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2. In Honours, £4 and £ 2 for a first or second class 
respectively. 
3. In Practical Inorganic and in Practical Organic 
Chemistry, £1 10s. and £1 for a first or second 
class respectively in the Elementary stage ; and in 
Practical Inorganic and in Practical Organic 
Chemistry, £4 and £3 for the first or second class 
respectively in the Advanced stage and in Honours. 
It is noteworthy that the payments are the same in 
amount in the Elementary and Advanced stages for the 
different subjects, including chemistry, when taught theoreti- 
cally, but it is reversed when chemistry is taught practically , 
the payments made in the Advanced stage being equal to 
those made in the Honours stage. 
I am fearless in avowing my disbelief that the examina- 
tion in Organic Analysis in the Honours stage takes place 
in any of the Elementary Science Schools ; for even in such 
a pronounced scientific institution as the Victoria University 
only a few students could be examined at the same time in 
that subject. I will first give the examination paper as given 
in the “ Science papers,” and then I will state my reasons 
for the opinion just expressed. 
“ Honours.” 
“ The examination in honours consists of a qualitative 
analysis of a mixture supplied, and of the determination of 
the percentage of carbon and hydrogen contained in the 
organic substance distributed for this purpose. 
“ The bottle marked (A) contains a substance in which 
the percentage of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen (the latter 
by loss) is to be determined by Organic Analysis.” 
For the information of those who are not acquainted with 
chemical analysis, it is desirable to state that, for the mere 
execution of the analysis, no great amount of chemical 
knowledge is required ; but great manipulative skill is re- 
quisite for its successful execution ; also costly apparatus is 
required ; and a space, varying in- extent with the number of 
persons who can be making the analysis at the same time, 
but considerable in extent, even for one person, must be 
specially fitted up in the laboratory for that analytical opera- 
tion alone. It is also a very lengthy operation as regards 
the time required, even for one analysis, and, unlike most 
other analytical operations, it must be completed on the day 
it is commenced. 
