1. Divide 721493 by 97.

SECOND INSTRUCTION-LOWER SCHOOL.

2. A man pays away £47 128. 4 d., £95 168. 11 d., £125 0s. 10d., £217 158. 64d., and £29 108. 34d.; how much does he pay altogether?

3. From £14,167 108. 1d.

Take £9,284 128. 74d.

4. Multiply £876 138. 6d. by 75.

5. How many £ 8. d. are there in one million threepences?

6. Reduce £360 178. 44d. to half pence.

Write out the Apostle's Creed and an account of the promise of the birth of our Saviour.

THIRD INSTRUCTION-UPPER SCHOOL.
Arithmetic.

1. On Monday there was received into the Bank of England 120 lbs. 10 oz. 15 dwt. 20 gr. of gold; on Tuesday, 175 lbs. 9 oz. 10 dwt.; on Wednesday, 75 lbs. 6 oz. 17 dwt. 21 gr.; on Thursday, 207 lbs. 11 oz. 18 dwt. 14 gr.; and on Friday, 143 lbs. 4 oz. and 12 dwt.; how much was received altogether?

2. Multiply 10 weeks 6 days 18 hours 20 minutes by 98.

3. Divide 2,400 yds. 3 qrs. 2 nls. by 76.

4. If a bullock weighs 5 cwt. 2 qrs. 10 lbs., how many of the same weight would it take to weigh 27 tons 18 cwt. 3 qrs. 20 lbs. ?

5. How many miles, &c., are there in two hundred thousand four hundred and seventy-four yards?

Religious knowledge and geography.

1. Write a biography of Joseph.

2. Describe the healing of the lame man at the gate of the temple.

1. Define an estuary, a headland, a tributary. Name three of each in England.

2. Coasting from Dover to Newcastle, in what general directions will the ships' course be? Mention the counties and chief seaport towns passed.

FOURTH INSTRUCTION-UPPER SCHOOL.

Arithmetic.

1. Divide 19 by 41.

2. Multiply 4.063 by 1.02.

3. What is the value of .9375 of a cwt.?

4. Find by practice the value of 5,614 articles, at £3 128. 34d. each.

5. Find by practice the value of 21 yards 3 quarters 3 nails, at £1 16s. 5d. per yard.

6. If 5 men build a boat in 10 days, in what time would 21 men do it?

7. If 18 horses can carry away 4,500 cwt. of ammunition in days, in what time could 108 horses carry away 90,000 cwt.?

Religious knowledge and geography.

1. In St. Luke, third chapter, the following persons are mentioned: Tiberius, Caiaphas, John, Esaias, and Abraham. State briefly who these persons were.

2. Give our Lord's explanation of his parable of the sower.

Geography.

1. Name the principal harbors and anchorages used by our ships belonging to the Mediterranean fleet.

2. Draw a map of England south of the Humber.

Examinations are held in March, June, September, and December. Those of the schools are conducted by the chaplain and instructors; the seamanship examinations by a lieutenant and boatswain; the gunnery examinations by the gunner and gunnery instructors (petty officers).

A complete record of these examinations is kept in the "Record of progress" book. I may state here that a boy's progress is most carefully noted, almost as much so as that of a cadet at Annapolis.

The inspector of naval training schools (i. e., of the schools proper), the Rev. J. B. Harbord, chaplain and naval instructor, makes a yearly examination of the schools in June. The inspection made by this gentleman and his assistants is rigid and searching, each boy being personally examined in reading-a great work, when it is understood that there are three thousand to be so examined. This viva voce examination is preceded by the written examinations on all the subjects studied, conducted by the chaplain and instructors. There are two sets of papers made out on each subject of the same degree of hardness, and care is taken that adjacent boys do not get the same paper. All these papers are printed, and each boy is furnished with a copy; a much better system than that of putting the subjects upon a blackboard. The work must be done in ink on the sheet of paper to be handed in. No erasures or working on rough sheets are allowed, so that the examination is a test both of the boy's neatness and care and of his ability. All the papers worked at this examination are, after being marked by the instructors of the ship, forwarded for final inspection to the office of the inspector at the Admiralty, and are there reinspected. The neatness and carefulness shown in most of the papers were very remarkable, the handwriting in almost every case of the fourth-instruction boys (the highest) good, and the spelling excellent, far better than that which I have been accustomed to see in boys of the same age elsewhere, and I should say much better than that of the young men who come up for entry at Annapolis, unless there has lately been an improvement.

