The examination shall include written answers in English to questions relating to the books selected for the examination.

It shall also include questions on Comparative Grammar, with special reference to the language professed by the candidate.

Every candidate shall be required to write an essay in English on a subject connected with the History or Literature of the language professed by him.

The examination in English shall include the elements of AngloSaxon grammar, and one paper in English literature generally.

The examination in the classical language shall include translation into English from the language professed by the candidate, and into that language from English, A candidate for the degree of M.A. in Sanskrit shall be allowed to take up Indian palæography and epigraphy instead of any group which he may select of the text-books in philosophy fixed by the Syndicate. The Syndicate to determine what constitutes a group for the purpose of this regulation.

6. The examination in History* shall be in the following subjects:

(a) The History of England (including Scotland, Ireland, and the British Colonies and dependencies) to the accession of Queen Victoria.

(b) The Constitutional History of England.

(c) A selected period of History-Indian or European, Ancient, Mediæval, or Modern-to be studied with reference to original

sources.

(d) Political philosophy, General Jurisprudence, and International Law.

(e) Political Economy and Economic History.

Candidates shall also be required to write an Essay in English on some subject included in the foregoing course.

7. The examination in Mental and Moral Philosophy shall include Psychology, Logic, Ethics, and Natural Theology as in the B.A. Honour Examination, but more fully developed, together with Political Philosophy and the History of Indian and European Philosophy (both General and Special), the subjects in Political Philosophy and History of Philosophy (Special) to be selected from year to year.

8. Candidates in Mathematics shall be allowed to select alternatively one of the following groups of subjects :

(A) Pure Mathematics as principal subject with Mixed Mathematics as subsidiary subject.

(B) Mixed Mathematics as principal subject with Pure Mathematics as subsidiary subject.

Candidates who select group (A) shall be examined in the following subjects

1. Algebra.

2.

Trigonometry, Plane and Spherical.

3. Theory of Equations.

4. Analytical Plane Geometry.

5. Analytical Solid Geometry.

* For Text-books, see Section VIII.

7. Integral Calculus, including the elements of the Calculus of Variations.

Candidates who select group (B) shall be examined in the following subjects :

4. Integral Calculus, including the elements of the Calculus of Varia

tions.

5. Analytical Statics.

6.

7.

8.

9.

Dynamics of a Particle.

Rigid Dynamics.

Hydro-mechanics, including the elements of the Theory of Sound.
Astronomy.

10. Newton's Principia, Sections I, II, III, IX, XI.

Candidates shall be required to possess a knowledge of so much of the Theory of Equations, Differential Equations, Spherical Trigonometry and Geometrical Optics as is necessary to understand the subjects in group (B).

9. Candidates in Natural and Physical Science shall be allowed to select alternatively one out of the following subjects :—

(A) Chemistry.

(B) Heat, Electricity, and Magnetism as principal subjects with Light and Sound as subsidiary subjects.

(C) Light and Sound as principal subjects, with Heat, Electricity, and Magnetism as subsidiary subjects.

(D) Botany.

(E) Physiology and Zoology.

(F) Geology and Mineralogy.

(A) The course in Chemistry shall be both theoretical and practical. In the practical examination candidates ought to show a good knowledge of chemical manipulation, and ought to be able to qualitatively analyse complex inorganic substances. They should also be acquainted with the Principles of quantitative analysis.*

(B) and (C) Candidates will have to show a thorough knowledge of the principal subjects and a general acquaintance with the subsidiary subjects, treating the subjects mathematically and experimentally.

(D) Botany* shall include the following:

(a) General and Special Morphology and Physiology.

(b) Systematic Botany.

(c) Palæobotany.

(d) Practical knowledge of indigenous Indian plants and identification of specimens of them by Roxburgh's Flora Indica (Clarke's edition).

(E) Zoology* shall include the subjects (a) Comparative Anatomy and Physiology, (b) Distribution, and (c) Evolution.

* For Text-books, see Section VIII.

(F) Geology and Mineralogy* shall include the subjects of (a) Stratigraphical Geology, (b) Palæontology, (c) Mineralogy, (d) Crvstallography, and (e) Elementary Inorganic Chemistry.

10. As soon as possible after each examination for the degree of M.A., the Syndicate shall publish a list of candidates who have passed, arranged in three classes, each in order of merit. Candidates shall be bracketed together, unless the Examiners are of opinion that there is clearly a difference in their merits. Each successful candidate shall receive with his degree of M.A. a certificate setting forth the subject in which he was examined, and the class in which he was placed. The names of those successful candidates who have not prosecuted a regular course of study in an affiliated Institution shall be submitted to the Senate every year before the Convocation, with a view to their being admitted to the degree of M.A.

11. The candidate who shall be placed first in the first class in each branch shall receive a Gold Medal and a prize of books to the value of one hundred rupees, and the second student of the first class in each branch shall receive a Silver Medal and a prize of books to the value of one hundred rupees.

12. Any Master of Arts may, on payment of a fee of fifty rupees, be admitted to the M.A. Examination in any branch other than that in which he was previously examined, and may, if his attainments come up to the standard prescribed for the degree of M.A., be granted a certificate to that effect, stating the class in which he has passed. A candidate who fails to pass, or to present himself for examination, shall not be entitled to claim a refund of the fee. A candidate who fails to pass may be admitted to any one or more subsequent M.A. examinations on payment of a like fee of fifty rupees on each occasion. A candidate who fails to present himself may be admitted to any one subsequent M.A. Examination on payment of half the fee.

