually and all other returns called for by the Board must be duly made.

N.B. - Rules for the keeping of accounts in Centres are contained in Appendix G of these Regulations.

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16. (a) The premises of the Centre must be sanitary, convenient for teaching purposes, adapted to the circumstances of the Centre and provided with adequate equipment and appliances for the approved course of instruction.

(b) The premises of any Centre must be placed at the disposal of the Board free of charge at any reasonable time for the purpose of holding an examination.

17. (a) The year of the Centre will ordinarily be held to begin on 1st August and end on 31st July. In special cases, however, the Board will be prepared to recognise a year beginning on 1st January and ending on 31st December.

(b) The names of Pupil-Teachers who will be instructed in the Centre in any year, must, as a rule, be notified to the Board a month before the beginning of the year.

18. (a) A Centre must be open at all times to the inspection of the Board.

(b) Notice must be sent to the Inspector as soon as is possible in each case of every date on which the Centre will be closed or its ordinary work suspended.

19. (a) No scholar shall be required, as a condition of being admitted into or remaining in the Centre as a day scholar, to attend or abstain from attending any Sunday school, place of religious worship, religious observance, or instruction in religious subjects in the Centre or elsewhere, and

(b) The times for religious worship or for any lesson on a religious subject shall be conveniently arranged for the purpose of allowing the withdrawal of any day scholar therefrom.

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20. (a) Where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Board that no other facilities exist for the instruction after the age of 14 of boys or girls intending to become Pupil-Teachers, Preparatory Classes attached to a Pupil-Teacher Centre or to Central Classes conducted in accordance with arrangements accepted under Article 28 may be recognised by the Board.

(b) Preparatory Classes must be open for at least nine meetings each week of not less than two hours each, held after 7.30 a.m. and before 6.0 p.m., during 36 or more weeks in the year, and must provide a suitable course of instruction during either one or two years for scholars who are intending to become Pupil-Teachers.

N.B. - It will not be required, in the case of Preparatory Classes attached to a Pupil-Teacher Centre, that the two institutions should be carried on in the same premises or under the same management, but the Board must be satisfied that the instruction is properly co-ordinated, and that arrangements are made by which Pupils from the Preparatory Classes will pass in the ordinary course to the Centre.

22. (a) In order to be admitted to Preparatory Classes, candidates must be suitable in respect of health, character, and freedom from personal defects.

(b) Candidates must be between the ages of 14 and 16 at the date of their admission to Preparatory Classes, and their names must as a rule be notified to the Board not less than a month before the beginning of the year. A declaration must be made on their behalf that they enter the Preparatory Class with the intention of eventually becoming Pupil-Teachers, and the Board must be satisfied of their fitness to be admitted and to profit by the instruction given.

23. In other respects the provisions of Articles 11 to 19 apply to Preparatory Classes as well as to Pupil-Teacher Centres.

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24. (a) A grant will be paid at one or other of the rates stated below on account of each recognised Pupil-Teacher who has received instruction in a Centre satisfying the conditions of Articles 11 to 19 for not less than 150 meetings in the year, and during that year has been employed and received training in the art of teaching at a Public Elementary School during not less than 100 meetings and not more than 200 meetings (or not more than half the total number of meetings of the school in the Pupil-Teacher Year if that number is greater than 400).

(i) For each Pupil-Teacher admitted for an engagement of two years the grant will be at the rate of £7 yearly.

(ii) For each Pupil-Teacher admitted for an engagement of three years the grant will be at the rate of £7 yearly for the second and third years of the engagement.

(iii) For each Pupil-Teacher admitted for an engagement of three years the grant will be at the rate of £4 for the first year of the engagement.

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25. A grant of £4 yearly will be paid for each Pupil who has made not less than 250 attendances during the year in a Preparatory Class satisfying the conditions of Articles 20 to 23. No grant will be paid under this Article for any Pupil for more than two years.

26. If the Board are satisfied that any of the conditions on which a grant is payable is not fulfilled, or that, in the case of Preparatory Classes, the proportion of Pupils taught in those classes in previous years who have become Pupil-Teachers is unduly small, they may withhold the grant in any year, or, if they think fit, pay the grant with or without a deduction, giving a warning that a grant will not again be paid under similar circumstances.

27. (a) The grant under Articles 24 and 25 will be paid annually to the Council or Managers by whom the Centre or Preparatory Class is provided, except in the case of a Centre or Preparatory Class which does not fulfil the requirements of Article 15(b), but is aided by a Local Education Authority. In such a case the Grant will be paid to that Authority.

(b) The grants are intended to supplement and not to supersede local efforts, and must be expended to the satisfaction of the Board.

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28. (a) Where it is shown to the satisfaction of the Board that it is impossible to provide for the instruction of any Pupil-Teacher in a Centre satisfying the conditions laid down in Articles 11 to 19 and Article 24, the Board may accept instruction in Central Classes or such other arrangements for instruction as appear to them to be the best possible under the circumstances. The course of instruction should as far as possible include the main subjects named in Article 13(a), and should lead up to an examination, which may be either the King's Scholarship Examination, or some other examination qualifying for admission to a Training College (see Appendix B).

(b) No arrangements will be accepted under this Article unless they provide for at least 300 hours annually to be spent by the Pupil-Teacher under instruction or in private study. The time allotted to such instruction or private study must as a rule be after 7.30 a.m. and before 6 p.m. Registers showing the time spent by each Pupil-Teacher under instruction, and records of its nature must be kept.

(c) For every Pupil-Teacher who receives continuous and satisfactory instruction under this Article a grant of not less than £2 and not more than £5 will be paid to the Local Education Authority responsible for maintaining the Elementary School in which the Pupil-Teacher is employed at the end of the period for which the grant is paid, or, if the Pupil-Teacher is employed in an Elementary School receiving a Parliamentary Grant under Section 15 of the Education Act, 1902, to the Managers of that Elementary School. The rate of

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grant under this Article will be fixed by the Board after consideration of the nature of the arrangements for instruction accepted under Article28 (a). Grant will not be paid to any Local Education Authority at a higher rate than £3 unless a reasonable proportion of the Pupil-Teachers provided for by the arrangement receive some instruction in addition to that given by the Head-Teachers of the Public Elementary Schools in which they are employed.

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29. (a) No grants will be made under these Regulations for any boy or girl on whose account a grant under any other Regulations (with the exception of a grant in aid of a Local Science and Art Scholarship) is paid by the Board in respect of the same period.

N.B. - The Regulations with regard to Local Science and Art Scholarships are printed as Appendix C to the Regulations for Secondary Schools. Pupil-Teachers are not eligible for such Scholarships.

(c) No Pupil-Teacher for whom a grant will be claimed under Article 28 of these Regulations may attend any School or Class recognised under the Regulations of the Board for Evening Schools, Technical Institutions, and Schools of Art and Art Classes, unless attendance at such School or Class forms part of the arrangements for his instruction approved under Article 28(a).

30. Grants under these Regulations will, in the ordinary course, be paid for the complete year ending 31st July or the complete year ending 31st December and will not be paid for any less period. But in the case of a Pupil-Teacher admitted from the 1st January of any year, or instructed in a Centre of which the year begins on the 1st January, the Board may pay proportionate grants for periods of five months or of seven months, provided that the total amount of grant paid in respect of any Pupil-Teacher does not exceed that payable under Article 24 or Article 28, and Article 31.

31. (a) The total period in respect of which grants are paid for any Pupil-Teacher, including any grants paid under the Codes of 1903 or previous years, will not (except as provided by Article 31(b)) exceed by more than one month the number of years for which the Pupil-Teacher was originally admitted.

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(b) When the engagement of a Pupil-Teacher who was originally admitted for a period ending on the 31st of December 1906, is extended under Article 5(e) to the 31st March 1907, the Board may pay a grant for fifteen months in place of the grant for the last year of the Pupil-Teacher's engagement, provided that the amount of instruction required by Article 24 or Article 28, as the case may be, is proportionately increased.

32. Grants which fall due in respect of periods ending before the 1st of August 1905, will be paid under the Regulations for the Instruction and Training of Pupil-Teachers, 1904.

These Regulations will come into force on 1st August 1905; and except as otherwise provided the Regulations for the Instruction and Training of Pupil-Teachers for 1904 [Cd. 2140] will cease to be operative on that date.

1. The Oxford Local Examination for Junior Students.

2. The Cambridge Local Examination for Junior Students.

3. The Lower Certificate of the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board.

4. The Examination for Second Class Certificates of the College of Preceptors.

5. The Junior Certificate Examination of the Central Welsh Board.

6. Any corresponding or higher Examination approved for the purpose by the Board.

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1. The King's Scholarship Examination of the Board of Education; or, in 1907 and afterwards, the Preliminary Examination for the Certificate.

2. The Senior Local Examination of the University of Oxford, provided that the candidate obtains a place, in the pass list and satisfies the examiners in

(a) Arithmetic and English Language and Literature; in

(b) either History or Geography; and in

(c) either Mathematics, or Biology, or Chemistry, or Physics.

