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PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
THILL C.O.885
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post" 60. If a student fail at the first year's examination he should be given a in the following May. If he then fail to pass it should be left to the Chief Instructor as to whether he be debarred from further examination or whether he be allowed to proceed to the November test for students of the first year.
61. The second year's examination should be for passing into the third year's course those who have qualified, and for turning back, but giving a "post" to, those who have not. The classes should in this year be divided into Surveying and Draughting Sections.
62. It should be necessary for all students in both divisions to pass in each year's examination before proceeding to the next higher course, and that a student should, of necessity, pass the final examination before he is entitled to a diploma.
63. Preference in the Government service should be given on the basis of the number of marks obtained. The number of such marks should be stated on each diploma, and they should be differentiated on a properly prepared schedule which should be in the office of each Director of Surveys. It should then be easily possible to gauge the professional standard of each officer.
64. It might be feasible to vary the diploma for those who, in the Surveying Section, showed proficiency in engineering, and those who, in the Draughting Section. showed a taste for architectural drawing.
65. The examination for special class should not take place till one year after class ex- the completion of the third year's course. It would then be possible for those amination. students to specialize, and the extra certificates they then received should set forth
their specialities.
Necessary
educa. tional standard
for cadet
wishing
to enter
school.
Division
of school.
First year's
course.
66. The results of each examination should be published in the Government Gazettes of the participating Colonies, as should also the questions set at each examination.
67. I have already stated that the cadets should pay fees. I now propose to show how these. fees should be utilised. As pointed out, the Chief Instructor should furnish the Director of Surveys with his opinion of the progress of each student. I propose during the dry weather field course on his suggestions to draft the cadets into those channels for which they are best suited, by attaching them to field or other parties, under the direction of a qualified surveyor or other officer.
68. I am of opinion that it would be unreasonable and unfair to expect this officer to impart the knowledge and experience which he has gained, at considerable expense, free of charge. I think, therefore, that the fees paid by a cadet should be given to the officer under whom that cadet is placed for field or other experience during the dry weather period from January to May.
69. Every intending cadet must have passed the ex-seventh standard of the Lagos Educational Code, or other similar standard approved of by the Chief Instructor and should include the following subjects: writing, arithmetic, algebra, Euclid, and mensuration.
70. Those who possess no such educational proof of sufficient training will be subjected to an examination by the Chief Instructor in the following papers,
viz.:--
(a) Writing from dictation.
(b) Essay writing.
(c) Arithmetic.-Involving simple rules, vulgar fractions, square and cubic
measures, ratios, proportions, and averages.
(d) Algebra.-Up to and including simple factors, simple quadratic, and
simultaneous equations.
(e) Geometry-Including the first book of Euclid and its application; and (f) Mensuration. Including the areas, sides, and angles of squares, rect-
angles, triangles, and parallelograms.
He will also be required to produce two certificates of character, one of which must be from the school he last attended.
71. The School will be divided into two branches, viz., surveying and draught- ing, which will be taken simultaneously, the former involving three years and the latter two years.
72. The first year's course will be general for both branches, and will consist of:
Practical geometry,
Simple trigonometry,
Plotting from field-books,
Simple architectural and mechanical drawing, Chaining of distances,
Lettering and conventional signs,
Keeping of field-books,
Use of scales,
The use of logarithmetic tables,
The use and practice of the level, and
A slight knowledge of geology.
73. The second year's course for surveying will consist of:-
Plane table surveying.
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Elementary triangulation.
The use and adjustment of the principal surveying instruments. Prismatic compass surveys.
Taking out areas by the method of double longitudes.
Calculation of latitudes and departures.
Elementary geology.
The second year's course in drafting will consist of:--
Plotting by co-ordinates.
Reduction of maps and plans.
Compilation of maps.
Copying of maps and plans by photographic and heliographic methods.
Projection of maps, especially conical projection.
Calculation of latitudes and departures.
Use of co-ordinates.
Advanced architectural and mechanical drawing.
Finished drafting.
75. The third year's course in surveying will consist of:-
Theodolite surveying.
Magnetic variation.
Theory and use of the Vernier scale.
Division of land.
Mining and marine surveying.
Calculating and setting out of railway curves.
Contouring and taking soundings.
Those branches of practical geology suitable to West Africa.
76. The special course will consist of:-
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Practical astronomy.
Determination of time.
Latitude and azimuth.
True bearing.
Optics and the theory of lenses.
Correction and comparison of chronometers, meteorological and baro-
metrical observations.
Determination of longitude by time and occultations.
The practical use of the method of least squares.
Rigorous adjustment of the theodolite.
Spherical trigonometry as applied to practical astronomy.
Second
year's
course in surveying.
Second year's
course in
drafting.
Third
year's course in surveying.
Special
course.
The questions in the first year's examination, or matriculation, should Perceng
be so set as to test the general knowledge of the cadet, but a high percentage
of marks should not be required for a pass.
78. I would suggest the following scale as the percentage of marks necessary to obtain a pass:-
Matriculation
2nd year's surveying 2nd year's drafting 3rd year's surveying Special course
33 per cent.
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of marks
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year.