Malwa Traps. Intertrappean beds. The Coal-bearing Series of India. General geology, petrology, and paleontology of the Coal fields of India. Mineralogy as applicable to the discrimination of well-known minerals and their crystallographic characteristics as laid down in the prescribed text books. Use of the Microscope in determining the properties of crystals embedded in rock sections. Preparation of rock sections.

Practical Examination.

Candidates will be expected to identify and describe specimens of the principal Rocks and fossils characteristic of the formations above enumerated; also to identify specimens of well-known minerals and describe their properties. The Candidate will also be required to exhibit some dexterity in the use of the Petrological Microscope, and produce at least six specimens of rock sections prepared by himself.

Text-books recommended for Mineralogy and Crystallography

Elements of Mineralogy by F. Rutby; Crystallography by G. H. Williams. Tables for the determination of Rock-forming minerals by Loewinson Lessing, translated by J. W. Gregory.

50. On the second Monday after the commencement of the Examination or so soon thereafter as may be practicable, the Examiners will publish a list of successful Candidates in two Classes and Pass, the names in each Class and Pass being arranged in alphabetical order.

51. A Certificate will be given to those who pass the Examination. (Vide Form Q.)

MASTER OF ARTS.

52. The Examination for the Degree of Master of Arts will be held annually in Bombay, commencing on the fourth Monday in November. 53. Any person, being a Bachelor of Arts in the University of Bombay may be admitted to the Examination for the degree of Master of Arts, and should he pass the Examination in any one of the undermentioned branches, he will be admitted to the degree of M.A. on the expiration of five years from the date of his Matriculation.

54. Candidates must forward an application to the Registrar at least three months before the Examination. (Vide Form R.)

55. Each Candidate must pay to the Registrar a fee of Rs. 50, for which a receipt will be given. (Vide Form S.)

56. Failure to pass, the Examination will not disqualify the Candidate for presenting himself at any subsequent M.A. Examination, on a new application being forwarded, and a fresh fee paid.

57. The Examination will comprise the following branches :~~

I.-Languages.

II.-History.

III.-Philosophy.

IV.-Mathematics.

V.-Experimental Physics.

VI.-Chemistry.

VII-Natural Science.

I.-LANGUAGES.-Six Papers.

Candidates must take up English with one or more of the following:Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, Hebrew, Arabic, French, Persian, Avesta and Pahlavi, Marathi, Kanarese and Gujarati.

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The subjects in each Language will be announced by the Syndicate two years before the Examination.

1st and 2nd. Questions on the English books taken up by the Candidates, including points of Scholarship, Comparative Philology, Criticism, and the History of Literature.

3rd and 4th. Similar questions on the Latin, Greek, Sanskrit, Hebrew, Arabic, French, Persian, Avesta and Pahlavi, Marathi, Kanarese and Gujarati books taken up by the Candidates. Among the subjects for examination in Sanskrit, the Syndicate shall announce at least two years before the Examination a course of studies in Pali and Indian Paloography which a Candidate may take up in lieu of some other portion of the prescribed course to be announced at the same time.

5th. Translation from English into the second language, and vice versa.

6th. Original English Composition in Prose or Verse.

II.-HISTORY.-Six Papers.

1st. A Special Period of English History. 2nd. The Constitutional History of England.

3rd. The Economic History of England and Political Economy. 4th. A Special Period of Indian History.

5th. A Special Period of Modern or Medieval European History. Comparative Politics.

6th.

The Books and Periods will be settled from time to time by the Syndi cate.

III.-PHILOSOPHY.-Six Papers.

1st. The historical development of Greek Philosophy as represented by the Pre-Socratic Schools, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, the Epicureans, Sceptics, Eclectics and Neo-Platonists: to be studied in

Zeller's volumes or in similar works.

2nd. The historical development of modern Philosophy as represented by Descartes, Spinoza, Leibnitz, Bacon, Locke, Berkeley, Hume, Kant, Hegel and Herbert Spencer: to be studied in the general aspects of their systems, and in their relations to each other.

