Correct. Answers.

Otago Witness, Issue 1858, 1 July 1887, Page 27

Correct. Answers.

A. P. Beece, 4428, 32, 34. Thos.'Weir, Waikoikoi, 4434. ' Kate White, Lawrence, ,4422. Xhcraites, Oamaru, ,4.428, 30, 32, 34. Alex. Kidd, Wyndham, 4429. 31, 33, 34.

THB HEN AND EGG PUZZLE. - The correct answer is 28, thus : If a hen* and a half lay an egg and a half in a day and a half, one hen would lay } of an egg in one day, hence: 2 x 6 x,7 -t- 3 = 38. Correct replies", have been received from Eobert Abernethy, Thot. Drumm, and

josepn' Aoerne&ny, jjimeom. , ■ Thersites,. Oamaru ; O. 0., Fairfax; and Alex.' Kldd, Wyndham, each reply 43, which is wrong, TBY IT AND SBB. Take the numbers from 1 to 100 inclusive, and you will find that they can be put; 'into the following number of combinations : — 12,078,964,075,413,761,420,179,707,267.058,745,918,772, 006,286,575,175,453,939,866,269,743,075,873,051,543,679, »16 t 417,457,898,430,850,136,102 1 907,236,854,045,672,996, 864 ; to this must be added 24 ciphers. ' Now try this; and then get somebody who is tolerably, .expert at figures to tell you how many millions of times you nave shifted the numbers.

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