These standards are adhered to until the subject geography is treated. The course is then as follows:

In geography.-Elementary geography is taught. A map is appointed each half year for the whole school, which must be thoroughly learned. In history.—A portion is appointed each half year for the whole school (both general and nautical) by the inspector of training schools.

The remaining subjects taught, English literature, mathematics, French, bookkeeping, navigation, and drawing, are reserved for the nautical school.

It must be borne in mind that all these boys, with the exception of those of the nautical school and those who fail to reach the standard of size, are expected to go on board the naval training ships for a year, be. fore finally going afloat. In the training ships they take of course the highest rank, as they have already acquired as much as and more than a boy who enters the training service from civil life gets during his whole year's schooling on board.

. The nautical school is divided into two divisions, the first consisting of fifty boys, the second of seventy. The latter are in two watches, and work on half time, as does the general school; the former attend school both morning and afternoon. The whole of the nautical school is under the charge of two masters and four pupil teachers.

The appointments to this school are made by selection, the boys of highest standing being chosen; but no boy is eligible after he has passed the age of fourteen and a half years. Those of the second part, who fail to pass into the first, take their places in the training ships as boys for general service. From seven to ten of the first division are selected as pupil teachers, to finally become naval schoolmasters; the remainder become ship's writers and ship's stewards' boys. Those who are selected for the two last positions undergo a careful training in naval bookkeeping. The samples of accounts which I saw kept by them were admirably done. The benefit of having a large class of such men in the service need not be dwelt upon.

The only difficulty, or rather drawback, that I see connected with it. is that the education of the nautical school is such that the boy is trained for much better work than that to which he would be put in the service, so that he would naturally desire to seek a better position in civil life. This objection does not hold, however, so much in England, where the chances of advancement are few, as it would with ourselves, where the ability and education possessed by any one are not handicapped by regard for the previous condition of the person.

The following is the examination which the nautical school divisions are required to pass:

In addition to this, all boys, whether of the general or nautical school, are taught singing, lessons being given as shown in the routine by a master to a class at a time.

I give, with the exception of those of the second class, copies of some of the examination papers set at the midsummer examination of this year, which will give a more succinct idea of what is required than a rehearsal of subjects.

ALGEBRA-NAUTICAL SCHOOL.

1. Find the sum of 4x3-5ax2+6a2x-5a3, 3x3+4ax2+2a2x+6a3, -17x3+ 19axz -15a2x+8a3, 13ax2 - 27a2x +18a3, 12x3 +3a2x — 20a3.

2. Required the excess of 5a2 + 4ab

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-3ac + be above 3a2+3ab +3bc — 2c2. 3. Multiply 1-— 2x + 3x2 — 4x3 +5x1 +6x5 +7x6—8x7 by 1+2x+x2.

4. Divide a + a3b2 + a2b3 + b2 by a2 — ab+b2.

5. When a = 5, b= 0, c = 1, d= 2, find the numerical value of (a-2b+3c)3 — (b−2c +3d)2+(c—2d)2.

6. Extract the square root of 9-24x-68x2 + 112x3+ 196x1.

7. Find the greatest common measure of 2x5 · 6x3+6x2 + 3x.

8. Express in its simplest form the quantity:

- 4x1 + 8x3 — 12x2+6x, and 3x5

3x1

x + y
y

2x

- x + y + y3 = x2 y

10. Find the value of x and y from the simultaneous equation: ax + by = c2, and

11. Divide 21 into two parts, such that ten times one may exceed nine times the other by 1.

14. A person bought a number of pieces of cloth for £33 158., which he sold again at £2 88. a piece, and gained as much by the transaction as one piece cost him; find the number of pieces.

TRIGONOMETRY AND NAVIGATION-NAUTICAL SCHOOL.

1. In the triangle A B C, given B=90°, C=40° 46′, a=384, find the other parts. 2. A ship sails north 100 miles, then east 50 miles; find the distance made good. 3. A light-house, whose height is 93 feet above the level of the sea, is observed from a ship to have an elevation of 2° 58′; what is the distance of the ship from the lighthouse?

5. Two landmarks are 7 miles apart; a ship is stationed 5 miles from one, and 34 from the other; find the angle which they subtend from the ship.

6. In the triangle A B C, given a = 629, b = 765, A= 25° 25′ 25′′; find the other parts.

7. In the triangle A B C, given a = 512, b=627, C = 42° 53′ 38"; find the other parts.

8. Find the course and distance from A to B, given

Lat. A, 48° 30′ N.; Long. A, 29° 50′ W.

Lat. B, 57° 10' N.; Long. B, 37° 5′ W.

9. Required the compass course and distance from a place in Lat. 40° 23′ N., Long. 102° 10′ E, to another place in the same latitude and in Long. 103° 20′ E.; the variation of the compass being two points E., and the deviation 5° 30′ E.

10. Find by Mercator's method the Lat. and Long., in having given that the ship's course is N. 26° 30′ E., and her distance made good 482m, and the point of her departure, Lat. 32° 30′ N., Long. 25° 24′ W.

