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NITRO-GLYCERINE BILL, 1869 . 
Form of Authority to Examine. 
We hereby authorize of to examine 
apprentice or pupil to of as to his general elemen¬ 
tary knowledge of the Latin language, English grammar, composition, dictation, and 
arithmetic as far as vulgar fractions and decimals. 
The entire value of this examination is represented by 300, viz.:— 
Latin—grammar—translation of a passage from the first hook of 
Caesar (De Bello Gallico) .100 
English grammar, composition, and dictation.100 
Arithmetic.*. ..100 
No candidate can be registered unless he obtain a total of 150 marks. In the event 
of his obtaining a total of 150 marks, but failing to obtain one-fourth of the standard 
number in one subject, he shall be required to present himself on a subsequent occasion 
to be examined in every subject in which he shall have failed to obtain one-half of the 
standard number of marks. 
By order of the Council, 
President. 
Secretary. 
18 , 
17, Bloomsbury Square , London. 
Certificate of Examination. 
I hereby certify that I have examined apprentice or pupil to 
of agreeably with the regulations of the Board as 
set forth on the face hereof, as to his classical and general education, and hereby report 
that I award to him in— 
Marks. 
Latin. 
English composition, etc. . . . 
Arithmetic. 
Total.. • 
Signed 
Qualification 
Of 
This day of 18 . 
To the Chairman of the Board of Examiners. 
N.B.—This document, duly signed and filled up, is to be forwarded, under seal, to 
“ The Chairman of the Board of Examiners.” 
A BILL fAS AMENDED IN COMMITTEE] TO PROHIBIT FOR A LIMITED 
PERIOD THE IMPORTATION, AND TO RESTRICT AND REGULATE 
THE CARRIAGE, OF NITRO-GLYCERINE. 
Whereas the carriage and conveyance of nitro-glycerine has been found to be attended 
with great risk and danger to the lives and property of her Majesty’s subjects, and it is 
desirable to restrict and regulate such carriage, and in particular to prevent the mischief 
which might arise from explosions in the removal and landing of nitro-glycerine from 
ships, and for that purpose to prohibit the importation thereof: be it enacted, by the 
Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords 
Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in this present Parliament assembled, and by the 
authority of the same, as follows :— 
1. This Act shall come into operation on the 1st day of October, 1869, and shall con¬ 
tinue in force for the period of one year next following. 
2. This Act may be cited for all purposes as “ The Nitro-Glycerine Act, 1869.” 
