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Report of Examiner on Botany and Eletnentary Physics. 

 In each subject, six papers were sent in. Thhe candidates were 

 the same in each subject. 



All the Botany papers were well done. The highest marks 

 were 8 1 per cent., obtained by George D. Goode, while the lowest 

 marks obtained were 58 per cent. Question 4, which was to be 

 answered by all candidates, was, on the whole, well done, though 

 none could think of an experiment to prove satisfactorily that the 

 root-hairs are the plant organs which absorb water from the soil. 

 The candidates who answered question I failed to grasp the fact 

 that the cotyledons of the bean seed are a part oj the embryo ; all 

 stated that they enclosed the embryo. 



The paper in Elementary Physics was also well done by all the 

 candidates. The highest marks, 93 per cent., were again obtained 

 by George D. Goode. The lowest marks obtained were 64 per 

 «ent. 



I have the honour to be, 

 Sir, 

 Your obedient servant, 



LONGFIELD SMITH, B.Sc. (Edin.) Ph.D., (Leipzig.) 

 Lecturer in Agricultural Science, 

 13th Feb., 1905. 



Report of Exatniner on Entomology. 

 The knowledge of general entomology seems to be good, every 

 boy having a good idea of the characteristics of insects and of 

 metamorphosis. 



In answer to question 3, however, only 7 orders of insects are 

 mentioned, and the order Neuroptera is given as having incom- 

 plete metamorphosis and as including the Dragon flies. This is 

 not correct, but may have been adopted by the teacher for the 

 sake of simplifying the course. I would suggest the use of 9 

 orders, as follows : — 



I Thysanoptera Thrips 

 with incomplete II Odonata Dragon flies 



metamorphosis III Orthoptera 



IV Hemiptera 



V Neuroptera Lace wings Chrysopa, &c. 

 VI Coleoptera 

 with complete VII Lepidoptera 



metamorphosis VIII Diptera 



IX Hymenoptera 

 This makes it possible to treat the Neuroptera and Odonata 

 (Pseudo-neuroptera) separately as they should be treated, and 

 makes a place in which to discuss Thrips, a group of insects 

 likely to need attention in many branches of tropical agriculture, 

 without making too many orders for even an elementary course 

 of study. 



