(5) The limits of age for examination in November, 1869, will be not less than 12 or more than 14; for June, 1870, 12 to 13½; and subsequently 12 to 13.
(6) The number to be entered at each examination is 37, and twice that number will be nominated.
(7) Every candidate will be required to pass a medical examination.
(8) Every candidate must produce a certificate of birth, or declaration before a magistrate; also of good conduct from his former school, or from his tutor or clergyman.
(9) Every candidate will be required—
| Marks. | |
| (a) To read a passage from a modern English author with intelligence | 100 |
| (b) To write English correctly from dictation | 100 |
| (c) To read, translate, and parse a passage from some French author | 100 |
| (d) To be acquainted with the first four rules in arithmetic, and vulgar and decimal fractions | 150 |
| (e) To have a fair knowledge of Scripture history | 100 |
No candidate will be allowed to compete unless he obtain four-tenths of the maximum marks in each subject, or 250 marks in the aggregate.
(10) Candidates so qualified will be examined in the following subjects, as they may select:—
| Marks. | |
| (f) Arithmetic: miscellaneous examples | 100 |
| (g) Algebra: first four rules, and fractions | 100 |
| (h) Euclid, to Book I., proposition xxii. | 100 |
| (i) Translate English into French | 100 |
| (k) Latin: to translate a passage from Cæsar or Virgil, and a passage of English into Latin | 100 |
| (l) English history: James I. to the present day | 100 |
| (m) Outlines of modern geography | 100 |
| (n) Any living language except French | 100 |
| (o) Elementary drawing | 100 |
No marks amounting to less than one-sixth in voluntary subjects will be counted towards the total.