PART I.

1. English (including writing from dictation, simple composition, and reproduction of the gist of a short passage twice read aloud to the candidates).

2. History and geography:

(_a_) History (simple questions in English history and growth of the British Empire).

(_b_) Geography (simple questions with special reference to the British Empire).

3. French or German (importance will be attached to the oral examination).

4. Arithmetic and algebra:

(_a_) Arithmetic (elementary, including vulgar and decimal fractions).

(_b_) Algebra (to simple equations with easy problems).

5. Geometry (to include the subject matter of the first book of Euclid, or its equivalent in experimental geometry and mensuration).

The use of instruments and of algebraical methods will be allowed.