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REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE. 



Results of Inquiry. 

 (The Roman numerals correspond witli the numbers of the questions above.) 



I. Status of Persons and Institutions sending Replies. — The distribu- 

 tion of these circulars was purposely limited. Of the schools replying, 

 twenty-live may be described as secondary schools of the type receiving 

 grants from the Board of Education, and twenty-two as 'Public Schools.' 

 Several inspectors sent replies containing criticism of special value. 



II. On existing Ciorricula. — There is general agreement among the 

 curricula reported. We quote reply (2) as typical of schools with leaving 

 age 15 to 16, and reply (43) as typical of schools with leaving age 18 to 19. 

 The former we designate Group A and the latter Group B. 



School No. 2 (Group A). 



Ages 12-13. — Physical Object-lessons — measurements, den-sities, ther- 

 mometry, centre of gravity, moments. 



Ages 13-14. — Calorimetry, Boyle's Law, Triangle of Forces ; Chemistry 

 of air, water, chalk, carbon. 



Ages 14-15. — Expansion, Vapour Density ; Salt, Chlorine, Sulphur. 



Ages 15-16. — Ammonia, Oxides of Nitrogen, Metals, Light, Elec- 

 tricity, Organic Chemistry. 



School No. 43 (Group B). 



Ages 11-15. — Astronomy, Physiography or Botany. 



Ages 14-15. — Practical Mensuration, Elementary Practical Chemistry. 



Age 1 5. — Hydrostatics, Heat ; Chemistry of air and M'ater. 



Ages 16-19. — Mechanics, Heat, Light, Electricity and Magnetism ; 

 Inorganic Chemistry ; Elements of Chemical Theory and of Organic 

 Chemistry. 



Owing to the close agreement of the curricula, the following tables 

 fairly represent the actual sequence of subjects in the majority of 

 schools : — 



Table A.' — Usual science subjects in schools where the leaving age is 



sixteen. 



Average Age. 



Subjects 



Nature-study . 



Elementary Physical "1 

 Measurements J 



Elementary Heat 



Mechanics 



Heat and Light 



Electricity 



Elementary Chemistry 



Systematic Chemistry 



See p. 529 for the key to the Tables. 