(a) English Language and Literature (Section II); in

(b) Either History or Geography (Section III); and in

(c) either Mathematics (Section X), or in Science (Section XI or XII or XIII.)

5. The Victoria University Preliminary Examination, or the Matriculation Examination conducted by the Joint Board representing the Universities of Manchester, Liverpool, and Yorkshire.

6. The Birmingham University Matriculation Examination and the Examination for such Senior School Certificates of the University as exempt the holders from the Matriculation Examination.

7. The University of Wales Matriculation Examination.

8. The Royal University of Ireland Matriculation Examination.

9. The School-leaving Certificate Examination of the University of Ireland.

10. The Higher Certificate of the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board, provided that the candidate satisfies the examiners in

(a) One subject from Group I, which includes Latin, Greek, French, German.

(b) One subject from Group II, which includes Elementary Mathematics, Additional Mathematics.

(c) One subject, not being Scripture, from Group III., which includes English, History.

(d) One other subject, not being Scripture, taken from Group I, II, III, or from Group IV which includes Natural Philosophy (Mechanical Division or Physical Division or Chemical Division), Physical Geography and Elementary Geology, Biology.

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11. The Senior Certificate Examination of the Central Welsh Board, if the Certificate is obtained in such and so many subjects in combination as are recognised by the University of Wales as equivalent to the Matriculation Examination of the University, that is to say, in

and two of the following, of which not more than one may be taken from any Group -

The University of Wales does not now require that the subjects necessary for exemption from the Matriculation Examination of that University by virtue of Central Welsh Board Certificates shall be contained in a single Certificate, nor that if divided they shall be divided in any specific proportion between the first or second or subsequent certificates.

The Board will also accept Senior Certificates of the Central Welsh Board which do not in themselves exempt the holder from the Matriculation Examination provide they are in each case supplemented by Matriculation Certificates in the further subjects required by the University.

12. The Durham University Senior Local Examination, provided that the candidate satisfies the examiners in

(i) One Foreign Language.

(ii) At least two subjects under Group B, except (a) and (b) in combination, which includes (a) English Grammar, (b) English Literature, (c) History, (d) Geography.

13. Any corresponding or higher Examination approved for the purpose by the Board.

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(1) The Board of Education will hold an Examination of Candidates for admission as Pupil-Teachers on Saturday, 26th May 1906. The papers set in this Examination will be of two grades, Senior and Junior.

(2) Candidates who pass the Admission Examination in May 1906 will be qualified for admission as Pupil-Teachers from the 1st of August 1906, but not from any earlier date.

(3) Candidates who will have reached the age of 16 on the 1st of August 1906, and whose admission is desired for an engagement of two years or one year from that date, should be presented in the Senior Grade. A pass in the Junior Grade will not be accepted as qualifying for admission for an engagement of two years or one year.

(4) Candidates will not be eligible for an engagement of one year from the 1st of August 1906 unless they have reached the age of 17 on that date. Such candidates will take the ordinary papers of the Senior Grade, but a higher standard will be required in their case than in the case of candidates for an engagement of two years.

(5) Candidates who will be between the ages of 15 and 16 on the 1st of August 1906, and whose admission is desired for an engagement of three years from that date, should be presented in the Junior Grade. No candidate who is over 16 on the 1st of August 1906 will be admitted for an engagement of three years from that date, and no such candidate should therefore be presented in the Junior Grade.

(6) The names of all candidates for the Examination must be submitted to the Local Education Authority for Elementary Education on or before the 1st of April 1906. The names may be submitted either directly by the candidate or through the Managers of Schools, whether Elementary or Secondary, within the area.

(7) The Inspectors of the Board will arrange with the Local Education Authority for Elementary Education as to the centres at which the Examination can most conveniently be held. Schedules for the names of candidates will be issued to each Local Education Authority by the Board. The names of candidates will be entered on these by the Authority in triplicate and in strict alphabetical order. All three copies of each Schedule should be sent by the Authority to the Inspector not later than the 1st of May. The Inspector will subsequently report upon the success or failure of each candidate and will forward one copy of each Schedule to the Authority and another to the Board.

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(8) The Authority may refuse to accept the name of any candidate who fails to send in his name by the date mentioned in Regulation (6) above. Candidates who, for any other reason, are obviously unsuitable may be rejected by the Authority with the consent of the Inspector.

(9) The Admission Examination is open to all suitable candidates without regard to religious belief or to previous occupation or training. It is not necessary for admission to the Examination that a candidate should have received a nomination to a Pupil-Teachership in any particular School.

(10) The Local Education Authority may require from the parents or guardians of any candidate a statement in writing of the desire of the candidate, if successful in the Examination, to serve as a Pupil-Teacher. But it must be understood that the Examination conducted by the Board will be merely a qualifying Examination and that success in it does not necessarily confer a right to employment as a Pupil-Teacher.

(11) Copies of these Regulations and of the following detailed Syllabus may be obtained by application to the Secretary, Board of Education, Whitehall, London, S.W.

READING

To read a passage from a prose work selected by the Inspector.

RECITATION

To recite 100 lines from a poem by some standard English author.

In Welsh districts a poem by a standard Welsh author may be substituted.

ENGLISH

The elements of English Grammar, including the analysis of sentences and parsing. The first elements of etymology. Paraphrase of a short passage not previously seen by the candidate. A short essay on a given subject.

Some alternative sentences in Welsh will be set for parsing and analysis.

HISTORY

Outlines of English History from the Roman Invasion to 1603.

Some alternative questions will be set on Welsh History.

GEOGRAPHY

General knowledge of the Geography of Europe and Asia.

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ARITHMETIC

Excluding Cube Root, Scales of Notation, Foreign Exchanges, True Discount, Troy Weight and Apothecaries Weight. Candidates must understand the principles of the Metric System.

ALGEBRA (for Boys only)

Notation, easy examples in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division. Simple equations with one unknown, and problems leading up to such equations.

GEOMETRY (for Boys only)

Candidates may be examined either (A) in Euclid or (B) on the Syllabus set forth below. They cannot, however, be examined both on this Syllabus and in Euclid.

A. Euclid - Book I with simple Geometrical exercises.

B. (Syllabus for Candidates who do not take Euclid)

Every candidate taking this syllabus must be provided with a ruler graduated in inches and tenths of an inch, and in centimetres and millimetres, a small set square, compasses furnished with a hard pencil point, a protractor and a hard pencil.
Figures should be drawn accurately with a hard pencil.
Questions may be set in which the use of the set square or of the protractor is forbidden. Any proof of a Proposition will be accepted which appears to the examiner to form part of a logical order of treatment of the subject. In the proof of theorems and in deductions from them, the use of hypothetical constructions is permitted.

PRACTICAL GEOMETRY

The following constructions and easy extensions of them -

Bisection of angles and of straight lines.
Construction of perpendiculars to straight lines.
Simple cases of the construction from sufficient data of triangles and of quadrilaterals.
Construction of parallels to a given straight line.
Construction of angles equal to a given angle.
Division of straight lines into a given number of equal parts.
Candidates will be expected to be acquainted with the forms of the cube, the rectangular block, the sphere, the cylinder, and the cone.

THEORETICAL GEOMETRY

The substance of the theorems contained in Euclid Book I, Propositions 4-6, 8, 13-16, 18, 19, 26-30, 32-41, 43.
Questions upon these theorems, easy deductions from them, and arithmetical illustrations will be included.

MUSIC (optional)

Staff Notation. All the major scales and signatures. Dotted notes. Tied notes. Semi quavers, Triplets, 3/8, 6/8 and 9/8 time.

Tonic Sol-fa Notation. First removes of key. Bridge notes. Six and nine pulse measure. Quarter pulse notes and rests. Thirds of a pulse.

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ELEMENTARY SCIENCE (optional)

PHYSICS

Measurement of straight and curved lines, elementary geometrical notions, the use of scale and instruments. Metric and British Units. Measurement of area, use of squared paper. Measurement of volume; use of burette, pipette, graduated cylinder.
Simple Lever balanced about any point.
Centre of Gravity of symmetrical bodies, treated experimentally only.
The Balance.
Simple methods of finding the weight of 1 c.c. of different solids and liquids. Determination of density. The apparent weight of solids in liquids.
The balancing of different liquids in tubes.
The formation and reading of a simple barometer.
Physical effects of heat on different substances.
The Thermometer. Maximum density of water.
Distillation of water. Melting and boiling points.