11. Leaving a place in Lat. 33° 10' S., Long. 152° 30′ E., I sail ENE. by compass 37 miles with wind SE., making 14 points leeway; var. 9° 25′ E., dev. 6° W. The wind now shifts to the E., and I change my course to SSE., and make two points leeway, and the deviation in this position of the ship's head is 4°, the variation as before. I now sail for six hours at the rate of 5 miles per hour; find my Lat. and Long.. 12. Draw a blank form, showing how the journal or log is kept.

GEOMETRY.

1. Define an angle, a triangle, an obtuse angle, an acute-angled triangle, a parallel-

ogram.

2. If two angles of a triangle be equal to one another, the sides also which subtend the equal angles shall be equal to one another.

3. The greater side of a triangle is opposite the greater angle.

4. If a straight line falling upon two other straight lines make the exterior angle equal to the interior, and opposite, upon the same side of the line; or make the interior angles upon the same side together equal to two right angles, the two straight lines shall be parallel to one another.

5. To describe a square upon a given straight line.

6. If a straight line be divided into two parts, the squares of the whole line, and of one of the parts, are equal to twice the rectangle contained by the whole and that part, together with the square of the other part.

7. To draw a straight line from a given point, either in the circumference or out of it, which shall touch a given circle.

FRENCH-NAUTICAL SCHOOL.

1. Give the French for the following words, with the article in the correct gender: Cheek, arm, plate, lamb, streets, dust, penholder, night.

2. Translate into English: Les cousins sont-ils là? Ils ne sont pas là, mais la filleule est ici. Avez-vous diné sans moi? Elles auront eu des chagrins.

3. Turn into French: Here is the owl. Is thy master the more patient of the two? Who will give me some ink? Charles will have a prize at the school.

4. Write out all the primary tenses of "être."

5. Write out all the compound tenses of the indicative of "avoir."

6. Write out the simple cases of "agir."

7. Translate into English: Quand Maurice disait, "Où donc est le petit sansonnet?" L'oiseau repondait aussitôt, "Me voilà." Le jeune Charles, fils d'un voisin, prenait un plaisir extrême à entendre le sansonnet et venait souvent le voir. Charles entra dans la chambre pendant que Maurice était sorti. Il s'empara bien vite

Un jour

de l'oiseau, le mit dans sa poche et voulut s'esquiver. Mais dans le même instant le chasseur rentra. Voulant faire plaisir à son jeune voisin, il demanda comme d'habitude: "Où donc est le petit sansonnet?" Aussitôt l'oiseau, caché dans la poche du jeune garçon, cria de toutes ses forces, "Me voilà."

8. Translate into French: He has said his lesson better to-day. These boats have not any rudders. They did not speak a foreign tongue. His friends praised his humanity very much. These shoes are yours and these boots are mine.

ARITHMETIC-GENERAL SCHOOL.

First class.

1. A person bought 500 yards of cloth at 158. 9d. a yard, and sold it at 16s. 3d. a yard; what did he gain?

2. Reduce £2,695 198. 9d. to threepences.

3. My watch gains 37m. 38. in twenty-four hours; how much would it gain in a year of 365 days?

4. How many grains difference are there between a pound of gold and a pound of butter?

5. If an article cost £2 11s. 84d., find by practice the cost of 4,321 articles.

6. Find by practice 10 tons 18 cwt. 3 qrs., at £10 188. 3d. per ton.

7. Make out a bill for 314 ells of holland, at 5s. 8d. per ell; 39 yds. Irish cloth, at 28. 4d. per yard; 17 yds. muslin, at 78. 24d. per yard; 13 yds. cambric, at 10s. 6d. per yard.

8. Make out a bill for 4 lbs. of mutton, at 10d. per lb.; 14 lbs. of beef, at 114d. per lb.; 10 lbs. lamb, at 1s. 4d. per lb.; 111⁄2 lbs. veal, at 1s. 1d. per lb. ; and 151⁄2 lbs. of pork, at 104d. per lb.

9. What weight of sugar may be bought for £187 48. when the cost of 6 cwt. 2 qrs. is £27 14s. 8d.?

10. A man's income for a year is £408 16s.; what does he receive for 15 days?

Third class.

1. Write in figures four million seven hundred thousand twenty-nine.

2. Write in words 27,041,205.

3. Add together 4,167,893, 271,896, 98,457, 879, 7,682,314, and 27.

4. From 72,148,063 take 59,673,598.

5. Multiply 8,637,415 by 8.

6. Divide 10,736,847 by 9.

7. Multiply 547,632 by 706.

8. Divide 4,167,813 by 278.

9. Add together £427 178. 44d., £9,386 10s. 11‡d., £2,018 128. 9§d., £84,157 188. 64d., and £29 158. 81d.

10. From £9,241 0s. 8d. take £8,765 12s. 111⁄2d.

GRAMMAR-NAUTICAL SCHOOL.

1. Parse the words in the following sentence: "Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking which makes what we read our own." 2. What is the meaning of mood? Name the mood of each verb in the following: "In the next place look to your health, and, if you have it, praise God, and value it next to a good conscience."

3. Analyze the sentences:

(a.) "The baffled panther suddenly abandoned his prize."

(b.) "His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the Solar Walk or Milky Way."

(c.) "The bird that soars on highest wing

Builds on the ground her lowly nest."