plants, and manner in which a plant grows. Functions of the root, leaves, and different parts of the flower.

Domestic economy (for girls).-The dwelling; warming, cleaning, and ventilation. Washing materials and their use.

THIRD STAGE.

English Literature. Three hundred lines of poetry not before brought up, repeated; with knowledge of meaning and allusions. Writing a letter or statement, the heads of the topics to be given by the inspector. N.B.-The passages need not be continuous; and no passages may be brought up which have ever been learnt for the standard examination. A list of the passages proposed to be learnt in any year should be prepared before H.M. Inspector pays his annual visit at the end of the preceding year, and submitted to him by the managers for approval. Mathematics.-Algebra, to quadratic equations (inclusive) .Euclid, Books I. and II. Elements of mensuration.

Latin. The Latin Grammar. Cæsar de Bello Gallico, Book I. Somewhat longer sentences to be translated from English into Latin.

French.-Grammar, and knowledge of some easy French book approved by inspector. Translation of conversational sentences into French. Tolerable correctness of pronunciation.

German.-Grammar and knowledge of some easy German book approved by inspector. Translation of conversational sentences into German. Tolerable correctness of pronunciation.

Mechanics.-Elementary knowledge of the mechanical powers.

Animal physiology.-The organs and function of alimentation. The properties of muscle and nerve.

N.B.-Instruction in this subject should be illustrated by diagrams or models only.

Physical geography.-Form and size of the earth and its motions. Day and night. The seasons of the year; how they depend upon the relative positions of the earth and Moon's dimensions and distance; explanation of her phases. General arrangement of the planetary system.

sun.

Botany. The comparison of a fern and a moss with a flowering plant. The formation of different kinds of fruits. The structure of a bean and of a grain of wheat or barley. The phenomena of germination. Domestic economy (for girls).—Rules for health; the management of a sick Cottage income, expenditure, and savings.

room.

It is intended that the instruction of the scholars in the Science subjects in this table shall be given mainly by experiment and illustration, and in the case of Physical Geography by observation of the phenomena presented in their own neighbourhood. If these subjects are taught to children by definition and verbal description, instead of by making them exercise their own powers of observation, they will be worthless as means of education.

It cannot, therefore, be too strongly impressed on teachers, that nothing like learning by rote will be accepted as sufficient for a grant, and that the examinations by the inspectors will be directed to elicit from the scholars, as far as possible, in their own language, the ideas they have formed of what they have seen.

FIFTH SCHEDULE.

SUPPLEMENTARY RULES.

RULE 1.-In column II. of the Examination Schedule the names of the qualified scholars must be entered class by class, beginning with the lowest scholar in the lowest class.

RULE 2. The entries in column VIII., must show where one class ends and another begins. The number denoting each class is to be written only once; dots (~~) are to be put for each repetition of it until the next higher class begins. There must be no intermixture of classes.

RULE 3.-The entries in column IX.b. will show where one standard ends and another begins. The number denoting each standard is to be written only once; dots ( ́ ́ ́) are to be put for each repetition of it until the next higher standard begins. There must be no intermixture of standards.1

RULE 4.-The end of each standard in column IX.b. need not (although, of course, it may) coincide with the end of each class in column VIII. Compare the entries opposite to No. 6, who ends a class, but not a standard; No. 8,

In the following transcript of part of the Examination Schedule, Columns II., VIII., and IX.b, are filled up, by way of example, according to Rules 2 and 3. Of course, the other columns must not, in practice, be left blank; and the actual numbers, presented in each class, will generally be much larger.

who ends a standard, but not a class; No. 16, who ends both a class and a standard (this is preferable).

RULE 5.-All the scholars must be presented in the classes to which the school registers prove them to belong, unless they fall as "Exceptions" under Rule 6.

RULE 6. The children who, for whatever reason, are presented under a lower standard than that which an examination of the school according to the above rules assigns to their class, must be entered last in the schedule under the title of "Exceptions," otherwise they will violate Rule 2 or 3. No child is to be placed among the "Exceptions" unless there is some special excuse for doing so, such as previous illness, &c. Primâ facie, every child who is not fit to be examined in its own class has been wrongly placed there for instruction.

RULE 7.-The inspector is directed to refuse to examine children in schools wherein Rule 2 or 3 is violated. He will in such cases proceed to inspect the school, and will report to the Education Department why he has left column III. (his Report on each scholar) in the Examination Schedule blank,

RULE 8.-No grant will be paid to a day school in which children are retained after the age of 8 unless one class-i. e., all who are to be examined as members of one class, according to Rule 5-be presented at least as high as Standard II.

RULE 9.-A deduction of at least one-tenth will be made from the grant to a day school in which children are retained after the age of 10 unless one class-i. e., all who are to be examined as members of one class, according to Rule 5-be presented above Standard II.

RULE 10.-For the rule how to find the average number of scholars in attendance at a school for any period, see Article 26 of the Code.

RULE 11.-The Class Registers at each meeting of a school must be marked and finally closed before the minimum time constituting an attendance (Article 23) begins.

If any child, entered in the Register as attending, is withdrawn from school before the time constituting an attendance is complete, its mark for presence should be at once cancelled.

The inspector will inquire whether these rules have been observed (Article 17 g).

RULE 12.-No child's name should be kept on the Admission Register after a fortnight's continuous absence without inquiry from the parents whether the child has been withdrawn. The names of children withdrawn (whether they are so, the answer of their parents will decide,) should be cancelled at once in the Registers, and not included in the returns of age and stay at school; but the attendances (if any) opposite to such names in the Class Registers, must be counted under Rule 10, supra, and the whole number of such names must be counted for the return "left in past year."

MINUTES OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT. MODIFYING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF NEW CODE (1878).

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 2nd day of April, 1878. By the Lords of the Committee of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council on Education.

Their Lordships having considered various representations made to the Education Department;

Resolved:

To modify Articles 17 (c.), 17 (d.), and 17 (e.) of the Code of 1878.

Articles of the New Code (1878).

The same Articles as modified.

to a school (Article 13), if his report on the school is satisfactory; and

(i.) A certificate is thereupon issued to the teacher under Article 59; or (ii) The teacher is recommended for admission to the next examination for a certificate (Article 47 (b) 2). But the grant, in this case, will not be renewed, unless, in the meantime, the teacher has passed (Article 49) the examination for a certificate, or been replaced by a certificated

successor.

At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 21st day of June, 1878. By the Lords of the Committee of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council on Education.

Read:-Article 7 (b) of the Code of 1878. "No grant is made for or in respect of any school, which is not previously in receipt of an annual grant, if the Department think that the school is unnecessary."

Resolved that

1. A school situated in a district which is not under a School Board shall not be deemed to be unnecessary if it has, for the previous twelve months, been recognised by the Department as a "certified efficient school" (Elementary Education Act, 1876, sec. 48), and has had, during that period, an average attendance (Article 26) of not less than 30 scholars.

2. No grant will be made to any such school as aforesaid

(a.) For the first twelve probationary months;

(b.) For any period before the appointment of a certificated teacher; or (c.) If the population of the school district, or within two miles by the nearest road of the school, is less than 300 souls, for whom another school aided under Article 19D of the Code is available.