CHEMISTRY

The examination of common metals and common household substances, such as salt, starch, sugar, soda, soap, as to their appearance, solubility, behaviour on heating, etc.
Change in weight when substances are heated and the examination of their products.
Study of Air. Iron left to rust in air, effect on weight. Iron left in ordinary, and in distilled water. Iron and phosphorus left to rust in air enclosed over water. Alteration in the volume of the air, examination of residual air. Contrasted effect of air and nitrogen on phosphorus, copper, and magnesium.
Analogy between burning and rusting.
Formation of oxides of lead. The getting of oxygen from red lead, mercuric oxide, and potassium chlorate. Examination of the gas, and of the products formed by burning various substances in it.
Easy quantitative experiment on the volume of oxygen produced by a weighed quantity of potassium chlorate.
Elementary notion of acids and alkalies.
Examination and preparation of sulphuric, hydrochloric and nitric acids. The action of these on some of the common metals.
Hydrogen. Preparation and properties. Examination of the liquid formed when the gas is burned.
The action of heated iron on steam, and of sodium on water.
The volume of hydrogen evolved by the action of acids on certain metals.

NEEDLEWORK (for Girls only)

No Examination in Needlework will be held, but candidates will be expected, before admission as Pupil-Teachers, to satisfy the Local Education Authority that they are reasonably proficient in this subject.

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READING

To read a passage from a prose work selected by the Inspector.

RECITATION

To recite 70 lines from a poem by some standard English author.

In Welsh districts a poem by a standard Welsh author may be substituted.

ENGLISH

The elements of English Grammar, including the analysis of easy sentences and parsing. A short essay on a given subject.

Some alternative sentences in Welsh will be set for parsing and analysis.

HISTORY

Outlines of English History from the Roman Invasion to 1485.

Some alternative questions will be set on Welsh History.

GEOGRAPHY

Outlines of physical and political Geography of the World with fuller knowledge of the British Isles.

Some alternative questions will be set on Welsh Geography.

ARITHMETIC

Excluding Stocks, Compound Interest, Cube Root, Scales of Notation, Foreign Exchanges, True Discount, Troy Weight and Apothecaries Weight. Candidates must understand the principles of the Metric System.

MUSIC (optional)

Staff Notation. Notes, their shape and relative value. The treble and bass staves. The scales of C, G, and F major. Intervals found in the major scale. Minims, crotchets, quavers, and equivalent rests, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 2/2, 3/2, 4/2 time.

Tonic Sol-fa Notation. The common major scale, its structure and intervals. The standard scale of pitch. Mental effects, and how they are modified. Accent. Two, three, and four pulse measure. Whole pulse notes, half pulse notes, and continuations, and rests of the same value.

NEEDLEWORK (for Girls only)

No examination in Needlework will be held, but candidates will be expected, before admission as Pupil-Teachers, to satisfy the Local Education Authority that they are reasonably proficient in this subject.

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The attention of candidates is called to the fact that the King's Scholarship Examination for 1906 will be divided into two parts, of which the Examination in Part I will be taken in December 1905, and that in Part II in April 1906. This Examination will be alternative to the King's Scholarship Examination, 1905.

The Regulations and Syllabus of the Examination for 1906 may be obtained on application to the Secretary, Board of Education, Whitehall, London, S.W.

1. The Board hold an annual examination called the "King's Scholarship Examination" for candidates desiring to be recognised (1) as Uncertificated Teachers, or (2) as Students in a Training College, should the authorities of a Training College propose their admission (see Rule 5 below).

The examination will be held at the Training Colleges and at such other places as may be necessary.

In 1905 it will be held on December 12th and the following days.

Candidates are admitted to the examination under the conditions set out in the following Rules.

Copies of these Regulations and of the following detailed Syllabus may be obtained on application to the Secretary, Board of Education, Whitehall, London, S.W.

Arrangements will be made for a special examination in the Summer of Blind Candidates proposing to enter a recognised Training College for the Blind.

2. The names of candidates for examination in 1905 must be notified to the Board of Education, Whitehall, London, S.W., before October 1st 1905. The notification must be made on Form 12 (Exam.), copies of which can be obtained on application to the Board.

As it frequently takes some time for candidates to procure the information asked for on Forms 12 (Exam.), these forms should be procured from the Board in good time.

Late applications, when some good reason is shown for the delay, may be received during October on payment of a fee of 5s., but no application will, under any circumstances, be received after October 31st.

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3. A candidate must be either a Pupil-Teacher entering for the final examination (see the Regulations for the Instruction and Training of Pupil-Teachers), or, not being a Pupil-Teacher, must be over eighteen years of age on October 1st 1906.

A candidate who has not been a Pupil-Teacher must produce a satisfactory medical certificate in a form approved by the Board, as a condition of admission to the examination.

4. (a) A candidate who has obtained the permission of the Board to attend the examination, may be examined at a Training College if selected by the authorities of that College. Candidates must make their own arrangements with the authorities of Training Colleges.

(b) Pupil-Teachers taking the King's Scholarship as their final examination, if not examined at Training Colleges, must attend at places of which information will be given to them by the Board.

5. Successful candidates are arranged in three classes. Their position is determined by the aggregate number of marks obtained.

(a) All successful candidates will be eligible for recognition as Uncertificated Teachers, and may be proposed by the authorities of Training Colleges for admission as Students. (See the Regulations for Training Colleges.)

(b) Candidates will be informed by letter from the Board of Education of the result of their examination.

6. The subjects of Examination, as shown in detail below, are:-

7. Copies of the papers set at previous Examinations may be obtained from Messrs. Wyman and Sons, Limited, Fetter Lane, E.C., or through any bookseller, price 6d. each.

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*1 READING

To read with clear enunciation, ease and intelligence, from a work of a standard prose author and of a standard poet.

2. RECITATION

To repeat 100 lines of Shakespeare or some other standard English Author with clearness and force, and knowledge of the meaning.

In place of 50 lines of English, candidates from Welsh districts may substitute 50 lines from a standard Welsh author.

N.B. - Candidates employed in Public Elementary Schools must perform the exercises in Reading and Repetition at one of the Inspector's visits to the School, or at such time and place as may be arranged in the year in which they present themselves for the King's Scholarship Examination; other candidates will be heard at the place of examination. The marks obtained cannot be carried forward to a future examination.

1. To teach a class in the presence of H.M. Inspector.

N.B. - Marks can only be obtained by Candidates who are employed as teachers in any recognised capacity, or who have been so employed, within two years preceding their examination, in a school under inspection by the Board of Education. The candidate must teach at one of the Inspector's visits to the school during the two years preceding the King's Scholarship Examination.

In Welsh districts credit will be given for ability shown in utilising the children's knowledge of Welsh.

4. DRAWING - Freehand Drawing in outline.

Candidates are required to make a drawing in outline with pencil, pen or brush on a half imperial sheet of paper from photographic representations or diagrams of ornament, foliage, fruit, etc., in different materials, e.g., stone, wood, metal, textiles, etc., represented in relief in the flat, or in outline.

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Candidates should have practised drawing from such diagrams and from actual objects themselves. The drawing most not be of the same size as the example supplied. No ruling, measuring, tracing, or use of instruments is allowed. Specimens of the Photographic illustrations used at this Examination are given in the syllabus of Freehand Drawing in outline published by the Board of Education, which may be obtained from Messrs. Wyman and Sons, Limited, Fetter Lane, E.C., or through any bookseller.

5. MUSIC IN BOTH NOTATIONS

(a) THEORY OF MUSIC

All the major and min«r scales and signatures. Diatonic and chromatic intervals. Easy transposition. The value of notes, dotted notes, and rests. Bars and time signatures. Transposition of time. Syncopation. Compass of voices. Common musical terms. Translation of a short passage into Tonic Sol-fa Notation.

The major and minor modes. Bridge notes and first removes of key. Chromatic names. Relative pitch of keys and notes. Diatonic and chromatic intervals. Pulses, measures. Pulse division in halves, quarters, thirds, etc. Syncopation. Compass of voices. Common musical terms. Translation of a short passage into Staff Notation.

(b) PRACTICAL MUSIC (in either Notation)

Graded tests in tune, time, and ear training, based upon the requirements for the various school divisions.

The highest marks will be given to candidates able to sing at sight passages combining time and tune, and to tell ear exercises freely.

(i) Candidates may take theory of music without also taking practical music.

(ii) The tests can be sung from the staff or tonic sol-fa notation at the option of the candidate, but additional credit will be given to candidates singing the tune and time tests from both notations.

(iii) Each candidate will be tested in time and one other point (note or ear).

(iv) No songs are required.

One of the following exercises will be set:-

(a) A test in making or mending some part of a calico or flannel garment; or

(b) A test in cutting out by proportion or by measurement one of the following garments: A chemise, an overall, and a gored petticoat.

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7. PENMANSHIP

To set copies in large and small hand.

8. WRITING FROM DICTATION

9. ENGLISH COMPOSITION

To write a short essay upon a given subject.

10. ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE

1. Parsing and analysis of an unseen passage of English prose or verse.

2. Elementary Etymology, and a general outline of the history of the English language.

3. (a) For exact and detailed study: the following books:-

Shakespeare: "Much Ado About Nothing"; or "Henry V"; and

Bacon: The following Essays: Essay of Truth, Revenge, Marriage and Single Life, Great Place, Travaile, Innovations, Gardens, Studies.

