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Drawing. Use of tee and set squares, use of scales, simple geometrical figures, use of protractors, dividing a line and angle into equal and unequal parts.

Suggested Curricula for the Instruction of Apprentices.

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WORKS CLASSES.

Session.-1st October to Chinese New Year. Chinese New Year to mid-June..

Hours of Attendance.-6 p.m. to 8 p.m.-two nights per week.

Years of Study.-3 years.

Students. Selected apprentices from Works. Each year an entry of 50.

SUBJECTS.

English-Conversational. Short sentences embodying technical terms.

Reading.Again devoted to technical work which will enable the students to read plans, orders, etc.

Writing. Short sentences that would enable students to write stores, orders, etc.

Arithmetic.-Numerals and fractions to be taught first, then followed by addition, subtraction, multiplication and division and simple fractions.

Mensuration.--Tables of length, area, etc., areas of squares, rectangles, triangles, circles, etc.

Technical. Materials and tools used in shipbuilding and engineering. Parts of a ship and engine with pencilled sketches and explanations of their services.

Rivetting, caulking, plating, frame-setting, etc., machines in shops, casting, pattern-making materials used for various components of engines machines used in shops.

Drawing.-Use of the tee and set squares, use of scales, simple geometrical figures. Use of protractors, dividing a line and angle into equal and unequal parts. Projection in three planes. Parts of ships such as angles and general sections, rivets, bolts, etc., and parts of engines such as crank shaft connection rods, etc.

Elementary electricity

Elementary steam

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This syllabus is based on the assumptionn that the apprentices who take it will come from the Junior Technical School.

Years of Study.-3 years.

Attendance.-Two nights per week.

English. More advanced classes, with a view to students acquiring a more general knowledge of reading writing and conversation, keeping strictly to trade terms and expressions.

Arithmetic.--G.C.M. L.C.M. square roots.