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liquid measures, time-table, square and cubical measures, and any measm-e connected 

 ■with the industrial occupation of the district. 



Bristol, from its geographical position, seems especially adapted for ti-ade with 

 the western part of the continent of Europe, where the metric system of weights 

 and measures is now universally in use. Through various treaties of commerce 

 British trade is rapidly increasing with countries employing that simple and 

 easy mode of calculating measm-es and weights ; and as a permissive Act of Par- 

 liament of 1864 sanctions the metric system in Great Britain and Ireland, it may 

 be e5:pedient for the Governors of Colston's boarding-school to consider if some 

 knowledge of the tables of metric weights and measm-es may not be desirable for 

 the foimdationers of that venerable institution. 



The competitive examination in Colston's boarding-school is arranged in the 

 subjects of Standard V. of the Educational Code for boys between eleven and twelve 

 years of age, as follows : — 



"Improved reading; and recitation of not less than seventy-five lines of 

 poetry. 



" Writing from memory the substance of a short story read out twice. Spell- 

 ing, grammar, and haudwi-iting to be considered. 



"Practice, bills of parcels, and simple proportion." 



The examination for admission to Colston's Girls' School is not to fall below the 

 minimum standard for admission to Colston's Hospital. 



The subjects of secular instruction are to be as follows :— Reading and spelling, 

 •wi-iting, arithmetic or elementary mathematics ; English grammar, composition, 

 and literature; French or Latin, or both; the outlines of history; geography, 

 political and physical; drawing and vocal music; household management; the 

 laws of health ; and needlework. 



Besides the endowed schools of Bristol, Clifton College, in the immediate neigh- 

 bourhood, founded in 1861, comprises 500 boys, in addition to whom there are 

 45 boys in the preparatory school of that College. 



As soon as the boys of "Clifton College reach the fifth form, they can enter either 

 on the Classical or on the Modern side ; but those who are not in the College are 

 required to pass a preliminary examination. 



In Clifton College instruction is given to boys intended for the Royal Military 

 Academy, Woolwich, or the Indian Civil Engineering College, Cooper's Hill, or 

 the profession of Civil Engineering ; and a system of education is carried on suitable 

 for students intended for either Oxford or Cambridge. 



The Cathedi-al of Bristol assists in the establishment of a training College for 

 the education of superior teachers ; and for this institution the Ecclesiastical Com- 

 missioners provide a capital sum of £12,000. 



An entrance examination is arranged for admission into the Training College, 

 comprising English grammar and composition, arithmetic, geography, and English 

 history. Afterwards another examination is held, in which each Candidate is ex- 

 pected to pass in at least two of the following subjects : — 



Divinity, English literatul'e, Latin, one modern language, mathematics, and 

 one branch of natm-al science. 



No student is to be admitted imtil he has attained the age of 17 j'ears. 



Candidates may, if the Governors think fit, be admitted into the College without 

 passing the examination for admission, if they are graduates of any imiversity in 

 the United Kingdom, or if they have passed the senior local examination of either 

 of the Universities of Oxford or Cambridge, or the Matriculation Examination of 

 the University of London, or if they are holders of any scholarship or exhibition 

 which may be deemed by the Governors an adequate qualification. 



The com-se of general instruction in the Training College has for its main object 

 to illustrate methods of teaching, and the science and history of education, and to 

 qualify the Students to become skilled teachers in higher schools. The course 

 includes — 



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