Dickens : David Copperfield.
Scott; Lay of the Last Minstrel.
Scott: The Talisman.

11. GEOGRAPHY

Outlines of the physical and political geography of the world, with special reference to the British Isles, India, and the chief British Colonies and Dependencies.

Candidates are advised to practise the drawing of sketch maps and to illustrate their answers by means of them. No detailed maps will be required at the Examination.

Some alternative questions will be set on Welsh geography and industries.

12. HISTORY

1. Outlines of English History from the Roman Invasion to 1603.

2. Detailed study of English History from 1487-1558.

Some alternative questions will be set on Welsh History.

13. ARITHMETIC

Excluding Cube Boot, Scales of Notation, Foreign Exchanges, True Discount, Troy Weight, and Apothecaries Weight.

Any question on Stocks will be of a simple character, and will not involve a knowledge of "Brokerage".

Candidates must understand the principles of the Metric System.

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14. ALGEBRA (for Men only)

As far as, and including, quadratic equations of one unknown quantity and simple simultaneous equations of two unknown quantities, with easy problems leading up to these equations.

When questions are set on graphs, squared paper will be provided.

15. GEOMETRY (for Men only)

Candidates may be examined either (A) in Euclid or (B) on the Syllabus set forth below; they cannot, however, be examined both on this Syllabus and in Euclid.

A. EUCLID: Books I and II, with simple geometrical exercises.

N.B. - Euclid's definitions will be required, and no axioms or postulates except Euclid's may be assumed. The actual proofs of propositions as given in Euclid will not be required, but no proof of any proposition occurring in Euclid will be admitted in which use is made of any proposition which in Euclid's order occurs subsequently.

B. (SYLLABUS FOR CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT TAKE EUCLID)

Every Candidate taking this Syllabus must be provided with a ruler graduated in inches and tenths of an inch, and in centimetres and millimetres, a small set square, a protractor, compasses furnished with a hard pencil point, and a hard pencil.

Figures should be drawn accurately with a hard pencil.

Questions may be set in which the use of the set square or of the protractor is forbidden.

Any proof of a Proposition will be accepted which appears to the Examiners to form part of a logical order of treatment of the subject In the proof of theorems and deductions from them, the use of hypothetical constructions is permitted.

PRACTICAL GEOMETRY

The following constructions and easy extensions of them:

Bisection of angles and of straight lines.
Construction of perpendiculars to straight lines.
Simple cases of the construction from sufficient data of triangles and quadrilaterals.
Construction of parallels to a given straight line.
Construction of angles equal to a given angle.
Division of straight lines into a given number of equal parts.
Construction of a triangle equal in area to a given polygon.
Construction of tangents to a circle.
Construction of common tangents to two circles.
Construction of circumscribed, inscribed, and escribed circles of a triangle.

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THEORETICAL GEOMETRY

The substance of the theorems contained in Euclid, Book I, Propositions 4-6, 8, 13-16, 18, 19, 26-30, 32-41, 43, 47, 48, and Book III, Propositions 3, 14-16, 18-22, 31. Questions upon these theorems, easy deductions from them, and arithmetical illustrations will be included.

14 & 15 S. - GEOMETRY AND ALGEBRA (FOR Women WHO DO NOT TAKE A PAPER IN LANGUAGES).

Instead of a paper in Languages women may take an alternative paper in Elementary Mathematics comprising:

1. ALGEBRA

Notation, easy examples in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division. Simple equations with one unknown, and problems leading up to such equations.

2. GE0METRY

Candidates may be examined either (A) in Euclid or (B) on the Syllabus set forth below. They cannot, however, be examined both on this Syllabus and in Euclid.

A. Euclid: - Book I with simple Geometrical exercises. (See note N.B. to Men's Syllabus.)

B. (SYLLABUS FOR CANDIDATES WHO DO NOT TAKE EUCLID).

Every candidate taking this Syllabus must be provided with a ruler graduated in inches and tenths of an inch, and in centimetres and millimetres, a small set square, compasses furnished with a hard pencil point, a protractor, and a hard pencil.

Figures should be drawn accurately with a hard pencil.

Questions may be set in which the use of the set square or of the protractor is forbidden. Any proof of a Proposition will be accepted which appears to the Examiner to form part of a logical order of treatment of the subject. In the proof of theorems and in deductions from them the use of hypothetical constructions is permitted.

PRACTICAL GEOMETRY

The following constructions and easy extensions of them -

Bisection of angles and of straight lines.
Construction of perpendiculars to straight lines.
Simple cases of the construction from sufficient data of triangles and quadrilaterals.
Construction of parallels to a given straight line.
Construction of angles equal to a given angle.
Division of straight lines into a given number of equal parts.

Candidates will be expected to be acquainted with the forms of the cube, the rectangular block, the sphere, the cylinder, and the cone.

THEORETICAL GEOMETRY

The substance of the theorems contained in Euclid, Book I, Propositions 4-6, 8, 13-16, 18, 19, 26-30, 32-41, 43.

Questions upon these theorems, easy deductions from them, and arithmetical illustrations will be included.

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*16. A LANGUAGE other than English: One of the following:-

(i) Latin - Quintus Curtius: History of Alexander the Great, Book IX, Chaps. 6 - end.
(ii) Greek - Lucian, Charon.
(iii ) French - No set Books.
(iv) German - No set Books.
(v) Hebrew - The Book of Judges.
(vi) Welsh - Mabinogion (o Lyfr Coch Hergest), First Volume - Edited by J. M. Edwards.

There will be easy unseen passages for translation into English.

N.B. - Candidates who obtain less than 25 per cent of the marks allowed for this subject will not be credited with any marks, and those who obtain 25 (or more) per cent of such marks will have their marks adjusted as the Board of Education may deem necessary in order to prevent undue credit being obtained for a low degree of knowledge.

MATTER. - Forms of matter. Indestructibility of matter. Mass, volume, density, specific gravity, weight. Centre of gravity.

FORCE, MOTION AND INERTIA. - The parallelogram of forces. Composition and resolution of forces. Conversion of rectilinear into circular motion.

THE MECHANICAL POWERS. - Principles of the lever, the pulley, the inclined plane, and the screw.

ENERGY. - Heat, radiation, electricity, and chemical action as forms of energy. Mechanical work.

HEAT AND TEMPERATURE. - Discrimination between heat and temperature. Effects of heat. The measurement of temperature by thermometers. Conduction and Convection. Change of state caused by heat, as in ice, water, and steam.

RADIATION. - Rectilinear propagation of radiation. Reflection and refraction of radiation. The analysis of light by a prism and its recomposition. The colour disc. The visible spectrum.

ELEMENTARY CHEMISTRY. - Mixtures and compounds. Water; its composition proved by analysis, and synthesis; its physical properties. Elementary properties of oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, carbon, iron and mercury, and of water, carbon dioxide, lime, silica, and the alkalis, common salt, iron oxide, and mercuric oxide.

TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM. - Properties of the loadstone and artificial magnet. The earth a magnet. Primary laws of magnetic attraction and repulsion. Dip. The earth's magnetic poles.

*Instead of a Language, Women may take the special paper in Algebra and Geometry.

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One of the subjects A, B, C, that follow:-

A. ELEMENTARY CHEMISTRY. - Elementary properties of chlorine, sulphur, phosphorus, marsh gas, coal gas, hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid, nitric acid, and of the common metals, e.g., lead, copper, etc.

Combination by weight and by volume. Explanation and use of chemical formulæ.

B. ELEMENTARY ASTRONOMY. - Measurement of angles by degrees, minutes, etc. Determination of positions of celestial bodies by azimuth and altitude. Elementary descriptions of chief apparent motions of (1) fixed stars, (2) sun, (3) moon, and simple explanations of such motions.

Simple explanations of phases of moon, lunar and solar eclipses and seasons.

Telescopic appearance of moon.

C. ELEMENTARY BIOLOGY. - Organised or living matter. Tissues, organs. Organic and inorganic substances.

The chemical changes of oxygen, water, carbonic acid, starch and sugar in living processes.

Plant Life. The life history of a non-flowering plant, e.g., the fern, and of a flowering plant, e.g. the bean, pea, or laburnum. The distribution of seeds. The influence of light and colour in the growth of plants.

Animal Life. The life history of a simple quadruped, e.g. the rabbit or cat, including the structure of the skeleton and the simple facts of respiration, circulation, alimentation, and muscular movement.

N.B. - It is expected thai candidates will have obtained an experimental knowledge of the Chemistry and Physics set forth in this syllabus. The syllabus has therefore been so arranged that the necessary experiments can be conducted without any expensive apparatus or materials. A list of illustrative experiments adapted to this scheme will be found under the headings Physiography and General Biology in the "Syllabuses and Lists cf Apparatus" issued by the Board of Education, South Kensington.

Candidates should have performed some of these or some similar experiments for themselves.

It is desirable that candidates who propose to take subject B. should have been trained to notice and record the positions of the various heavenly bodies.

