364 THE TRADES SCHOOL IN THE TRANSVAAL. 



Office Practice, 



includes book-keeping, costing, reading specifications, and 

 practice in tendering for work. 



Materials: Construction and Calculations, 



includes general questions involving explanations, with 

 testing of materials by the teacher, to bring out differences 

 in nature and adaptaljility for different purposes. 



Preliminary Drawing, 



includes the syllabus of the primary school code, with 

 additions mainly of a technical nature, e.g., hand sketching. 



Technical (Trade) Drawing, 



includes machine construction and drawing for engineer 

 mechanics, and is a general name to include the similar 

 drawing special to other trades. 



English, History, Geography, 



according to school code, l)ut treated from an economic 

 and industrial point of view. 



Total Hours Per Week: 



The school day extends from 8.30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and 

 from 8.30 a.m. to i p.m. on Saturdays. The total number 

 of hours per week is, therefore, 47. 



The trades in which instruction is given both at Pretoria 

 and Johannesburg are: (see pamphlet describing the Pretoria 

 Trades School and Polytechnic). 



1. Blacksmithing : Including engineering and tool smithing. 



2. Carpentry : Including builders' joinery, furniture making, 

 and pattern making. 



3. Electricians : Wiring, armature winding and simple shop 

 testing for continuous and alternating currents. 



4. Engineer-Mechanics : Turning and fitting, including tool 

 dressing for lathe work, etc., and some knowledge of simple 

 foundry work. 



Note. — In connection with this trade there shoidd be a small 

 foundry ])lant. 



5. Plumbers: Including sheet metal work in iron, copper, 

 brass and zinc, sanitation, sewerage, and water supply. 



6. Waggon Making: Including carriage building and vehicle 

 painting. 



Note. — In connection with this trade there should be instruc- 

 tion in the Trades of (a) Sign Writing and Heraldic Painting, 

 (b) Carriage Trimming. 



7. Printing and Compositors' Work : Pretoria only ; in abey- 

 ance. 



Regulations Governing Award of Wages-Payment. 



I. Each lad entering the school shall receive a minimum of 

 8 pence per working day (twenty-six working days per month). 



