1. Candidates for honours must have passsed the elementary examination in the first class.

2. The examination for honours shall be considered as a supplementary one to the elementary examination, and shall be held immediately after that examination.

3. Boys who are candidates for honours must be under sixteen years of age on the first of January of the year in which they present themselves for the honours examination.

4. Girls who are candidates for honours must be under eighteen years of age on the first of January of the year in which they present themselves for the honours examination.

5. The honours examination will include the following subjects:—