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Subject to the following regulations, marks available for the King's Scholarship Examination, 1905, may be obtained at any examination for University Extension Certificates held by the University of Cambridge, the University of Oxford, the University of London, the University of Durham, the University of Liverpool, or the University of Birmingham, or by any College of University rank approved by the Board of Education for the purpose.

1. The subject of examination must be connected with one of the following branches of knowledge:-

(a) English Language and Literature.
(b) Geography.
(c) History.
(d) Languages.

3. The course must consist of not less than 24 lectures, supplemented by classes.

4. Candidates must have attended both the lectures and the classes with due regularity, and must have worked the papers in connection with the lectures to the satisfaction of the lecturer.

A certificate of the University Extension Authority that these conditions have been satisfied will be accepted by the Board of Education, provided that the specific requirements of the Authority as to regularity of attendance have been previously approved by the Board.

5. The examination must be held after the completion of the approved course of lectures during the twelve months preceding the King's Scholarship Examination.

6. The examination must be conducted by a competent examiner other than the teacher or lecturer. The Board will require a list of the marks awarded to the pupil-teacher candidates, the name of the examiner, and a copy of the examination paper. They may also ask to see the worked papers of some or all of the pupil-teacher candidates, in order to satisfy themselves that the standard of marking corresponds to that of the King's Scholarship Examination.

7. A candidate who claims credit for marks at any such examination may not obtain credit for marks for the corresponding subject in this syllabus. The maximum in each subject will exceed by 25 per cent the maximum for the corresponding subject in the King's Scholarship Examination.

8. No marks obtained at an Examination for University Extension Certificates will be accepted as available for the Preliminary Examination for the Certificate, 1907.

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(1) The King's Scholarship Examination, 1906 will be divided into two parts. All candidates must be either Pupil-Teachers, or persons not being Pupil-Teachers who will be over 18 years of age on October 1st 1906. No Pupil-Teacher will be admitted to the examination before the commencement of the last year of his engagement.

(2) Part I will consist of Reading, Repetition, Arithmetic, Penmanship, Dictation, Drawing, Music, and (for women) Needlework. Part II will consist of four compulsory subjects, viz. English language and Literature, Geography, History, Composition, and of three optional subjects, viz. Elementary Mathematics (including Algebra and Geometry), Elementary Science, and one language, which may be either Latin, Greek, French, German, Hebrew or Welsh.

(3) Candidates who are recognised by the Board as Pupil-Teachers at the date of Part I of the examination, or who, not being Pupil-Teachers, have been employed in Public Elementary Schools in some recognised capacity other than that of a monitor for not less than a year during the two years immediately preceding that date, will be credited with an allowance of marks towards the result of Part II of the examination, unless an unfavourable report upon their teaching capacity has been received from the Inspector.

(4) Part I will be taken on the same dates and at the same places as the corresponding subjects in the 1905 examination, viz. on December 12th 1905, and the following days. It will be open to all candidates, whether Pupil Teachers or not, who are qualified under the conditions of Regulation (1) above, and who intend to complete their examination by taking Part II in April 1906.

(5) Part II of the examination will be open only to candidates who have satisfied the examiners in Part I. Part I will be a qualifying examination merely, and no marks for the subjects included in Part I will be credited towards Part II.

(6) Part II will be held in the week immediately preceding Easter 1906, beginning on Tuesday April 10th, at Training Colleges and at such other places as may be necessary.

(7) The names of candidates for this examination should be notified to the Board of Education, Whitehall, London, S.W., before October 1st,

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1905. Late applications, when some good reason is shown for the delay, may be received during October on payment of a fee of 5s.; but no application will under any circumstances be received after October 31st.

(8) The notification must be made on Form 12A (Exam.), which is in the hands of Local Education Authorities and Managers of Pupil-Teacher Centres, or can be obtained on application to the Board.

(9) Candidates who pass Part I of the examination need not make a special application for permission to attend Part II. A form admitting them to Part II will be sent to them in due course.

(10) A candidate who has not been a Pupil-Teacher must produce a satisfactory medical certificate in a form approved by the Board, as a condition of admission to Part II of the examination.

(11) A candidate who has obtained the permission of the Board to attend either Part of the examination, may, with the consent of the authorities of a Training College, be examined at that College. Candidates must make their own arrangements with the authorities of Training Colleges.

(12) Pupil-Teachers taking the King's Scholarship as their final examination, if not examined at Training Colleges, must attend at places of which information will be given to them by the Board.

(13) Candidates who are successful in Part II of the examination will be arranged in three classes. Their position will be determined by the aggregate number of marks obtained. They will all be regarded as qualified by examination for recognition as Uncertificated Teachers, and may be proposed by the Authorities of a Training College for admission as Students.

(14) Candidates will be informed by letter from the Board of Education of the result of their examination.

(15) Arrangements will be made for a special examination in the Summer of 1906 of Blind Candidates proposing to enter a recognised Training College for the Blind.

(16) Copies of these regulations and of the following detailed Syllabus may be obtained on application to the Secretary, Board of Education, Whitehall, London, S.W.

(17) Copies of the papers set at previous Examinations may be obtained from Messrs. Wyman & Sons, Limited, Fetter Lane, E.C., or through any bookseller, price 6d. each.

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I Reading

To read with clear enunciation, ease, and intelligence, from a work of a standard prose author and of a standard poet.

II Repetition

To repeat 100 lines of Shakespeare or some other standard English Author with clearness and force, and knowledge of the meaning.

In place of 50 lines of English, candidates from Welsh districts may substitute 50 lines from a standard Welsh author.

N.B.- Candidates employed in Public Elementary Schools must perform the exercises in Reading and Repetition at one of the Inspector's visits to the School, or at such time and place as may be arranged, in the year in which they present themselves for Part I of the King's Scholarship Examination; other candidates will be heard at the place of examination.

Candidates are required to make a drawing in outline with pencil, pen, or brush on a half imperial sheet of paper from photographic representations or diagrams of ornament, foliage, fruit, etc., in different materials, e.g., stone, wood, metal, textiles, etc., represented in relief, in the flat, or in outline.

Candidates should have practised drawing from such diagrams and from actual objects themselves. The drawing must not be of the same size as the example supplied. No ruling, measuring, tracing, or use of instruments is allowed. Specimens of the Photographic illustrations used at this examination are given in the syllabus of Freehand Drawing in outline published by the Board of Education, which may be obtained from Messrs. Wyman and Sons, Limited, Fetter Lane, E.C., or through any bookseller.

IV Music in Both Notations

(a) THEORY OF MUSIC

All the major and minor scales and signatures. Diatonic and chromatic intervals. Easy transposition. The value of

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notes, dotted notes, and rests. Bars and time signatures. Transposition of time. Syncopation. Compass of voices. Common musical terms. Translation of a short passage into Tonic Sol-fa Notation.

The major and minor modes. Bridge notes and first removes of key. Chromatic names. Relative pitch of keys and notes. Diatonic and chromatic intervals. Pulses, measures. Pulse division in halves, quarters, thirds, etc. Syncopation. Compass of voices. Common musical terms. Translation of a short passage into Staff Notation.

(b) PRACTICAL MUSIC (in either Notation)

Graded tests in tune, time, and ear training, based upon the requirements for the various school divisions.

The highest marks will be given to candidates able to sing at sight passages combining time and tune, and to tell ear exercises freely.

(i) Candidates may take theory of music without also taking practical music.

(ii) The tests can be sung from the staff or tonic sol-fa notation at the option of the candidate, but additional credit will be given to candidates singing the tune and time tests from both notations.

(iii) Each candidate will be tested in time and one other point (note or ear).

(iv) No songs are required.

One of the following exercises will be set:-

(a) A test in making or mending some part of a calico or flannel garment; or

(b) A test in cutting out by proportion or by measurement one of the following garments: A chemise, an overall, or a gored petticoat.

To set copies in large and small hand.

VII Writing from Dictation

VIII Arithmetic

Excluding Cube Root, Scales of Notation, Foreign Exchanges, True Discount, Troy Weight, and Apothecaries Weight.

Any question on Stocks will be of a simple character, and will not involve a knowledge of "Brokerage".

Candidates must understand the principles of the Metric System.

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I English Composition

To write a short essay upon a given subject.

II English Language and Literature

1. Parsing and analysis of an unseen passage of English prose or verse.

2. Elementary Etymology, and a general outline of the history of the English language.

3. (a) For exact and detailed study : the following books : -

Shakespeare: "Much Ado About Nothing"; or "Henry V"; and

Bacon: The following Essays: Of Truth, Revenge, Marriage and Single Life, Great Place, Travaile, Innovations, Gardens, Studies.

Dickens : David Copperfield.
Scott; Lay of the Last Minstrel.
Scott: The Talisman.

III Geography

Outlines of the physical and political geography of the world, with special reference to the British isles, India, and the chief British Colonies and Dependencies.

Candidates are advised to practise the drawing of sketch maps and to illustrate their answers by means of them. No detailed maps will be required at the Examination.

