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tary bodies, the more important combinations of hydrogen, 

 combinations of oxygen with other quasi-elements, fluorate 

 of silica, carburetted hydrogen, cyanogen, general proper- 

 ties of metallic and othef salts, special study of the more 

 important metals and their compounds. Natural history : 

 distribution of existing bodies in groups and kingdoms, 

 distinctive characteristics of species of organs, apparatus 

 and functions, mode of studying minerals and determining 

 their production, composition, and importance, crystallo- 

 graphy; classification, nomenclature, and chemical pro- 

 perties of minerals. Botany : structure and forms of 

 vegetables, organs of vegetation, roots, stems, leaves, with 

 their variation and arrangement, and effects of this on 

 ramification ; flowers, inflorescence, calyx, corolla, stamens, 

 pistils, and ovary ; fruits, seeds, vegetable physiology, 

 nourishment and growth, reproduction, classification, and 

 specification of properties common to classes of plants. 

 Zoology : difference between animals and vegetables, 

 animal structure, organography, and physiology ; classifi- 

 cation proposed by Cuvier and modified by Milne Edwards ; 

 characteristics of mammifera?, with description of the prin- 

 cipal families of rodents, of pachydermata, and of rumin- 

 ants ; characteristics of birds, and description of the 

 principal families of gallinaceous, of wading, and of web- 

 footed birds ; characteristics of fishes, and description of 

 the principal families of soft finned fishes ; characteristics 

 of the principal families and the more remarkable genera 

 of the coleoptera, of the orthoptera, hymenoptera, and 

 lepidoptera ; and the geographical distribution of animals, 

 with causes influencing this. 



On these subjects the candidate for admission is 

 examined before he can enter the school. He is free to 

 pass through these preliminary studies when he pleases, 

 and there are specified works on the several subjects, 

 from which 'information preparatory to examination may 

 be obtained. 



It is stated that in the examination in drawing there 

 will be required manifest facSlity*in copying correctly an 



