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For Classes D and E, and for Junior CS. (For Supervisors only.) NEW ZEALAND.—EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.

CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS. 1904. INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT BLACKBOARD DRAWING, Time allowed for Test 1, eight minutes; for Test 2, ten minutes; for Test 8, eight minute*. Test 1. The paper in blackboard drawing is not to be given to the candidate until he is in place at the blackboard ready to take the first test—drawing from memory—the time allowed for which is eight minutes. You are requested to take care that none of the objects mentioned in the following Use, nor any representations of such objects, are in view of the candidates during the progress of this test:— A jug. A bedroom candlestick. A water-can, A box, with the lid open. A flower. Any plant, animal, or part of any animal. Test 2. The time allowed for Test 2 is ten minutes. Test 3. For the purpose of Test 3, the time allowed for which is eight minutes, a board (preferably a drawing-board), the dimensions of which must be not lees than those of an imperial drawingboard (30 inches by 22 inches), is to be arranged so that its upper surface is about 80 inches above the floor. The board may be placed on an ordinary table.

[H.B. —The dotted Sines shown in the diagram are for the guidance of the Supervisor when netting up the model, and mnst, if reproduced on the board; be removed before the examination begins. If there are more than ten candidates two or more groups of models should be set up.] A, B, 0, D are the middle points of the four edges of the board. A tin dipper, X, 6} inches in diameter, is to be placed on the board so that its centre lies in the line OA, while its rim and its handle are just clear of the line QD. A funnel, V, 7 inches in diameter, is to be so placed thai its body crosses the line O G and its nozzle crosses the line 08, while the tip of the nozzle rests on the board at B, which is 1J inches from the line OB and 8£ inches from the line OD. The body of the funnel is to be touching the dipper. The board with the objects on it should be kept covered with a cloth or with a large sheet of paper till the candidates are in place at the blackboard ready to take the third test. You are requested to see that the candidate's examination number is legibly written at the top right-hand corner of each of his drawings, as also, in Test 1, the name of the object drawn.