On 1st April.

Before
5th April.
Before
15th April.

On 14th April.

On 15th April

examinations,

examinations, and not later than 30th April for day examinations, send to the Board Form 119, giving the precise number of candidates for examination in each subject specified in that form, and also the other information required. (See § XXVIII. of Directory.)

Application for Examination in the Elementary Stage of Science and Art Subjects must be made on Form 119 and must be accompanied by the prescribed examination fee. (See §§ XX. and XXVIII. of Directory.)

NOTE. The application for examination questions is, except under most exceptional circumstances, final, and limits the number of candidates allowed to sit. After 10th March for Evening, or after 5th May for Day examinations no modification is possible. No Examination will be held for Schools from which Form 119 has not been received before 5th, or 12th, March, or 2nd, or 7th, May in accordance with the above paragraphs. Late or irregular applications will not be entertained.

To send to the Offices at South Kensington works for examination for payments and certificates with Form 528. (See § XXXIII. of Directory.) Application for Science and Art Scholarships to be made on Form 280 for Local Exhibitions on Form 286.

To direct candidates for Whitworth Scholarships and Exhibitions to send in Form 330, and candidates for Royal Exhibitions, National Scholarships, or Free Studentships in Science to send in Form 330a; and candidates for Royal Exhibitions (Art), National Scholarships (Art), and Free Studentships (Art), to send in Form 1181 (see Art, § XLIX.c. of Directory).

To hang Form 91 in the schoolroom.

To warn all candidates to attend in examination room 10 minutes prior to the time fixed for commencement of examination.

If a parcel containing (1) the papers for the candidates to work upon, for the evening (2) copies of Form 91, and (3) canvas bags in which to return the worked papers, should not have been received, or if there should be any mistake in the number sent for each subject, or in the covering letter, to communicate AT ONCE with the Board.

and 11th June for the day examinations

During the
Examinations.

On the evening or day of Examination..

Before 10th June.

Before 30th June.

Before 1st July.

After the announcement of the results of the examinations.

The examination questions for Science and Art subjects for each examination will be sent to the duly appointed local custodian in registered letter packets, so as to arrive on the morning of the day of examination, or the evening or day before. The local custodian must arrange for the receipt of the packets, and for their safe custody, until the examination commences. (See § XXX. of Directory.)

To conduct the examinations according to the Rules (Form 91) and certify to that effect and post the papers, &c., in the bags or packings provided.

To direct candidates competing for Royal Exhibitions, National Scholarships, Free Studentships in Science, or Whitworth Scholarships and Exhibitions to return Form 400, and candidates competing for Royal Exhibitions (Art), National Scholarships (Art), and Free Studentships (Art), to return Form 1202 (see Art., § XLIX.c.). To send in Form 234 (appli

cation to attend short course of instruction in Art).

To send in Form 1178 (applications to study in the Victoria and Albert Museum, &c.).

To send in Form 488, application for admission to Royal College of Art as a Student in Training or National Scholar.

To communicate results on receipt of lists to the Teacher and to each candidate namned in them, and to distribute certificates to the successful candidates.

In cases where prizes are awarded, return as soon as possible Science Form 161, and Art Form 571d. Applications for prizes will be forwarded

MEMORANDA FOR SECRETARIES.

to the agents for execution in the order in which they are received, but

the Board cannot guarantee the delivery of prizes by any specified date.

Managers to meet and examine the Attendance Registers, and certify the After 31st July. claims for grants, and send them to the Board with the Attendance Registers

and any application for prizes.

Apply for payment of Grant for Science and Art Scholars on Form 282,

and apply for renewal of Scholarships on Form 473.

All claims for payments should be made as soon as possible after 31 July, and not later than 31st October (see Directory § XLI.)

To record and report to the Board the number of individuals examined.

NOTE.-A deduction of half-a-crown is made from the next payment to the School for every day's delay in sending in a Form, Return, or Works.

TEACHING STAFF.

(1.) QUALIFICATIONS IN SCIENCE.

The following special qualifications are applicable to the subjects mentioned :

a. In Mathematics (Subject V.), a First Class at the examinations in Mathematics.
cach stage qualifies the holder to teach that stage, or the pre-
ceding stages a success at an examination in Honours qualifies in
the stages included in that examination and in the preceding stages.
A pass in stage 1 of the old Training College syllabus qualities
in stage 1, 2, 3. 4. A pass in stage 2 of the same syllabus qualifies
in all the stages.

