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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 21ST JANUARY, 1880.
19. For Schools in Class IV. (Schools in which a European education is given in any European language.) Standard 1.
1. Reading--Accurate promuneiation of each word in a passage not exceeding five lines in the First Book used in
the school.
2. Writing.-Copy on & slate or black board a line of print in the same book, and write from dictation a few
common words.
3. Arithmetic.--Notation, Simple Addition, and Subtraction.
Value of a pass in this Standard, six dollars.
STANDARD II.
1. Reading.-Slow and distinct reading of a passage not exceeding ten lines in the Second Book used in the
school.
2. Writing-A sentence from the same book slowly read once, and then dietated in single words.
3. Arithmetic.-Multiplication Table, Simple Multiplication and Division, in addition to the Arithmetic of the
previous Standard.
Copy writing will be taken in this Staudard, 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 III.
1. Reading-Clear and intelligible reading of a passage not exceeding ten lines in the Third Book used in the
school.
2. Writing-A sentence from the same book slowly dictated once by a few words at a time.
3. Arithmetic.--Compound Rules and Reduction, in addition to the Arithmetic of the previous Standards.
4. Grammar-Ability to distinguish the parts of speech in a short sentence in the Reading Book.
Copy writing 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, ten dollars.
STANDARD IV.
1. Reading.Intelligent reading of a prose passage not excceding fifteen lines in the Fourth Book used in the
school.
2. Writing.-A sentence from the same book slowly dictated once by a few words at a time.
3. Arithmetic.-Simple and Compound Proportion, Simple Interest, and Practice, in addition to the Arithmetic
of the previous Standards.
4. Grammar.--Parsing, orally or in writing at the option of the examiner, a simple sentence from the Reading
Book.
5. Geography-Map of the World (general outlines) and Europe.
Copy writing 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 this Standard, twelve dollars.
STANDARD V.
1. Reading.-Fluent and intelligent reading of a short ordinary peragraph chosen by the examiner from soine
common book or newspaper.
2. Writing. From memory, the substance of a short story read out twice by the examiner. Writing, spelling
and grammar will be taken into account.
3. Arithmetic.--Vulgar and Decimal Fractions, in addition to the Arithmetic of the previous Standards.
4. Grammar-Analysis and parsing, orally or in writing, of a complex sentence chosen by the examiner from an
ordinary book or newspaper.
5. Geography.--Asia, Africa and America, in addition to the Geography of the previous Standard.
Copy writing will not be taken in this Standard.
Value of a pass in this Standard, fourteen dollars.
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