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pure silver and gold ; calculation of results obtained in batteries from treatment of ore ; keeping notebooks and forms of assay reports ; the valuation of specimens. Text-book. —Assaying and Practical Chemistry, Park. Practical Assaying (Wet). Preparation and use of reagents ; tests for purity; use of apparatus and balances ; assay of ores of iron, copper, lead, zinc, antimony, bismuth, mercury, manganese, nickel, cobalt, arsenic, chromium, silver, barium, calcium, and magnesium ; assay of fuels, with determination of sulphur ; assay of slags and other metallurgical products ; assay of cyanide-solutions. Text-book. —Manual of Practical Assaying, Furman. Practical Chemistry, Junior. Preparation and use of reagents ; tests for purity ; use of apparatus and balances ; separation of the metals into groups ; qualitative tests for the different metals ; qualitative separation of the common metals ; qualitative tests for the acids H.S, HCI, HBr, HI, HF, HCN, HNO,„ HCIO 3 , H 3 B0 3 , H„COa, HAG,, H B PO 4 , H,SiO d , HJ3O 4 , H 3 As0 4 . Text-book. —Analysis Tables for Chemistry Students, Taylor. Practical Chemistry, Senior. Estimation of Al, Cr, Fe, Ca, Mg, Cv, Ag, Pb, Zn, Mn, Ni, Co, X, NH 4 , Sn, As, Sb, Hg, and H 2 SO 4 , HCI, HBr, C 0 HN0 3 , H 3 PO 4 , Si0 2 , HCN, HI, S0 2 , in simple salts, and in mixtures containing not more than two bases and two acids. Volumetric analysis. Acidimetry and Alkalimetry. Elementary analysis of rocks. Text-book. —Newth, Manual of Chemical Analysis ; or Clowes and Coleman. Theoretical Chemistry, Elementary. States of matter—solid, liquid, gas. Elements and compounds. Elementary knowledge of the following : H 2 O, water; CI; HCI; N; the atmosphere ; NH S ; HN0 ;! ; C ; C0 2 ; combustion ;S; P ; S0 2 . Theoretical Chemistry, Junior. Eudiments only of chemical theory as applied to mining and metallurgy. Occurrence, preparation, properties, and uses of the following elements, and their more important compounds only : H, 0, N, CI, Br, I, F (HF only), S, P, As, Sb, C, B (borax only), Si. Easy problems. Text-book. —Jago, Inorganic Chemistry. Theoretical Chemistry, Senior. The'"same as for Junior, with the addition of the following : Na, X, NH 4 , Au, Ag, Hg, Cv, Fe, Sn, Pb, Zn, and their more important compounds. The subject to be treated from a mining and metallurgical standpoint. Text-book. —Newth, Inorganic Chemistry. General and Mining Geology. Physical [Geology. —The earth as a planet, its form and motions; geological climate; the atmosphere ; ocean ; solid crust; the interior of the eartii. Dynamical Geology. —Metamorphism ; agencies modifying the crust of the earth—atmospheric, aqueous, chemical; weathering ; sedimentation ; classification of deposits —mechanical, aqueous, organic, and chemical ; denudation and erosion ; volcanic action ; earthquakes. Structural Geology. —Stratification ; jointage ; contortion ; faults ; conformity ; unconformity ; dip and strike ; cleavage ; metamorphic rocks ; intrusive sheets, bosses,- dykes, fissures ; formation of quartz veins, lodes, and metallic deposits ; dynamics of lodes ; recovery of lost lodes. Geological Surveying. —The practice of running natural sections ; noting dip, strike, and inclination of strata and lodes ; mapping geological formations ; collection of mineral and rock specimens. Stratigraphical Geology. —Classification of plants and animals ; fossils ; blending of species ; geological record ; the study of characteristic life, and distribution of formations from archsean to recent times, with special reference to the geology of New Zealand. Text-books. —Elementary Geology, Boulger ; Class-book of Geology, A. Geikie. Mineralogy and Blowpipe Determination. Crystallography. —The six systems, their axes, typical and modified forms ; holohedral and hemihedral forms ; twin crystals ; use of goniometer. Systematic Mineralogy. —Physical properties —hardness, specific gravity, cleavage ; optical properties —reflection, refraction, polarisation, phosphorescence, lustre ; chemical properties and composition ; isomorphism and pseudomorphism ; distribution and paragenesis of minerals ; classification.