Examinations were also held at Collie, Coolgardie, Geraldton, Gingin, Mount Morgans, Newcastle, Norseman, and York during 1905.

1. Subject to the approval of the Board public examinations may be held at any place where a Local Committee can be formed.

2. The Local Committee must consist of a Secretary and at least two other gentlemen, and must be composed of well-known persons occupying responsible positions who have no such personal interest in the candidates as can lay them open to suspicion of partiality.

3. The Local Committee is to be elected by residents of the district, and while the Board will not interfere in the choice of members, it reserves the right of approving or disapproving of any proposed Committee.

4. The local expenses of the examination shall be defrayed by the Local Committee, but the Board will supply the necessary paper for candidates and will pay postage on examination papers to and candidates' answers from the Local Centre.

5. Application for approval of formation of a new Local Centre must be made to the Secretary to the Board at least six weeks before the date of holding the examination,

DATES OF EXAMINATIONS.

PRIMARY

Last day of entry, Monday, July 23, 1906.

Examination begins on Tuesday, August 21, 1906.

JUNIOR

Last day of entry, Monday, October 1, 1906.

Examination begins on and after Thursday, November 15, 1906.

SENIOR

March Examination.

Last day of entry, Monday, February 12, 1906.
Examination begins on Tuesday, March 13, 1906.

November Examination.

Last day of entry, Monday, October 1, 1906.

Examination begins on or after Monday, November 26, 1906.

HIGHER

Last day of entry, Monday, October 1, 1906.

Examination begins on or after Thursday, November 15, 1906.

JUNIOR COMMERCIAL

Last day of entry, Monday, October 1, 1906.

Examination begins on or after Monday, November 26, 1906. ANGAS ENGINEERING EXHIBITION

Last day of entry, Wednesday, October 17, 1906.

Examination begins on or after Thursday, November 15, 1906.

The days and hours of examinations will be intimated to candidates after the entries have been received.

GENERAL NOTES.

1. DRAWING.

The University does not at present examine in Drawing.

For information other than that given in the syllabuses, candidates are advised to apply to the Director for Technical Art, School of Design.

Candidates who desire to be credited with having passed in Drawing must enter the numbers of their Drawing certificate on the entry form.

2. PRIZE WINNERS, &c.

Prize Winners and candidates qualifying for the University or other scholarships are required to submit certificates of birth, or other satisfactory evidence that they are under the age limit prescribed in the Regulations.

3. APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATES.

Candidates who have taken more than one year to complete their certificate are requested, on making application for it. to state at what time and in what subjects they have passed.

3. INDIVIDUAL REPORTS.

On application to the Board a report on the work of any candidate who has failed may be supplied on payment of a fee of ten shillings for each subject in which the report is requested. Such application must be made within two months of the date of publication of the results.

PRIMARY PUBLIC EXAMINATION.

REGULATIONS.

I. Every candidate must satisfy the Public Examinations Board in at least four of the following subjects, of which two must be numbers 1 and 2:

II. A candidate who does not pass in four subjects, including numbers 1 and 2, fails in the whole examination.

III. The examination will be held during the month of August or September in each year.

IV. Candidates must give at least four weeks' notice of their intention to present themselves, and such notice must be given on a printed form, which may be obtained from the Registrar, or, in the case of Local Centres, from the Local Secretary.

V. Each candidate at the time of giving notice to attend shall pay a fee of 10s.; and if he enters for more than four subjects he shall pay a fee of 2s. 6d. for each additional subject.

In no case will the fee be returned; but if, not less than seven days before the examination, a candidate shall notify to the Secretary his intention to withdraw, the fee shall stand to his credit for a future examination.

VI. Candidates who may fail to give notice by the prescribed date may be permitted by the Board to present themselves on payment of an extra fee of 5s.

VII. A list of successful candidates, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the subjects in which the candidate passed and the last place of education from which each candidate comes, will be posted at the University and published in the Report on the public examinations.

VIII. Each successful candidate shall be entitled to a certificate showing in what subjects the candidate has passed.

IX. On application to the Secretary to the Board unsuccessful candidates shall be informed in what subjects they have failed.

X. Schedules definings as far as may be necessary the range of the questions to be set shall be published not less than twelve months before the date of the examination to which they are intended to apply.

Allowed 11th December, 1901.

SYLLABUS FOR THE EXAMINATION TO BE HELD IN AUGUST, 1906.

1. ENGLISH.

(a) GRAMMAR. An elementary knowledge of grammatical distinctions, including inflexions, the parsing and analysis of sentences, and the detection of grammatical errors. The meaning of words in common

use.

(b) COMPOSITION. An essay or letter on a simple subject, mainly to test grammatical accuracy and punctuation.

(c) DICTATION. A list of words in common use.

2. ARITHMETIC.

Easy questions on the elementary processes of arithmetic, including fractions, non-recurring decimals, practice, rectangular areas and volumes.

3. GEOGRAPHY OF THE BRITISH ISLES AND AUSTRALASIA.

(a) GEOGRAPHY OF THE BRITISH ISLES as in Longman's Shilling geography and Gregory's Austral geography for Class 1, pp. 30–57. (Whitcombe and Tombs. 9d.)

(b) GEOGRAPHY OF AUSTRALASIA as in Gregory's Austral geography for Class III. (Whitcombe and Tombs. 4d.)

Candidates may be required to draw rough sketch-maps.

4. ENGLISH HISTORY.

Gilles, W. Simple studies in English history; rev. ed., 1905. (Whitcombe and Tombs. 18. 8d.)

5. GREEK.

6. LATIN.

[Candidates are particularly requested to purchase the rev. ed., dated 1905.]

White, J. W. First lessons in Greek. Lessons 1-48. (Macmillan, 3s. 6d.)

Cook, A. M. Shorter Latin course, first part. (Macmillan. 18. 6d.)