LOCAL CENTRES.

Candidates may be examined at Local Centres in which a Committee of Management has been formed and approved by the Board.

Candidates desiring to sit at these centres must make all applications, payments, and communications to the Local Secretaries. All Local Centres in Western Australia are managed by the Committee in Perth.

PRIMARY

Last day of entry, Monday, 27th July, 1903.

Examination begins on Monday, 24th August, 1903.

JUNIOR

* Last day of entry, Monday, 19th October, 1903. Examination begins on or after Monday, 16th November,

SENIOR

1903.

MARCH EXAMINATION.

Last day of entry, Tuesday, 10th February, 1903.
March Examination begins on Tuesday, 10th March, 1903.

*Last day of entry, Morday, 19th October, 1903.

Examination begins on Monday, 23rd November, 1903.

HIGHER

*Last day of entry, Monday, 19th October, 1903.

Examination begins on or after Monday, 16th November, 1903.

ELEMENTARY COMMERCIAL

*Last day of entry, Monday, 19th October, 1903.

Examination begins on or after Monday, 23rd November, 1903.

The days and hours of examinations will be intimated to candidates after the entries have been received.

*Last day for candidates in Western Australia to enter their names for the Junior, Senior, Higher, and Elementary Commercial Examinations, Monday, 5th October, 1903.

PRIMARY PUBLIC EXAMINATION.

REGULATIONS.

I. Every candidate must satisfy the Public Examinations Board in at least four of the following subjects, of which two must

be numbers 1 and 2:

(1) English Grammar
and Composition

and Dictation.

(2) Arithmetic.

(3) Geography of the

British Isles and
Australasia.

II. A candidate who does not pass in four subjects, including numbers 1 and 2, fails in the whole examination.

III. The examination will be held during the month of August or September in each year.

IV. Candidates must give at least four weeks' notice of their intention to present themselves, and such notice must be given on a printed form, which may be obtained from the Registrar or, in the case of Local Centres, from the Local Secretary.

V. A fee of 10s. for four subjects, and 2s. 6d. for each additional subject, shall be paid by each candidate at the time of giving notice to attend.

In no case will the fee be returned; but if, not less than seven days before the examination, a candidate shall notify to the Secretary his intention to withdraw, the fee shall stand to his credit for a future examination.

VI. Candidates who may fail to give notice by the prescribed date may be permitted by the Board to present themselves on payment of an extra fee of 5s.

VII. A list of successful candidates, arranged in alphabetical order, showing the subjects in which the candidate passed and the last place of education from which each candidate comes, will be posted at the University and published in the report on the public examinations.

VIII. Each successful candidate shall be entitled to a certificate showing in what subjects the candidate has passed.

IX. On application to the Secretary to the Board unsuccessful candidates shall be informed in what subjects they have failed.

X. Schedules defining as far as may be necessary the range of the questions to be set shall be published not less than twelve months before the date of the examination to which they are intended to apply.

Allowed 11th December, 1901.

SYLLABUS FOR THE PRIMARY PUBLIC EXAMINATION TO BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER, 1903.

1. ENGLISH.

(a) Grammar. An elementary knowledge of grammatical distinctions, including inflexions, the parsing and analysis of sentences, and the detection of grammatical errors. The meaning of words in commou

use.

(b) Composition. An essay or letter on a simple subject, mainly to test grammatical accuracy and punctuation.

(c) Dictation. A list of words in common use.

2. ARITHMETIC.

Easy questions on the elementary processes of arithmetic, including fractions, decimals, practice, rectangular areas, and volumes.

3. GEOGRAPHY OF THE BRITISH ISLES AND AUSTRALASIA.

Candidates will not be expected to draw maps, but outline maps may be issued for candidates to fill in as required.

Geography of the British Isles, as in Longman's Shilling Geography. Teachers are recommended to use Wittber's Geography of Australasia, which, however, contains more detail than will be expected from candidates.

4. ENGLISH HISTORY.

Gardiner, S. R. Outline of English history, first period (Longmans).

5. GREEK.

White, J. W. First lessons in Greek, Lessons 1-48 (Macmillan. 3s. 6d.).

6. LATIN.

Cook, A. M.

7. FRENCH.

Shorter Latin course, first part (Macmillan. 1s. 6d.).

(a) Grammar.-Fasnacht, G. E. Progressive French course, first year (Macmillan. 1s.).

(6) Easy translation from French into English, and from English into French.

8. GERMAN.

(a) Grammar.-Fasnacht, G. E.

Progressive German course, first

year, pp. 1-77. (Macmillan. 1s. 6d.).

(b) Easy translation from German into English, and from English into German.

9. ALGEBRA.

Elements of algebra, including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, brackets, and simple equations, with problems.

10. GEOMETRY.

Euclid Book I, definitions, axioms, and propositions 1 to 20, with exercises.