History.

Either English History, viz., "A Student's History of England" by Gardiner, or Ancient History, viz.:MERIVALE AND PULLER: School History of Rome (Longmans, Green & Co.)

C. A. FYFFE: Greece (History Primer).

Physics.

The following Syllabus is prescribed :

Syllabus

Measurements of length, area and volume.

Comparison of weights. The balance. Methods of weighing. Mass. Density. Density relative to water. Buoyancy of liquids. Pressure at any point of a liquid, .Pressure of a gas. BOYLE'S Law. Atmospheric pressure. Barometer. Water-pump. Air-pump. U-tube manometer. Siphon.

Temperature. Thermometry. Quantity of Heat. Specific Heat. Fusion. Vaporization. Condensation. Solidification. Latent Heat Melting point. Boiling point. Vapour tension. Distillation. Dilatation. Coefficient of expansion. CHARLES' Law.

Rectilineal propagation of Light. Shadows. Pinhole Camera.

Reflection of Light. Mirrors. Images.

Refraction of Light. Index of refraction. Prisms. Minimum deviation. Lenses. Focal lengths. Position and magnification of images. Telescope. Simple Microscope.

Dispersion. Spectroscope, Spectra.

Sound Waves. Vibration frequency. Pitch. Intensity. Vibration of stretched strings. Monochord. Relation between frequency, length, mass and tension of stretched string. Tuning fork. Velocity of sound.

Velocity of a moving body. Uniform acceleration in direction of motion. Relation between force, mass and acceleration. Unit of force. Momentum. Energy. Work.

Power. Units of Work and Power. Conversion of Energy into Heat.

Condition of equilibrium of two or more forces acting at a point. Triangle and Polygon of forces. Resultant of two or more forces acting at a point. Parallelogram Law.

Parallel forces acting on a rigid body. Condition of equilibrium. Resultant. Centre of gravity. Couples.

Lever. Systems of Pulleys. Screws. Mechanical advantage and efficiency of machines. Friction.

Magnets. Magnetic lines of force. Magnetization. Strength of pole. Magnetic moment. Magnetic field. Action of a magnetic field on a magnet. Earths' magnetic field.

Frictional Electricity, including its production, the nature and properties of a charge, conductors and nonconductors, the Leyden Jar, principles of simple condensers. Frictional machines, induction electrophones, electroscopes. The production of current electricity, the electro chemical changes taking place in the commoner forms of cell, the methods of connecting cells in a battery in parallel series. Elementary ideas as to the nature of resistance, potential and quantity of a current.

Magnetic field due to electric currents. Unit current. Measurement of currents. Static and Tangent Galva

nometer.

Heating effect of currents. Electric lighting.

Electro-chemical action of currents. Electroplating. Electro magnets. Electric Telegraph.

The following text-books are suggested :—

WENTWORTH and HILL: Text-book of Physics (Ginn & Co., Boston).

JONES: Heat, Light and Sound.

SANDERSON: Electricty and Magnetism.

BALFOUR STEWARD: Elementary Physics.

ROBINSON: Mechanics.

GLAZEBROOK : Statics, Dynamics and Hydrostatics.

CHEMISTRY.

The following Syllabus is prescribed :

Syllabus

Measurements of length, volume and contents; the use of the balance, burette, thermometer, barometer, BOYLE'S Law, CHARLES Law, vapour tension, liquefaction and solidification, determination of melting points and boiling points, distillation and condensation.

Elementary and compound substances, mixtures, solution, chemical action, the laws of definite and multiple proportion, the determination of equivalent weights, atoms, molecules, atomic and molecular weights, vapour, density, the atomic theory and AVOGADRO's hypothesis, combination of gases by volume, valency, diffusion.

Relation between equivalent and atomic weights, determination of atomic weights, DULONG and PETIT'S Law.

Chemical symbols, formulæ and equations; calculations of an easy nature. Chemical change and physical change, combination, decomposition, double decomposition.

The chief physical and chemical characters. preparation and properties of the following elements and compounds, with (as far as possible) proofs of the composition of the compounds: Hydrogen, oxygen, water, natural waters, ozone, hydrogen dioxide.

Nitrogen, the atmosphere, the effects of animal and vegetable life upon its composition, ammonia, nitric acid and nitrates, nitrous acid and nitrites, the oxides of nitrogen.

Carbon, marshgas, ethylene, acetylene, carbon-dioxide, carbon monoxide, carbonic acid, combustion, structure of flame, coal gas, Davy lamp.

Chlorine, hydrochloric acid, the chlorides, oxides and oxyacids of chlorine.

Bromine, Iodine, their hydracids and oxyacids.

Sulphur, sulphuretted hydrogen, the oxides of sulphur, sulphuric acid and the sulphates, sulphurous acid and the sulphites.

Phosphorus, phosphoretted hydrogen, oxides of phosphorus, phosphoric acid.

Silica and silicates, Glass.

Sodium and its hydrate, chloride, nitrate, carbonate Borax.

Potassium and its nitrate, carbonate and hydrate.

Calcium and its oxide, carbonate, sulphate and chloride.

Iron, the outlines of its metallurgy, its sulphates, chlorides and oxides.

Steel, cast-iron, wrought-iron.

Copper, the outlines of its metallurgy and its sulphate, nitrate and oxide, brass.

Lead, the outlines of its metallurgy, and its chloride, sulphate and acetate.

The common uses of Zinc and Tin.

The following text-books are suggested :

PERKIN and LEAN: Introduction to the Study of Chemistry.

ROSCOE and LUNT: Inorganic Chemistry for Begin

ners.

JAGO Inorganic Chemistry (Longmans' Elementary Science Manual).

REMSEN: Inorganic Chemistry (Macmillan's Manual for Students).

PARRISH and FORSYTH: Chemistry for Organized Schools of Science.

REYNOLDS: Chemistry, Vol. I.

B.A. EXAMINATION, 1907.

Every candidate for the B.A. Degree will be required to show a competent knowledge of at least three distinct branches of study. The branches recognised are

English.

GROUP I.

GROUP II.

Latin, Greek, Hebrew, Arabic. ог Arabic with Persian, Sanskrit, Mathematics.

GROUP III.

Philosophy, Political Economy, Political Science with History, History.

Every candidate must take (a) Group I; (b) a subject in Group II; and (c) a third subject which may be chosen from either Group III or Group II.

ENGLISH.

A. 1ST OR GENERAL SECTION: -

(Two papers and a vivâ voce Examination.)

1st paper: Unseen Passages from modern books or magazines, or newspapers, on History, Biography, Travel, etc., with grammatical questions.

2nd paper: An Essay, on a subject of general interest. Viva voce: Conversational, based on unseen passages similar to those set in the 1st paper, with grammatical questions.

B. 2ND OR SPECIAL SECTION :

(2 papers.)

1st paper: Questions on set books of Prose Literature, and on prescribed portions of the Literary History of English Prose.

2nd paper: Questions on set books of Poetry, and on prescribed portions of the History of English Poetry.