(Candidates, who wish to study the works of non-English authors specified, may refer to the following complete or partial translations : Descartes by Veitch; Spinoza in Bohn's Library; Leibnitz by Langley; Kant by Mahaffy and Bernard, by Abbott and by Watson; Hegel by Stirling and by Wallace.)

3rd. One of the following (a, b, c or d) at the option of the Candidate :

(a) Plato: The Republic, Theaetetus, Phædrus, Philebus, and Phædo (translated by Jowett).

(b), Aristotle: Ethics (by Peters), Politics (by Jowett or Welldon), Psychology (by Wallace).

(c) Locke's Essay concerning Human Understanding, Books I and II; Fraser's selections from Berkeley; Hume's Treatise on Human Nature, Book I.

on.

(d) Kant's Critical Philosophy with Dr. E. Caird's Commentary there

4th. Moral Philosophy: to be studied in Martineau's Types of Ethical Theory; Sidgwick's Methods of Ethics; Abbott's Kant's Theory of Ethics; Green's Prolegomena to Ethics.

Or Natural Theology, i.e., the Philosophy of Theism and of Antitheistic Theories, to be studied in Fraser's Theism; Flint's Antitheistic Theories; Martineau's Study of Religion, and similar works of modern writers.

5th. Psychology to be studied in Sully's Human Mind; James's Principles of Psychology.

Or Psychology: to be studied in its empirical and rational aspects, comprising the subjects treated in Ladd's Outlines of Physiological Psychology; Ladd's Philosophy of Mind; Maher's Psychology, and corresponding works of Ward and Mivart.

6th. An essay on some subject included in the above course.

IV. MATHEMATICS.

Candidates in Mathematics must select one of the following Groups

GROUP A.-Six Papers.

1st. Differential and Integral Calculus, Calculus of Variations, Differential Equations.

2nd. Analytical Geometry of Two and Three Dimensions.

3rd. Analytical Statics, Dynamics of a Particle, Rigid Dynamics.
4th. Hydrostatics, Elementary Hydrodynamics, Astronomy.
5th. Algebra, Determinants, Theory of Equations.

6th. Pure Geometry, Plane and Spherical Trigonometry.

1st.

GROUP B.-Six Papers.

Differential and Integral Calculus, Differential Equations.

2nd. Analytical Geometry of Two and Three Dimensions.

3rd. Analytical Statics, Electricity and Magnetism.

4th. Hydrostatics, Hydrodynamics and Sound.

5th. Dynamics of a Particle, Rigid Dynamics.

6th. Geometrical Optics, Astronomy.

Text-books* to be recommended from time to time by the Syndicate.

*N.B.-Text-books at present recommended :

Group 4.

1. Algebra-Chrystal's Algebra, Part II.

2. Determinants and Theory of Equations-Burnside and Panton's Theory of Equa tions, Third Edition, 1892,

3. Pure Geometry-Lachlan's Modern Pure Geometry and Russell's Pure Geometry. 4. Plane Trigonometry-Hobson's Plane Trigonometry.

5. Spherical Trigonometry-McLelland and Preston's Spherical Trigonometry, Part I, and Chapters VI-X, and XIII of Part II.

6. Differential Calculus-Edwards' or Williamson's Differential Calculus.

7. Integral Calculus and Calculus of Variations-Todhunter's or Williamson's Integral Calculus.

8. Differential Equations-Woolsey Johnson's Differential Equations.

9. Analytical Statics-Routh's Analytical Statics, Vol. I, and the first 68 pages of Vol. II.

10. Dynamics of a Particle-Besant's Dynamics, Aldis's Rigid Dynamics.

11. Analytical Geometry-Salmon's Conic Sections, Ferrers' Trilivear Co-ordinates, and Charles Smith's Solid Geometry.

12. Hydrostatics-Minchin's Hydrostatics and Hydrokinetics,

13. Astronomy-Godfray's Astronomy.

Papers:

V.-EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS.

(Four Papers and Two Practical Examinations.)

I.-General Physics and Sound.

II.-Heat.

III.—Light.

IV. Electricity and Magnetism.

Practical Examinations :

I.-General Physics, Sound and Heat.