Some alternative questions will be set on Welsh geography and industries.

IV History

1. Outlines of English History from the Roman Invasion to 1603.

2. Detailed study of English History from 1485-1558.

Some alternative questions will be set on Welsh History.

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I Elementary Mathematics

Syllabus for Men

(a) ALGEBRA

As far as, and including, quadratic equations of one unknown quantity, and simple simultaneous equations of two unknown quantities, with easy problems leading up to these equations.

When questions are set on graphs, squared paper will be provided.

(b) GEOMETRY

Candidates may be examined either (A) in Euclid or (B) on the alternative Syllabus set forth below, but not upon both.

A. Euclid: Books I and II, with simple geometrical exercises.

N.B. - Euclid's definitions will be required, and no axioms or postulates except Euclid's may be assumed. The actual proofs of propositions as given in Euclid will not be required, but no proof of any proposition occurring in Euclid will be admitted in which use is made of any proposition which in Euclid's order occurs subsequently.

B. (Syllabus for Candidates who do not take Euclid).

Every Candidate taking this Syllabus must be provided with a ruler graduated in inches and tenths of an inch, and in centimetres and millimetres, a small set square, a protractor, compasses furnished with a hard pencil point, and a hard pencil.

Figures should be drawn accurately with a hard pencil.

Questions may be set in which the use of the set square or of the protractor is forbidden.

Any proof of a Proposition will be accepted which appears to the Examiners to form part of a logical order of treatment of the subject In the proof of theorems and deductions from them, the use of hypothetical constructions is permitted.

Practical Geometry:

The following constructions and easy extensions of them:

Bisection of angles and of straight lines.
Construction of perpendiculars to straight lines.
Simple cases of the construction from sufficient data of triangles and quadrilaterals.
Construction of parallels to a given straight line.
Construction of angles equal to a given angle.
Division of straight lines into a given number of equal parts.
Construction of a triangle equal in area to a given polygon.
Construction of tangents to a circle.
Construction of common tangents to two circles.
Construction of circumscribed, inscribed, and escribed circles of a triangle.

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Theoretical Geometry:

The substance of the theorems contained in Euclid, Book I., Propositions 4-6, 8, 13-16, 18, 19, 26-30, 32-41, 43, 47, 48, and Book III, Propositions 3, 14-16, 18-22, 31. Questions upon these theorems, easy deductions from them, and arithmetical illustrations will be included.

Syllabus for Women

(a) ALGEBRA

Notation, easy examples in addition, subtraction, multiplication, division. Simple equations with one unknown, and problems leading up to such equations.

(b) GEOMETRY

Candidates may be examined either (A) in Euclid or (B) on the Syllabus set forth below. They cannot, however, be examined both on that Syllabus and in Euclid.

A. Euclid: - Book I with simple Geometrical exercises. (See note N.B. to Men's Syllabus.)

B. (Syllabus for Candidates who do not take Euclid).

Every candidate taking this Syllabus must be provided with a ruler graduated in inches and tenths of an inch, and in centimetres and millimetres, a small set square, compasses furnished with a hard pencil point, a protractor, and a hard pencil.

Figures should be drawn accurately with a hard pencil.

Questions may be set in which the use of the set square or of the protractor is forbidden. Any proof of a Proposition will be accepted which appears to the Examiner to form part of a logical order of treatment of the subject. In the proof of theorems and in deductions from them the use of hypothetical constructions is permitted.

Practical Geometry:

The following constructions and easy extensions of them -

Bisection of angles and of straight lines.
Construction of perpendiculars to straight lines.
Simple cases of the construction from sufficient data of triangles and quadrilaterals.
Construction of parallels to a given straight line.
Construction of angles equal to a given angle.
Division of straight lines into a given number of equal parts.

Candidates will be expected to be acquainted with the forms of the cube, the rectangular block, the sphere, the cylinder, and the cone.

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Theoretical Geometry:

The substance of the theorems contained in Euclid, Book I, Propositions 4-6, 8, 13-16, 18, 19, 26-30, 32-41, 43.

Questions upon these theorems, easy deductions from them, and arithmetical illustrations will be included.

II Elementary Science

MATTER. - Forms of matter. Indestructibility of matter. Mass, volume, density, specific gravity, weight. Centre of gravity.

FORCE, MOTION AND INERTIA. - The parallelogram of forces. Composition and resolution of forces. Conversion of rectilinear into circular motion.

THE MECHANICAL POWERS. - Principles of the lever, the pulley, the inclined plane, and the screw.

ENERGY. - Heat, radiation, electricity, and chemical action as forms of energy. Mechanical work.

HEAT AND TEMPERATURE. - Discrimination between heat and temperature. Effects of heat. The measurement of temperature by thermometers. Conduction and Convection. Change of state caused by heat, as in ice, water, and steam.

RADIATION. - Rectilinear propagation of radiation. Reflection and refraction of radiation. The analysis of light by a prism and its recomposition. The colour disc. The visible spectrum.

ELEMENTARY CHEMISTRY. - Mixtures and compounds. Water; its composition proved by analysis, and synthesis; its physical properties. Elementary properties of oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen, carbon, iron and mercury, and of water, carbon dioxide, lime, silica, and the alkalies, common salt, iron oxide, and mercuric oxide.

TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM. - Properties of the loadstone and artificial magnet. The earth a magnet. Primary laws of magnetic attraction and repulsion. Dip. The earth's magnetic poles.

One of the subjects A, B, C, that follow:

A. ELEMENTARY CHEMISTRY. - Elementary properties of chlorine, sulphur, phosphorus, marsh gas, coal gas, hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid, nitric acid, and of the common metals, e.g., lead, copper, etc.

Combination by weight and by volume. Explanation and use of chemical formulæ.

B. ELEMENTARY ASTRONOMY. - Measurement of angles by degrees, minutes, etc. Determination of positions of celestial bodies by azimuth and altitude. Elementary descriptions of chief apparent motions of (1) fixed stars, (2) sun, (3) moon, and simple explanations of such motions.

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Simple explanations of phases of moon, lunar and solar eclipses and seasons.

Telescopic appearance of moon.

C. ELEMENTARY BIOLOGY. - Organised or living matter. Tissues, organs. Organic and inorganic substances.

The chemical changes of oxygen, water, carbonic acid, starch, and sugar in living processes.

Plant Life. The life history of a non-flowering plant, e.g. the fern, and of a flowering plant, e.g. the bean, pea, or laburnum. The distribution of seeds. The influence of light and colour in the growth of plants.

Animal Life. The life history of a simple quadruped, e.g. the rabbit or cat, including the structure of the skeleton and the simple facts of respiration, circulation, alimentation, and muscular movement

N.B. - It is expected thai candidates will have obtained an experimental knowledge of the Chemistry and Physics set forth in this syllabus. The syllabus has therefore been so arranged that the necessary experiments can be conducted without any expensive apparatus or materials. A list of illustrative experiments adapted to this scheme will be found under the headings Physiography and General Biology in the "Syllabuses and Lists cf Apparatus" issued by the Board of Education, South Kensington.

Candidates should have performed some of these or some similar experiments for themselves.

It is desirable that candidates who propose to take subject B. should have been trained to notice and record the positions of the various heavenly bodies.

III A Language other than English: One of the following:-

(i) Latin - Quintus Curtius: History of Alexander the Great, Book IX, Chaps. 6 - end.
(ii) Greek - Lucian, Charon.
(iii ) French - No set Books.
(iv) German - No set Books.
(v) Hebrew - The Book of Judges.
(vi) Welsh - Mabinogion (o Lyfr Coch Hergest), First Volume - Edited by J. M. Edwards.

There will be easy unseen passages for translation into English.

N.B. - Candidates who obtain less than 25 per cent of the marks allowed for this subject will not be credited with any marks, and those who obtain 25 (or more) per cent of such marks will have their marks adjusted as the Board of Education may deem necessary in order to prevent undue credit being obtained for a low degree of knowledge.

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Subject to the following regulations, marks available for the King's Scholarship Examination, 1906 may be obtained at any examination for University Extension Certificates held by any University or College of University rank approved by the Board of Education for the purpose.

1. The subject of examination must be connected with one of the following branches of knowledge:

(a) English Language and Literature.
(b) Geography.
(c) History.
(d) A Language other than English.

3. The course must consist of not less than 24 lectures, supplemented by classes.

4. Candidates must have attended both the lectures and the classes with due regularity, and must have worked the papers in connection with the lectures to the satisfaction of the lecturer.

A certificate of the University Extension Authority that these conditions have been satisfied will be accepted by the Board of Education, provided that the specific requirements of the Authority as to regularity of attendance have been previously approved by the Board.

5. The examination must be held after the completion of the approved course of lectures during the twelve months preceding Part I of the King's Scholarship Examination.

