Calendar: 1889-1890 Page 815

SCHEME FOR JUNIOR COMMERCIAL EDUCATION 171 French -Five hours per week Continuation of exercises of preceding year Conversa iional exercises Dictation Composition of simple letters essays &c Reading and Translation German or Spanish Portuguese or Italian -Five hours per week The same course to be pursued in commencing new language as with French and German History -Two hours per week Brief course of Ancient History with special reference to Colonies and Commerce revision of English History Geography -Two hours per week Commercial Geography of the British Isles including Agriculture Animal Produce Mineral Textile and Chemical Industries Commerce Railways Steam-boat Service Colo- nization Physical Geography of Africa Asia America and Oceania Mathematics -Five hours per week Arithmetic -Stocks Exchanges Metric System Mental Arithmetic and Rapid Calculation Algebra Factors and Fractions and Quadratics Logarithms Elements of Logarithmic Calcula- tion Geometry -Euclid Book Natural History -One hour per week Elementary facts of Physiology Physics -Two hours per week Experimental illustrations of Heat and Calorimetry Conduction Radiation and Absorption of Heat Magnetism Natural and Artificial Magnets the Compass Needle the Earth as Magnet Voltaic Electricity Batteries Measure- ment of Currents Galvanometers Ohm's Law Heating Effects of Current Electrolysis Mutual Action of Currents Magnetiza- tion by Currents Electromagnets Magneto-Electricity In- duction Coils Thermo-Electricity Optional or alternative