ABSTRACT
The provincial examination hall, where the graduates of the first degree who desire to compete for the second degree assemble once in every three years, is located in the north-eastern quarter of the city. The graduates of the second literary degree, instead of first calling upon the literary chancellor, as do the graduates of the first degree, are invited to a feast at the yamun of the governor of the province. Graduates of the second and the higher literary degrees are entitled to erect an honorary tablet, which is usually suspended over the principal outer door of their residence; another is put in the ancestral hall. The graduates from the second to the fifth name inclusive on the list have certain characters which indicate the fact to those who understand their application and meaning. The main streets of the prefectural city, on the days when graduates pay their visits of ceremony, present an animated appearance.