6. The examination must be conducted by a competent examiner other than the teacher or lecturer. The Board will require a list of the marks awarded to the pupil teacher candidates, the name of the examiner, and a copy of the examination paper. They may also ask to see the worked papers of some or all of the pupil-teacher candidates, in order to satisfy themselves that the standard of marking corresponds to that of the King's Scholarship Examination, and to make any necessary adjustment in the marks, if this is not the case.

7. A candidate who claims credit for marks at any such examination may not obtain credit for marks for the corresponding subject in this syllabus. The maximum in each subject will exceed by 25 per cent, the maximum for the corresponding subject in the King's Scholarship Examination.

8. No marks obtained at an Examination for University Extension Certificates will be accepted as available for the Preliminary Examination for the Certificate, 1907.

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(1) The Preliminary Examination for the Certificate (which replaced the former King's Scholarship Examination) for the year 1907, will be divided into two parts. All candidates must be either Pupil-Teachers, or persons not being Pupil-Teachers who will be over 18 years of age on August 1st 1907. No Pupil-Teacher will be admitted to the examination before the beginning of the last year of his engagement. Persons employed in Elementary Schools in Scotland will not, as a rule, be admitted to the Preliminary Examination for the Certificate held in England.

(2) Part I will consist of Reading, Repetition, Penmanship, Composition, Arithmetic, Drawing, Music, and (for women) Needlework.

In Part II all candidates will be examined in (a) three Compulsory Subjects, viz. English Language and Literature, History, and Geography, and also in (b) one Optional Subject, which may be either Elementary Mathematics, Elementary Science, or one of the following languages : Greek, Latin, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Welsh, or Hebrew.

Candidates may offer more than one of the Optional Subjects; but two only of these may be languages; and if two languages are taken, one must be either Greek, Latin, German, or French.

(3) Candidates who are recognised by the Board as Pupil-Teachers at the date of Part I of the examination, or who, not being Pupil-Teachers, have been employed in Public Elementary Schools in some recognised capacity other than that of a monitor for not less than a year during the two years immediately preceding that date, will be credited with an allowance of marks towards the result of Part II of the examination, unless an unfavourable report upon their teaching capacity has been received from the Inspector.

(4) Part I will be taken on either Thursday, Friday, or Saturday, December 13th, 14th, and 15th, 1906, at Pupil-Teacher Centres and such other places as may be necessary It will be open to all candidates, whether Pupil-Teachers or not, who are qualified under the conditions of Regulation (1) above, and who intend to complete their examination by taking Part II in April, 1907.

(5) Part II of the examination will be open only to candidates who have satisfied the examiners in Part I. Part I will be a qualifying test merely, and no marks for the subjects included in it will be credited towards Part II. It is not, however, intended that the test in these important subjects should be of a perfunctory character.

(6) Part II will be held on April 9th 1907, and the following three days, at such places as may be necessary. Information of these plans will be given to Candidates. If the Board has arranged to hold the examination at any Training College, candidates may, with the consent of the authorities of the Training College, be examined at that College. Such Candidates must make their own arrangements with the authorities of Training Colleges.

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(7) The names of candidates for the Preliminary Examination for the Certificate should be notified to the Board of Education, Whitehall London, S.W., before October 1st 1906. Late applications, when some good reason is shown for the delay, may be received during October on payment of a fee of 5s. No application will under any circumstances be received after November 1st.

(8) The notification must be made on Form 12 (Exam.), a stock of which will be supplied to Local Education Authorities and Managers of Pupil-Teacher Centres. The form can also be obtained on application to the Board.

(9) Candidates who pass Part I of the examination need not make a special application for permission to attend Part II. A form admitting them to Part II will be sent to them in due course.

(10) A candidate who has not been a Pupil-Teacher must produce a satisfactory medical certificate in a form approved by the Board, as a condition of admission to Part II of the examination.

(11) Candidates who obtain a suitable aggregate of marks in Part II will be held to have passed the Examination, but for the purpose of this aggregate no marks will be counted for more than one optional subject, and if a candidate attempts more than one optional subject, the marks for that in which he does best will be counted toward his aggregate. All candidates who pass the Examination will be regarded as qualified by Examination for recognition as Uncertificated Teachers and may be proposed by the authorities of a Training College for admission as recognised students for a two years' course of training. It will further be possible for any candidate who passes the Examination as a whole to obtain distinction in any or each of the three compulsory subjects and of four optional subjects in Part II, and such distinction will be shown by appropriate signs in the list of results. This list will give the names of all candidates who pass the Examination in alphabetical order without classification.

(12) The results of examinations for University Extension Certificates will not in and after 1907, be accepted as substitutes for any portion of the Preliminary Examination for the Certificate.

(13) Candidates will be informed by letter from the Board of Education of the result of their examination.

(14) Arrangements will be made for a special examination in the Summer of 1907 of Blind Candidates proposing to enter a recognised Training College for the Blind.

(15) Copies of the Regulations and Syllabus may be obtained on application to the Secretary, Board of Education, Whitehall, London, S.W.

I. Reading

To read with clear enunciation, ease, and intelligence, from a work of a standard prose author and a work of a standard poet.

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II. Repetition

To repeat 100 lines of Shakespeare or some other standard English Author with clearness and force, and knowledge of the meaning.

In place of 50 lines of English, candidates from Welsh districts may substitute 50 lines from a standard Welsh author.

The exercises in Reading and Repetition will be performed at the Examination Centre and not during the visits of Inspectors to Public Elementary Schools.

III Penmanship

To set copies in large and small hand.

IV. Composition

V. Arithmetic

The Theory and Practice of Arithmetic.

The following will be excluded:

Troy and Apothecaries Measures.
The rules for finding Square and Cube roots. N.B. - Candidates may be asked to determine the square (or cube) roots of numbers that can readily be expressed as the product of the squares (or cubes) of small factors.
Practice.
Ratio.
Proportion except by the unitary or fractional method.
Stocks and Shares.
True Discount.
Scales of Notation.
Foreign Exchanges.
Recurring Decimals and Complicated Fractions.

Questions may be set on the mensuration of rectangular surfaces and solids.

The use of algebraic symbols will be permitted.

As a rule, (a) the questions will not involve long operations or complicated numbers, (b) the answers to money sums will not be required beyond the nearest penny.

The papers will be sufficiently long to allow the candidates some latitude in the questions selected, but no limit will be placed on the number of questions which may be attempted.

VI. Drawing

Candidates will be required to undergo a test in either (1) or (2) below.

(1) Freehand Drawing in outline.

Candidates are required to make a drawing in outline with pencil or chalk, on a half imperial sheet of paper, from diagrams of ornament, or natural foliage and flowers. The drawing must not be of the same size as the example supplied. No ruling, measuring, tracing or use of instruments is allowed.

Candidates should have gone through a graduated series of Exercises in drawing from diagrams, and, where possible, actual specimens of ornament of good form, and of foliage and flowers from nature, with the object of cultivating a power of drawing freely and accurately, and with an appreciation of the structure, proportions, and beauty of the originals.

(2) Model and Object Drawing in outline.

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Candidates are required to draw in outline with pencil or chalk, on a half imperial sheet of paper, the objects placed before them as they appear from the point of view in which candidates may be seated. No ruling, measuring, or use of instruments is allowed; but the pencil may be held between the eye and the objects for the purpose of estimating their apparent relative size. For the examination the groups will be composed of an imperial drawing board, and, placed upon it, two or more geometrical models or vases, or a simple common object or a group of objects.

Candidates should have gone through a graduated series of exercises in drawing from geometrical models, common things of simple form, etc., with the object (i) of studying their structure and character, as well as the effect of perspective in modifying the appearance of such things, and (ii) of representing them accurately and intelligently.

VII. Music

Candidates will be expected to show a knowledge of both the Staff and Tonic Sol-fa Notations.

(a) THEORY OF MUSIC

All the major and min«r scales and signatures. Diatonic and chromatic intervals. Easy transposition. The value of notes, dotted notes, and rests. Bars and time signatures. Transposition of time. Syncopation. Compass of voices. Common musical terms. Translation of a short passage into Tonic Sol-fa Notation.

The major and minor modes. Bridge notes and first removes of key. Chromatic names. Relative pitch of keys and notes. Diatonic and chromatic intervals. Pulses, measures. Pulse division in halves, quarters, thirds, etc. Syncopation. Compass of voices. Common musical terms. Translation of a short passage into Staff Notation.

(b) PRACTICAL MUSIC (in either Notation)

Graded tests in tune, time, and ear training, based upon the requirements for the various school divisions.

The highest marks will be given to candidates able to sing at sight passages combining time and tune, and to tell ear exercises freely.

(i) Candidates may take theory of music without also taking practical music.

(ii) The tests can be sung from the staff or tonic sol-fa notation at the option of the candidate, but additional credit will be given to candidates singing the tune and time tests from both notations.

(iii) Each candidate will be tested in time and one other point (note or ear).

(iv) No songs are required.