Teachers certificated by the Board of Education, Whitehall, or the
Scotch Education Department are recognised as qualified to teach
Stage 1.

b. A qualification in Stage 2 of Mathematics, or in Applied Mechanics, Elementary
will be accepted as a qualification to teach Elementary Practical Practical
Mathematics.

C.

Mathematics.

In Theoretical Mechanics (Subject VI.) a First Class in the Advanced Mechanics.
Stage of subdivision (a) or (b) qualifies the holder in that sub-
Division, and also in the elementary stage (a) and (b).

(a) or (b) qualify the holder in VI. (a) and (b).

Honours in

d. In Sound, Light, and Heat (Subject VIII.) a First Class in subdivision Physics.
(a) or (b) or (c) qualifies the holder in that subdivision, and also in
the common Elementary Stage.

Honours in subdivision (a) or (b) or (c) qualify the holder in VIII.

Physiography (Section I.).

Chemistry and
Metallurgy.

Persons

recognised as teachers before 1833.

Certificates prior to 1867.

Qualification Without Examination'

e. A qualification in Theoretical Mechanics, Subject VIa. and VI., Sound, Light, and Heat Subject VIII., Magnetism and Electricity, Subject IX., or Chemistry, Subject X., will be accepted as a qualification to teach Section I. of the Elementary Stage of Physiography, Subject XXIII.

f. A qualification in Human Physiology, Zoology, or Botany, will be accepted as a qualification to teach Section I. of the Elementary Stage of General Biology.

g. In Practical Chemistry (Inorganic or Organic, Subjects X. and XI.) or in Practical Metallurgy (Subject XIX.) the Teacher must have obtained a First Class in the advanced stage or a success in Honours of both the theoretical and practical divisions of those subjects. This rule does not apply to Teachers who had been accepted by the Board and who had taught classes in Practical Chemistry or Practical Metallurgy before May 1883.

h. All persons who were qualified to earn payments on results in any subject of Science previous to July 1888, and who at that date were teaching or had previously been teaching, a recognised class in that subject remain qualified to teach that subject.

i. The Science Teachers' Certificates awarded previously to 1867 still remain in force, and with regard to them and the alterations made in Vegetable Zoology and Anatomy and Physiology, Subjects XV., XVI. in 1873, and in Subject XXIII., Physical Geography, in 1876, information can be obtained on application to the Board.

The examination for qualification to teach subjects of Science may be dispensed with in the case of

The teachers of a school under the Public Libraries' Acts; of a school (not being a public elementary school within the meaning of the Elementary Education Act, 1870) governed by a scheme under the Endowed Schools Acts, the Governors of which act, under § VII., in their corporate capacity, as Managers (see p. 4); of a school which is under the control of a local authority under the Technical Instruction Act under § VIIa., p. 4; or of certain other recognised public institutions.

QUALIFICATIONS IN ART.

There are three forms of Certificate for ART TEACHERS :—

(1.) The Elementary Drawing Certificate;

(2.) The Art Class Teacher's Certificate; and

(3.) The Art Master's Certificate.

These several Certificates can be claimed when the examinations
required have been passed. In applying for his Certificate the
Applicant must state when and where he passed the examinations.
Applications for Elementary Drawing Certificates and Art Class
Teacher's Certificates must be made upon Form 592, and not by

letter.

Applicants for Certificates may be required to be re-examined in any subject in which they have passed more than three years previously,

The requirements for the ELEMENTARY DRAWING CERTIFICATE are-a Elementary Second Class in :

(a.) Drawing with Chalk, or brush with tempera on the Black-
board;

(b.) Model Drawing, outline;

(c.) Drawing in Light and Shade from a Cast;

Drawing
Certificate.

(d.) Geometrical Drawing (Art); and

(e.) Perspective.

For the ART CLASS TEACHER'S CERTIFICATE the requirements are:

The satisfactory execution of the following works :

(a.) Subject la. Six or eight geometrical problems worked in ink
with instruments, the problems being stated in writing. (On
an imperial sheet.)

(b.) Subject 5a. A drawing from a group of models which should
include vases such as those produced by Wedgwood or
Minton placed upon a drawing board, or from a group of
two or three objects such as a basin, a chair, a hat, a wheel-
barrow, drawn without background, and to be intelligently,
but not elaborately, shaded in chalk, pencil, or sepia. (On
an imperial sheet.)

