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Time-table. Junior Class.

The session will consist of three terms, viz.: First term, from the 4th October to the 17th December, 1897, eleven weeks; second term, from the 3rd January to the 13th March, 1898, ten weeks; third term, from the 28th March to the 29th April, 1898, five weeks: total duration of session, twenty-six weeks. Agricultural Lectures. The Joint Committee will consider applications from local committees, agricultural societies, or farmers' associations for a course of lectures by Mr. J. B. Campbell, B.Sc. (not exceeding four in number), which will be given on Mondays and Fridays, between October, 1897, and the beginning of, March, 1898, and which may be selected from the following:— I. Use and purchase of manures (four lectures) : (1) Principles underlying profitable manuring, (2) principles guiding the selection of manures, (3) principles on which manures should be purchased, (4) principles on which manures should be mixed. (One or more may be selected.) 11. Effects of manures on farm-crops at the County Council Farm, Hutton, and elsewhere (four lectures) : (1) Becent trials in the manuring of oats, (2) recent trials in the manuring of hay, (3) recent trials in the manuring of roots, (4) recent trials in the manuring of potatoes. (One or more may be selected.) 111. Management of grass land (two lectures) : (1) Grass- and clover-seeds, (2) laying down land to temporary and permanent pastures. (One or both may be selected.) IV. Feeding-stuffs.

Time. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday. a.m. a.m. 9.15 to 10.15 English. Agriculture. Arithmetic. Agriculture. a.m. a.m. 10,15 to 11.15 Arithmetic. l__ Agriculture. Chemistry. Algebra. Laboratory. a.m. p.m. 11.30 to 12-30 Geometrical drawing. Chemistry. Preparation. Chemistry. Laboratory. p.m. p.m. 2S0 to 4 Botany. I Freehand drawing. Preparation or excursion. Geometrical drawing. Evening. Euclid, 4 to 5. English, 7.30 to 8.30. Arithmetic, 7 to 8. Chemistry, 7 to 8. Intermediate Glass. Time. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday. a.m. a.m. 9.15 to 10.15 Agriculture. Book-keeping. Chemistry. a.m. a.m. 10.15 to 11.15 Mechanics. Laboratory. Book-keeping. Agriculture. Veterinary science. a.m. p.m. 11.30 to 12.30 Botany. I Laboratory. Agricultural chemistry. Veterinary science.Botany. p.m. p.m. 2.30 to 4 Preparation. Preparation or surveying. Preparation or Freehand and excursion. model drawing. Laboratory. Evening. Geology, 7.15 to 8.15. Mathematics, 7.30 to 8.30. Chemistry. Senior Class. Time. Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Thursday. Friday. a.m. a.m. 9.15 to 10.15 Mechanics. Veterinary science. Chemistry. Book-keeping. a.m. a.m. 10.15 to 11.15 Mechanics. Laboratory. Agricultural chemistry. Veterinary science. Book-keeping. a.m. p.m. 11.30 to 12.30 Agriculture. Laboratory. Agricultural chemistry. Agriculture. Agricultural chemistry. p.m. p.m. 2.30 to 4 Preparation. Preparation or surveying. Preparation or excursion. Laboratory. Evening. Theoretical mechanics, 8 to 9. Hygiene, 8.30 to 9.30. Chemistry.