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VII. Needlework (Women only)

One of the following exercises will be set:

(a) An exercise in making or mending some part of the calico and flannel garments included in the term "underclothing"; or

(b) A test in cutting out by proportion or by given measurements one of the following garments: A chemise; an overall; or a gored petticoat.

I. English Language and Literature

(1) English Grammar.

(2) The elements of English Composition and Literature.

Questions will be set to test such knowledge as may be derived from books like Abbott and Seeley's "English Lessons for English People".

All candidates should have undertaken as wide a course as possible of general reading, which should include, amongst other books, one or two of Shakespeare's plays, some historical novels, and an anthology of verse. It is recognised that such reading cannot be wholly tested by examination, but a large number of alternative questions will be set, some of which all candidates may reasonably expect to be able to answer.

Candidates will also be expected to write an Essay.

II. History. (1) The outlines of English history. (2) The main landmarks of European history. (3) The duties and rights of citizenship.

III. Geography. (1) The elements of general and physical geography. (2) The drawing of simple sketch maps. (3) Political and economic geography, with special reference to Europe, including the British Isles.

I. Languages

One or two of the following: Greek, Latin, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Welsh, Hebrew. If two languages are taken, one of them must be either Greek, Latin, German or French.

There will be no set books, but all candidates will be tested with pieces of unseen translation, and will be expected to show a knowledge of simple accidence and syntax. Opportunity will be given for showing proficiency n Prose Composition in the languages chosen.

II. Elementary Science

Candidates will be expected to show a practical knowledge of the subjects taken; they should in fact have performed the majority of the experiments themselves, and the examination questions will be framed on this supposition. Every candidate, before his or her marks can be counted in any of the examinations, must present a certificate from some responsible person of having had at least 30 hours of practical work in a laboratory or elsewhere.

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MEASUREMENT AND MATTER. Lengths; Areas; Volumes; Weights; British and Metric Systems; Density of Liquids; Principle of Archimedes; Specific Gravity; the U-Tube; The Barometer.

HEAT. Effects of Heat on gases, liquids and solids; Expansion; Change of State; the Thermometer; Melting Points; Boiling Points; Vapour.

CHEMISTRY. A study of the effect of heat on paper, wood, coal, feathers, starch, sugar, salt, soda, chalk, iron, copper, lead. Composition and properties of air. The effects of simple acids on zinc and iron. Composition and properties of water. The action of water on metals.

Preparation and properties of oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, chlorine, carbonic acid, and ammonia.
Properties of sulphur, phosphorus, and carbon, and their simple oxides.
Action of strong sulphuric acid on water, salt, sugar, nitre.
Action of strong nitric acid on copper.
Acids, Bases, Salts, Equivalents.
Simple practical study of petroleum, oil, fat, soap, albumen, glass, lime, clay, hard and soft water.

MECHANICS. Weight; Centre of Gravity; Parallelogram of Forces; Levers; Velocity; Energy and Work; Storing of Energy.

HEAT. Quantity of Heat; Specific Heat; Latent Heat; Dew Point; Transference of Heat.

LIGHT. Propagation of Light; Shadows; Photometry; Laws of Reflexion and Refraction, with reference to plane surfaces; Prisms and the Spectrum.

MAGNETISM. Magnets; the Earth as a magnet; the Magnetic Compass; Dip, Declination.

ELECTRICITY. Development of Electricity by various means, mechanical, chemical, thermal, magnetic; the effects of the Electric Current; Electro Magnets.

PLANT LIFE. The Life History of a moss, a fern, and a bean or pea; Nutrition; Germination; Light, heat, air, water, and soil as influences in Plant Growth; Growth of Trees.

ANIMAL LIFE. The Life History and Habits of a fish, a frog, and a rabbit; study of the Skeleton of a Rabbit; the simple facts of Respiration, Circulation, Alimentation, and Movement.

III. Elementary Mathematics

Notice to Candidates - The papers set will be sufficiently long to allow of some latitude in the questions selected and thus permit of latitude in the teaching schemes. Candidates will not be limited in the number of questions attempted, nor will they be expected to answer the whole paper. Every candidate should be provided with a ruler graduated in inches and tenths of an inch, and in centimetres and millimetres, a small set square, a protractor, compasses furnished with a hard pencil point, and a hard pencil. Squared paper will be provided when needed.

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As a rule the questions set will not involve long operations or complicated numbers. The answer to money sums will generally not be required beyond the nearest penny.

THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ARITHMETIC. Candidates must understand the principles of the metric system, and should be able to decimalise money readily. The use of algebraic symbols will be permitted.

The following will be excluded: -

Troy and Apothecaries Measures.
Rule for finding square and cube roots. Candidates may be asked to determine the roots of numbers that can readily be expressed as the product of squares and cubes of small numbers.
True discount.
Scales of notation.
Foreign Exchanges.
Recurring decimals.

ALGEBRA. As far as, and including simultaneous equations (one of which is linear) in two variables, L.C.M. and H.C.F. by means of factors. Problems leading to the types of equations specified.

GEOMETRY. Candidates may present for examination either of the following courses:

COURSE A - PRACTICAL GEOMETRY. The following constructions and easy extensions of them: Bisection of angles and of straight lines. Construction of perpendiculars to straight lines. Simple cases of the construction from sufficient data of triangles and of quadrilaterals. Construction of parallels to a given straight line. Construction of angles equal to a given angle. Division of straight lines into a given number of equal parts. Construction of a triangle equal in area to a given polygon. Construction of tangents to a circle. Construction of common tangents to two circles. Construction of circumscribed, inscribed, and escribed circles of a triangle.

Candidates will be expected to be acquainted with the forms of the cube, the rectangular block, the sphere, the cylinder, and the cone.

THEORETICAL GEOMETRY. The substance of the theorems contained in Euclid, Book I, Propositions 4-6, 8, 13-16, 18, 19, 26-30, 32-41, 43, 47, 48; and Book III, Propositions 3, 14-16, 18-22, 31. Questions upon these theorems, easy deductions from them, and arithmetical illustrations will be included.

Course B - The substance of Euclid, I, II, III, with simple geometrical exercises.

All Candidates, whether they select Course A or Course B, must be prepared to find numerical answers to questions upon the areas and sides of rectangles, triangles, and circles, and upon the volumes and surfaces of rectangular blocks, prisms, cones pyramids, and cylinders.

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1. The Centre must not be conducted for private profit or for the profit of a public company, and must not be farmed out to any member of the staff.

2. A summary account of income and expenditure must be submitted annually to the Board of Education in such form as they may require. In the case of a Centre not provided by a Local Education Authority, the maintenance accounts of the Centre, together with vouchers, must be previously submitted to a qualified public accountant and auditor, and must be audited and certified correct by him.

3. Where a Centre forms part of a Secondary School, an apportionment of the expenses must be made in such a way as to satisfy the auditor and the Board.

4. The salary of each member of the staff must be separately entered in the annual statement. Where a teacher receives board and lodging in lieu of salary, an estimated amount, previously approved by the Board, may appear in the account.

5. Such part of the income of the Centre as arises from the Parliamentary Grant must not be applied to meet any rent or charge in the nature of rent or any expenditure on premises or furniture other than that for ordinary repairs, and where any such charge is included in the annual account, it must not exceed the amount of income received in that year from sources other than the Parliamentary Grant and balance in hand.

6. Rent and charges in the nature of rent may not be charged against students' fees except on the conditions stated in the following Memorandum.

1. For the purposes of this Memorandum "Rent" may be taken to include not only annual rent reserved under a lease or agreement but also - (a) Interest payable on mortgages of the premises;

(b) Interest (at a rate not exceeding 4%) on money borrowed for the establishment and equipment of the Centre;

(c) Interest (at a rate not exceeding 4%) on capital moneys actually expended by the Managers or promoters in the establishment and equipment of the Centre. 2. The following are cases in which the Board will ordinarily and at present allow "rent" to be charged in the accounts:

(a) When the Centre is conducted by a Local Education Authority;

(b) When the premises of the Centre are hired for that purpose by the Managers from a Local Education Authority and the Local Education Authority approve of such a charge;

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(c) When the Centre is conducted by the Governing Body of a University or College of University rank, or by a Committee nominated by, and responsible to such a Governing Body;

(d) When the funds and property of the Centre are held in trust solely for educational purposes. In this case only, payments made by way of sinking-fund may also be charged against students' fees.

Maintenance may be taken as including such items as rates, taxes, and ordinary repairs to buildings and replacement of furniture, but not the provision of additional buildings or furniture, and the Board reserve to themselves the discretion to disallow any item of expenditure if they think proper.

The annual accounts must be rendered in such a form as to enable the Board to satisfy themselves that the expenditure charged may properly be regarded as cost of maintenance.

4. Where the "rent" which it is proposed to charge is other than a rent actually payable, under a lease or tenancy agreement, to an ordinary landlord, the Board will require full particulars of the basis on which the charge is calculated. If the charge represents interest (or, in the case of premises held on trust for purely educational purposes, sinking fund), a separate capital account must be rendered annually.