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Durham. 

 No geography 



London. 



No geography. 



' English History and the Geography relating thereto ' is one subject, 

 and in January 1897 'A map of England at the close of the reign of 

 Alfred ' was one of the questions that might be chosen. 



Oxford. 

 No examination. 



Victoria. 



' English Language and Composition, English History with Geography ' 

 is a subject ; the fifth section of the syllabus reads ' Elements of Political 

 Geography, especially of Great Britain and Ireland.' 



XXIV. — Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board 



Regulations. 



Higher Certificates. 



Candidates who offer Physical Geography and Elementary Geology 

 shall be examined in — 



(a) The outlines of Physical Geography : viz. the form of the earth 

 and variations in the earth's surface ; the force of gravity ; the seasons ; 

 the atmosphere and climate, winds, clouds, rain and dew, the ocean, tides, 

 seas, lakes and rivers, glaciers and icebergs, volcanoes and earthquakes. 



(b) The outlines of Geology : viz. the principal igneous, aqueous, and 

 metamorphic rocks, including recognition of specimens ; denudation ; 

 deposition of stratified rocks, dip, strike, joints, cleavage, faults, dykes ; 

 unconformable stratification ; the principles on which the relative ages of 

 rocks are determined ; the outlines of stratigraphical geology ; the recog- 



I nition of the fossil genera found in the principal formations. 



Examination for Lower Certificates. 



[N.B. — This Examination is adapted for Candidates of sixteen years 

 of age.] 



■ In Geography, questions shall be set on General Geography, and on 



I the Geography of the British Isles and of some other country to be 

 selected. 



For the examination in 1898 the selected country shall be the German 

 Empire. 



The qiiestions shall be set on the assumjjtion that the main principles of 

 Physical Geography form the basis of geographical teaching. 