DOCTOR IN SCIENCE.

(To be in force until the Examination of 1907.)

1. An examination for the Degree of Doctor in Science shall be held annually in Calcutta, commencing at such time as the Syndicate shall determine, the date to be approximately notified in the Calendar for the year.

2. Every candidate for the Degree of Doctor in Science must produce certificates to the following effect :

(a) Of having passed the B.Sc. Examination.

(b) Of having passed the M.A. Examination in Mathematics or Natural and Physical Science, under paragraph 2 of the M.A. Regulations,

* For text-books, see Section VIII.

at least two years previous to the date on which the D.Sc. Examination

is to be held.

(c) of having passed an Examination in one of the groups of subsidiary subjects defined below.

3. The subsidiary subjects referred to in paragraph 2 shall be as follows:

(a) A short course in Mathematics.

(b) A course of Applied Mathematics in Heat, Electricity, and Magnetism.

(c) A course of Applied Mathematics in Light and Sound.

(d) A short general course in Chemistry.

(e) A course of Experimental Physics in Heat, Electricity, and Magnetism.

(f) A course of Experimental Physics in Light and Sound.

(g) A short general course in Zoology.
(h) A short general course in Botany.

(i) A short general course in Physiology.

4. A candidate who has passed the M.A. Examination in Natural and Physical Science, as defined in paragraph 9 of the M.A. Regulations, will be allowed to take up the subsidiary subjects in the following combinations :

(a) [Chemistry] with either (e) or (ƒ).

(b) & (c) [Physical Science] with either (a) or (d).

(d) [Botany] with (g).

(e) [Physiology and Zoology] with (h) or (i).

(f) [Geology and Mineralogy] with either (d), (g), or (h).

A candidate who has passed the M.A. Examination in Mathematics

will be allowed to take up either (b) or (c).

5. The limits of the subjects referred to in paragraph 3 shall be as follows:

(a) Candidates who take up this subject will be examined in (i) the Elements of the Differential and Integral Calculus, including the easier part of differential equations, (ii) Principles of Vector Analysis, and (iii) Principles of Dynamics. The examination will be limited to such parts of these subjects as are useful in the study of Mathematical Physics.

(b) & (c) In these subjects, candidates will not be expected to possess a higher knowledge of Mathematics than what is required of candidates in the corresponding subjects for the M.A. Examination.

(d) In addition to a fuller knowledge of the subjects included under the head" Bachelor of Science," " Honours in Chemistry, "the following subjects will have to be specially studied :—

A.-Chemical Statics.

(i) Properties of matter in its three states of aggregation, their study from a chemical standpoint, including a knowledge of the Critical constants.

Theory of constitution of matter.

Atoms and Molecules; dimensions of Molecules; Types, atomic linking; methods of determining Atomic and Molecular weights (with special attention to recent methods).

Relations between properties of elements and their atomic weights; the Periodic Law.

Physical Mixtures; Compounds; Molecular Compounds; Capillarity; Surface-Tension of Viscosity of liquids.

Molecular refractive power and Atomic refractive equivalents. Optically active Bodies, Saccharimetry; Stereo-chemical theories. Connection between the Molecular strucuture of compounds and their Physical and chemical properties.

B.—Chemical Kinetics.

(ii) Theories as to the nature of chemical affinity and of chemical change. Specific coefficients of affinity, and methods of their determinaion. Thermo-Chemistry.-A fairly complete study of Thermodynamical Laws applied to Chemical actions. Influence of Mass in Chemical action. Dissociation in gases and in solution; recent views as to nature of solutions. Migration and velocity of Ions. Conductivity of electrolytes.

Volume.-Changes of solutions during chemical action. Diffusion. Dialysis. Electro-chemical theories.

Electrolysis, detailed study including—Chemical study of Batteries and storage cells.

dered.

Magneto-optic and electro-magnetic phenomena—chemically consiInfluence of Light on Chemical action, Photo-Chemistry, Spectroscopy-detailed study.

(e) The course shall be the same as that for the corresponding subjects for the B.Sc. Honours Examination, with the addition of the elements of the Kinetic theory of gases, but candidates shall be required to show a more extended knowledge of the methods and principles of the above branches of Physical Science.

So far as the Mathematics of the B.Sc. Pass Standard are applicable, a knowledge of the mathematical treatment of the subjects will be expected, but only when such treatment is necessary for the proper elucidation of the principles involved, candidates must, however, show expertness in the solution of numerical examples arising from the application of Physical principles to practical problems.

The practical examination shall be confined to the standard exercises, which constitute the ordinary laboratory course in the above subjects, such as, for instance, are given in Glazebrook and Shaw's text-book on Practical Physics.

(f) The course shall be the same as that for the corresponding subjects for the B.Sc. Honours Examination, but candidates shall be required to show a more extended knowledge of the Methods and Principles of the above branches of Physical Science, especially with regard to Physical Optics and the theory of Wave Motion.

The remarks made under heading (e) with regard to mathematical treatment apply also here.

The Practical Examination shall be confined to the standard exercises, which constitute the ordinary laboratory course in the above subjects, such as, for instance, are given in Glazebrook and Shaw's text-book on Practical Physics.

(g) Two General " papers will be set to the standard of Kirkaldy and Pollard's translation of Boas' Text-book of Zoology.

One of the papers will be on the general principles of Zoology, Phylo-geny and Classification, Evolution, and distribution in space and time; the other will be on Animal Morphology, with a certain amount of Physiology and elementary Embryology,