It must be distinctly understood that this work must be
entirely executed from the models and objects, without
reference to Drawings, Paintings, or any flat representation
of the same subjects.

c.) Subject 5b. A shaded drawing in chalk or pencil from a piece
of ornament in relief, or from casts of fruit. (On an
imperial sheet.) Drawings from casts in relief of the same
size as the originals may not be submitted for examination.

It must be distinctly understood that this work must be
entirely executed from the cast without reference to Draw-
ings, Paintings, or any flat representation of the same subject.
(d.) Subject 10. Three studies of plant form, in the flat from three
different freely-growing plants, in monochrome with pencil,
chalk, pen, or brush.

(c.) Subjects 14 and 22. A study, in colour, of a growing plant
from nature, not pictorially represented (ie., with accidents
of light and shade), but simply and directly drawn, with
details (separately if required), selected by the student as
being characteristic of its growth and suggestive of orna-
ment, together with three designs based upon the plant.
These designs must occupy, in a decorative way, a square, a
circle, and an oblong. One of them must be in mono-
chrome, one in two colours, and one in polychrome.
these at least one must be executed in body colour or
tempera. In each case the plant must be, not merely com
posed into the given space, but treated in accordance with
decorative conditions. (On an imperial sheet.)

Of

N.B.-Plain lettering, of good form, must always be used by candidates for the titles and descriptions placed by them on their Certificate Works. and a First Class in :

(f.) Geometrical Drawing (Art).

(g.) Perspective.

(h.) Memory drawing in pencil, chalk, or brush, of plant forms
treated flatly.

(i.) Model drawing in outline (which may be lightly shaded).
(j.) Drawing in Light and Shade from a Cast; and

(k.) Design, Elementary Stage.

Successes obtained under old rules will be accepted as far as possible in

Art Class
Teacher's
Certificate.

Art Master's
Certificate.

For the ART MASTER'S CERTIFICATE:

This Certificate is only issued to Candidates who have obtained the Art Class Teacher's Certificate. The requirements for the Certificate are— The satisfactory execution of the following works :

(a.) Subject 1c. One Perspective problem stated in words and clearly worked in ink to fill an imperial sheet.

(b.) Subject 1d. Geometric elevations of the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders, with their entablatures complete, the columns to be 12 inches high, including capital and base (On an imperial sheet.)

(c.) Subject 8b". A shaded drawing of a complete human figure from the Antique. (On an imperial sheet.)

It must be distinctly understood that this work must be entirely executed from the cast without reference to Drawings, Paintings, or any flat representation of the same subject.

(d.)* Subject 8c1. Shaded drawings of a head, hand, and foot from the Life, full size, thoroughly carried out in pencil, chalk, or brush in monochrome.

(e.)* Subject 22b. A design in outline, to be executed in some historic style of ornament. (On an imperial sheet.) It is necessary that the ground be tinted. The outline, which should be part of the design, may be executed with a broad pen or a brush.

(f.)* Subject 22e. A sheet of Roman letters designed to fill an oblong and a triangle. The students should take sentences from some well-known author.

(g.)* Subject 23a. A geometrical drawing in pencil made from measurements taken from an actual piece of architecture by the Student, which might be either part of a building or a tomb with canopy, or a public monument, or a church porch, or cathedral stalls, or some other object of that kind. (On an imperial sheet.) The measurements and sketches must be firmly fastened to this sheet, to which must be attached, also, on a half imperial sheet, freehand sketches slightly shaded in pencil, pen, or brushwork, of some ornamental detail in the object chosen for measurement.

(h.)* Subject 23c. A Drawing of a Flowering Plant (such as that required under (e) for the Art Class Teacher's Certificate), with three distinctly different designs for patterns based on the plant. Each of these three different designs must be suited to the technical requirements of one of three different processes of manufacture; such, for instance, as embroidery, inlay, printing, wrought metal, weaving, painting, &c. The process and material for which it is intended must be named on each design. One at least of these designs must be executed in body colour or tempera. (On an imperial sheet.) (i.)* Subject 23e. A modelled study of a flowering plant (such as that required under (e) for the Art Class Teacher's Certifi cate), with three distinctly different modelled designs for patterns based on the plant. Each of these three different designs must be suited to the technical requirements of one of three different processes of manufacture. The process and material for which it is intended must be named on each design.

N.B.-Plain lettering of good form must always be used by Candidates for the titles and descriptions placed by them on their Certificate Works.