II.-Light, Electricity and Magnetism.

Text-books to be recommended from time to time by the Syndicate.* N.B.-Candidates will not be expected to be acquainted with Mathematical processes involving a knowledge of the Calculus.

VI.-CHEMISTRY.

(Three Papers and Three Practical Examinations.)

Three months before the commencement of the Examination the paged Laboratory Journals kept by the Candidate during the course of his studies should be submitted to the Registrar by the Principal of the College where he has been studying. These Journals should contain the detailed methods employed for doing the whole of the analytical and preparatory work prescribed from time to time by the Syndicate, the work of every week to bear the signature of the Director of the Laboratory.

No Candidate will be admitted to the Examination, unless the Examiners, on an inspection of these Journals, consider him sufficiently prepared for the practical portion of the Examination.

Group B.

1. Differential Calculus-Edwards' or Williamson's Differential Calculus.

2. Integral Calculus and Calculus of Variations-Todhunter's or Williamson's Integral Calculus.

3. Differential Equations-Woolsey Johnson's Differential Equations.

4. Analytical Geometry-Charles Smith's Conic Sections and Solid Geometry.

5. Analytical Statics-Routh's Analytical Statics, Vol. I, and the first 126 pages of Vol. II.

6. Electricity and Magnetism-Cumming's Theory of Electricity, and the first 374 pages of J. J. Thomson's Electricity and Magnetism, Edition of 1895,

7. Dynamics of a Particle-Routh's Dynamics of a Particle.

8. Rigid Dynamics-Routh's Elements of Rigid Dynamics.

9. Hydrostatics-Besant's Hydrostatics.

10. Hydrodynamics and Sound-Basset's Elementary Treatise on Hydrodynamics and Sound.

11. Geometrical Optics-Herman's or Heath's Geometrical Optics, omitting Chapters on the Characteristic Function.

12. Astronomy-Godfray's Astronomy.

*The text-books at present recommended are

1. Daniell-Principles of Physics.

2. Poynting and Thomson-Properties of Matter.

3. Poynting and Thomson-Text-book of Physics, Vol. I,-Sound.

4. Preston Theory of Heat.

5. Clerk Maxwell.-Theory of Heat.

6. Preston-Theory of Light.

7. Cumming-Theory of Electricity.

8. J. D. Everett-Deschanel's Natural Philosophy, Part 3, Electricity, Edition of 1901.

9. Hertz-Electric Waves, excepting Chapters IX, XIII and XIV.

10. J. J. Thomson-Discharge of Electricity through Gases.

11. Kohlrausch-Physical Measurements.

Each Journal is to bear the following Certificate :

'Certified that the work specified in this Journal was done within the
walls of the Laboratory of
College, was completed
within the time specified in the Journal, and was duly examined by
me from week to week.

N.B.-Candidates will not be expected to be acquainted with Mathemati. cal processes involving a knowledge of the Calculus.

Papers :

I. Physical Chemistry.

II.-Inorganic Chemistry.

III.-Organic Chemistry.

Text-books to be recommended from time to time by the Syndicate.*

PRACTICAL EXAMINATIONS.-Six days.

Candidates are allowed to use their Laboratory Journals at the Examinations.

1. Practical Organic Chemistry,

Candidates will be expected to be conversant

(i) with the typical laboratory methods, viz., Extraction and separation of liquids; Distillation; Decolourising of liquids; Filtration; Crystallisation; Determination of melting point; Determination of boiling point, also of small quantities; Sublimation; Determination of Vapour Density by V. Meyer's method;

*Text-books at present recommended :

1. J. Walker-Introduction to Physical Chemistry,

2. Jones-Elements of Physical Chemistry.

3. Ostwald-Principles of Inorganic Chemistry.

4. Roscoe and Schorlemmer-Treatise on Chemistry, Vols. I and II.

5. Bernthsen-Text-book of Organic Chemistry.

6. Clowes-Practical Chemistry.

7. Clowes and Coleman-Quantitative Analysis.

8. Gatterman-Practical Methods of Organic Chemistry.

9. Newth-Manual of Chemical Analysis.