ON ANIMAL BIOLOGY IN THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM. 407 



Extract from circular letter from the Private Secretary (Appointments "), Colonial 

 Office, covering Memorandum on ' Agricultural, Forestry, Veterinary and other 

 Scientific Appointments in the Colonial Service ' (Colonial Office, March 1927) : — 



' last year, for instance, it was not possible for the Secretary of State to award 

 a scholarship in Entomology as no candidate who had taken Honours in 

 Zoology, or some other appropriate course, was forthcoming.' 



APPENDIX IV. CURRENT SYLLABUSES OF BIOLOGY, BOTANY, AND 



ZOOLOGY. 

 SCHOOL CERTIFICATE : 



BOTANY. Syllabuses are provided by all Examining Boards. 



ZOOLOGY. Syllabuses are provided by Durham, London, and Cambridge Local 

 Examinations Syndicate ; in the case of the latter under the title ' Natural 

 History of Animals.' A few schools ofFer their own syllabuses for the Oxford 

 and Cambridge Schools Examination Board. 



BIOLOGY. Syllabuses are provided by Durham, London (School Cert.), Northern 

 Universities, Oxford Local Examinations, and Wales. Syllabuses are not 

 provided by Bristol, London (Matric), Cambridge Local Examinations 

 Syndicate, nor the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board ; but 

 the latter has in recent years examined a few schools on their o^ n syllabuses, 

 and this year a special paper was set by Bristol for one school which was 

 examined on its own syllabus. 



HIGHER CERTIFICATE : 



BOTANY. Syllabuses are provided by all Examining Boards. 



ZOOLOGY. Syllabuses are provided by all Examining Boards except Oxford 



Local Examinations. 

 BIOLOGY. Syllabuses are provided by all Examining Boards except Durham. 



APPENDIX V. STATISTICS RELATING TO CANDIDATES ENTERING 

 FOR BIOLOGY, BOTANY, AND ZOOLOGY IN SCHOOL CERTIFICATE, 

 MATRICULATION, AND HIGHER CERTIFICATE EXAMINATIONS IN 

 ENGLAND AND WALES DURING THE TEN YEARS FROM 1918 TO 

 1927 INCLUSIVE. 



The Committee thanks the Secretaries of the various Examination Boards for 

 their help in supplying data from which the following tables are compiled. 



In the case of the University of Bristol, statistics regarding the biological subjects 

 are only available from 1924. 



* Some excellent Colonial appointments for botanists, mycologists, zoologists, 

 and entomologists are at the disposal of the Secretary of State for the Colonies. 



