570 REPORT — 1893. 



A choice is given from about forty different subjects of instruction, 

 some of these being for women only. About one half of these are either 

 directly or indirectly of a scientific nature, and each scholar may take not 

 less than two or more than five of these subjects. They include — 



^Euclid, 



(d) Mathematics . . . \ Algebra, 



(Mensuration, 



' Elementary Physiography, 



Elementary Physics and Chemistry, 



Science of Common Things, 



Chemistry, 



Mechanics, 



(e) Science subjects, and subjects i Sound, Light, and Heat, 

 of practical utility \ Magnetism and Electricity, 



Human Physiology, 



Botany, 



Agricultui'e, 



Horticulture, 



(Navigation, 



together with domestic economy, cookery, laundry work, dairy work, 

 housewifery, and manual or technical instruction. There is the restric- 

 tion that no scholar may take more than two of the science subjects for a 

 grant. This the Committee take to mean the subjects specified in cate- 

 gory (e), so that two of those might be taken 2^1^$ the three mathematical 

 subjects (d) or three of the miscellaneons subjects, domestic economy, 

 cookery, &c. As most of these latter may, and indeed ought to, be 

 taught upon scientific principles, the limitation may not in effect be of 

 any serious consequence ; while the last of all, ' Technical Instruction,' 

 may be made to include the practical application of the several physical 

 sciences included in category (e). 



The various schemes suggested in the Appendix are much too detailed 

 to admit of being introduced into this report, but it may be mentioned 

 that while those for most of the subjects of instruction follow pretty 

 closely on the lines of those in the day schools Code, though not appor- 

 tioned to particular stages or as work for separate years, there are detailed 

 schemes given for some of the subjects which are far in advance of any- 

 thing that has hitherto been supplied by the Education Department. Of 

 these the courses of instruction prescribed for elementary physiography, 

 elementary physics and chemistry, agriculture, and domestic economy 

 are given in great detail. To that for elementary physics and chemistry, 

 which is described as an elementary course in practical science, a memo- 

 randum is appended to the following effect : — ' The second title is given 

 to this scheme to indicate that it is not a mere outline of a set of lectures, 

 but is rather a systematic course of practical instruction for the scholars 

 themselves. The complete set of experiments should be carried out by 

 the class {i.e., the scholars) as a whole. The whole course may reasonably 

 extend over two or even three years.' 



Your Committee are glad to recognise in this the adoption of the 

 principles which were laid down in their report read at the Cardiff meet- 

 ing in 1891, and hope that the improved methods of instruction suggested 

 in the continuation school Code maybe largely adopted in the elementarv 

 day schools. 



