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10. Senioe Examination. Compulsory Subjects. — English, Latin, Arithmetic, and Geography. Optional Subjects. — Greek, French, German, Maori, Algebra, Geometry, Physical Science History, Book-keeping, Shorthand. The candidate must pass in at least two of the optional subjects in addition to the compulsory subjects. _ _ % 11. Any candidate may undergo the Junior and Senior Examinations at the same time; but no candidate shall be eligible for the Senior Examination unless he has passed the Junior Examination. 12. Every passed candidate may receive a certificate, signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Board, on payment of a fee of one pound. 13. A register of candidates who have been examined shall be kept by the Board, and lists of those who pass shall be published from time to time in the New Zealand Gazelle. Rules Peesceibed by the Boaed of Examinees, with the appeoval op His Excellency the Goveenob. [Under Regulation 6 of " Regulations respecting Examinations under ' The Civil Service Act, 1866.' "J I. —Conduct of Examinations. Examinations will be held in June and December. All candidates for examination must make application to the Secretary according to Form A in the Schedule. Applications must be lodged not later than the Ist of May for the June examination, and not later than the Ist of November for the December examination. Notice will be given to candidates by the Secretary to the Board, or by the Local Examiner, of the exact time and place of examination. Further instructions will also be forwarded at the same time. II. —Subjects of Examination. JUNIOB EXAMINATION. Compulsory Subjects. English. —Dictation, reading, spelling, grammar, and composition. Arithmetic. —Including vulgar and decimal fractions. History. —History of England. Geography. SENIOE EXAMINATION. Compulsory Subjects. English. —Dictation, reading, spelling, grammar, and composition (including abstract and precis writing). Latin. —Any one of the following: Sallust. —Catiline and Jugurtha. Virgil. —Any four books of the .ZEneid ; the Board to be informed which books are chosen. Horace. —l. Odes and Epodes; or, 2, Satires and Epistles: the Board to be informed of the selection. Ccesar. —De Bello Gallico. Cicero —Orations. Passages for translation will be set from these authors, and candidates will be required to answer grammatical and historical questions arising out of the passages so set. . Arithmetic. Geography. —Political and Physical. Optional Subjec\s. Any two or more of the following subjects, at the option of the candidate :— Greek. —Any one of the following :— Xenophon. —Anabasis. Homer. —Any one book of the Iliad. jEschylus, Sophocles, or Euripides. —Any ono play. Passages for translation will be set from these authors, and candidates will be required to answer grammatical and historical questions arising out of the passage so set. French. German. Maori. Algebra. —So far as to include the solution of quadratic equations. Geometry. —The first Four Books of Euclid. Physical Science. —Outlines of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, or Geology. History. —History of England, including Colonial History, especially of New Zealand. Book-keeping. Shorthand. lll.—Registee and Cebtificates. Tho Register of Candidates shall be kept according to Form B in the Schedule. Certificates will be issued in the form C in the Schedule to candidates who pas 3 the Junior Examination. Certificates will be issued in the form D in the Schedule to candidates who pass the Senior Examination.