THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 19TH AUGUST, 1893.
STANDARD II.
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1. Reading and repeating.A passage not exceeding fifty characters in the First and Second
Readers used in the school.
2. Writing From dictation, twenty consecutive characters from the Second Dictation Book
used in the school.
3. Arithmetic.-Notation and numeration up to one million, and simple addition and sub-
traction.
Copy writing (Romanized only) will be taken in this standard, but it will not be counted
if the scholar has not passed in two of the other subjects.
Value of a pass in this standard: six dollars.
STANDARD III.
1. Reading. A passage not exceeding sixty characters in the Third Reader used in the
school, with explanation in colloquial Chinese.
2. Writing. From dictation, forty consecutive characters in the Third Dictation Book used
in the school.
3. Arithmetic.-The simple rules.
Copy writing (Romanized only) will be taken in this standard, but it will not be counted
if the scholar has not passed in two of the other subjects.
Value of a pass in this standard: eight dollars.
STANDARD IV.
1. Reading.-A passage not exceeding seventy characters in the Fourth Reader used in the
school, with explanation in colloquial Chinese.
2. Writing. From dictation, fifty consecutive characters in the Fourth Dictation Book used
in the school.
3. Arithmetic.-Compound rules (Chinese money), in addition to the arithmetic of the
previous standards.
4. Geography.-The two hemispheres (general outlines).
Copy writing (Romanized only) will be taken in this standard, but it will not be counted
if the scholar has not passed in three of the other subjects.
Value of a pass in this standard: nine dollars.
STANDARD V.
1. Reading.-A passage not exceeding eighty characters in the Fifth Reader used in the
school, with explanation in colloquial Chinese.
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2. Writing. From memory, a passage not exceeding fifty characters in the book used in the
school for that purpose.
3. Arithmetic.--Reduction (Chinese Tables) and simple proportion, in addition to the arith-
metic of the previous standards.
4. Geography.-The Chinese Empire, in addition to the geography of the previous standard. 5. History.-The History used in the school for this standard.
6. Optional Subject.--Physical Geography (atmosphere, rivers and winds).
Copy writing (Romanized only) will be taken in this standard, but it will not be counted
if the scholar has not passed in four of the other subjects.
Value of a pass in the ordinary subjects of this standard: ten dollars; in Physical Geography: one dollar.
STANDARD VI.
1. Reading.-A passage not exceeding one hundred characters in the Sixth Reader used in
the school, with explanation in colloquial Chinese.
2. Writing. From memory, writing (in Romanized character or colloquial Chinese) the
substance of a short story read out twice by the examiner.
3. Arithmetic.-Compound proportion and vulgar fractions, in addition to the arithmetic of
the previous standards.
4. Geography.-The Canton Province, in addition to the geography of the previous standards. 5. History. The History used in the school for this standard.
6. Optional Subject.-Physical Geography (the oceans, currents and tides, in addition to the
physical geography subjects of the previous standard).
Value of a pass in at least four of the ordinary subjects of this standard: eleven
dollars; in Physical Geography: one dollar and a half.