To pass to the rating of a first-class boy: A boy must be up in all practical studies, must stand well in school, and must have received a good report from the training-brig.

All boys belonging to the Church of England are required to be able to repeat the Church of England creed and their "duty to God and their neighbor" within two months after entry. The chaplain, however, is not to enforce the catechism of the Established Church upon boys of another persuasion; nor are boys obliged to read books to which they object on religious grounds. The captain in every instance must satisfy himself of the validity of this objection.

CHAPTER IV.

PRACTICAL TRAINING.

The instructors in this are petty officers, who have passed through the gunnery ships Excellent or Cambridge. They are fully up in the details of all drills, and make excellent drill-masters. They ordinarily have command of the companies when landed for battalion drill; act as inspecting officers at morning inspection; and have, in fact, the onus of carrying out most of the detail work in practical training.

There are also four "instructions" in this as in the schools. The details of each "instruction" are printed, and the portion which each instructor teaches is found in the back of his class-book, so that he may not deviate from the given course. While in sections, he teaches the subjects of this list and no others. This system secures absolute uniformity; there is nothing left to the caprice of individuals. One may thus be quite sure that the boys turned out by one ship are the duplicates of those from another. As a boy is never passed out of one "instruction" until he has learned all the subjects of that instruction, the amount of a boy's knowledge is readily known by a glance at the subjects he has "passed out of." The instructors keep careful note in their class (or section) books of each boy's progress from day to day.

The models are good, but by no means equal to those of Greenwich Hospital School, where, of course, there is much more space for such things. There are excellent models of masts and rigging; of the methods of working anchors; for showing how to steer by compass, &c. All the models have the names of the different parts clearly painted on them, so that there is no chance of a boy's failing to know if he looks. On the monkey topsail are painted the names of all the parts of the sail in large letters; the hammocks used for instructing how to stop a hammock on to the lines have the instructions painted on them; and so with all the others. The dullest understanding cannot go astray.

That there should be a class of petty officers in the English service capable of acting as instructors to these boys speaks volumes for the system. It is not that they must merely be able to tell them the names and uses of things; they must be able to take charge of and discipline their sections, and be officers in every respect but in name. They exactly fill the position here that a non-commissioned officer does in the Army; and are able to direct not as mere leading men, but as men of authority. The want of such a class has always been felt in our own service, and must be felt until we have enough trained and educated men to fill such positions.

I give the subjects of the "instructions" as they are given to the boys in section. These lists are framed and hung about the ship in conspicuous places.

FIRST INSTRUCTION.

FIRST SECTION.

To be able to sling a hammock, plaiting up the ends of the nettles.

To hang a hammock up, secure the laniard properly.

To lash a hammock up and know the number of turns to take with the lashing, except

for night-quarters, or if the fire-bell should ring.

To stop a hammock or a piece of clothes on a girtline.

To fold up each piece of clothes for stowing in a bag, and to lay out a whole kit for inspection.

To put in clothes' stops, and becket the ends back in jumpers, &c.

To fold up bed, blanket, and bed-cover for inspection.

To hold a clean hammock for inspection.

To scrub a hammock and wash clothes.
To mark clothes and bedding.

Upper deck.

Main deck.

Middle deck.
Lower deck.

PARTS OF THE SHIP.

To learn the names of, and be able to point out, the following:

Orlop deck.

Quarter deck.

Bow.

Billboard.
Gripe.
Bends.
Counter.
Bulwarks.
Waterways.

Hammock nettings.
Bilges.

Carlings.

Cant pieces.
Bulkhead.

Ring bolt.

Eye bolt.

Port sill.

Quarter gallery.
Hammock cloth.
Stern walk.

Monkey chains.

Companion ladder.
Accommodation ladder.

To know the names of, and be able to point out, the following:

To know the names of, and be able to point out, the following:

To know the names of, and be able to point out, the following:

To know, and to be able to point out, the parts and fittings of a boat.

To know the names, use of, and be able to make the following:

Round-turn and half hitch. Sheep shank.