CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION BOARD (REPORT OF THE).

Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1879 Session II, H-03

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Sess. 11.—1879. NEW ZEALAND.

CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION BOARD (REPORT OF THE).

Presented to both Houses of the Assembly by Command of His Excellency.

The Chaiemau, Civil Service Examination Board, to the Hon. the Colonial Secretaey. Office of the Civil Service Examination Board, Sib,— Wellington, 24th July, 1879. I have the honor to submit the following report of the proceedings of the Civil Service Examination Board for the year ending 30th June, 1879. DECEMBER, 1878, EXAMINATION. Candidates applied to be examined ... ... ... ... 142 „ presented themselves ... ... ... ... 136 „ underwent Junior examination ... ... ... 104 „ passed „ ... ... ... 53 „ candidates underwent Senior examination ... ... 32 „ passed „ ... ... 19 The names of candidates who passed, placed in the order of merit, are as follows : —

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Irder. Name. Residence. Where Educated. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 is 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 McTver, Kenneth Bruce Bullard, John Skeen, Robert Lowis ... Hunt, William Raymond Barltrop, George William Greenfield, Francis Edmund ... Cameron, John Mindoro Thompson, Thomas ... Bannatyne, William James Kennedy, Alexander Francis Allen, Frank Evans, William Percival Goulstone, Newton Henry Lowe, Henry James ... Burnett, Hubert Hoult, Charles Michael Foy, Thomas Edward Cook, John ... Thwaites, George Rout, William Emerson, John Henry Greville, Eeginald Nelson Nelson Auckland Nelson Nelson Nelson Dunedin Nelson Dunedin Napier Nelson Nelson Nelson Nelson Nelson Nelson Nelson Dunedin Auckland Nelson Nelson Wellington Renwick School, 9 years; College, Nelson, 2 years. Haven Eoad School, 3 years; Motueka School, 6 years; College, kelson, 1 year. Thames School, 4 years ; College and Grammar School, Auckland, 3J years. Valley School, 8 years ; College, Nelson, 9 months. Haven Eoad School, 2 years ; College, Nelson, 1 year. Bishop's School, Nelson, 4 years ; College, Nelson, 1 year. Port Chalmers School, 6 years; Dumbarton Academy, 4 years ; Glasgow Normal School, 2 years. Richmond School, 7 years ; College, Nelson, 2 years. Middle District School, 3 years; High School, Dunedin, 2 years. Grammar School, Napier, 7 years. St. Mary's School, 5 years ; College, Nelson, 9 months. High School, Blenheim, 2 years ; College, Nelson, 3 years. Bishop's School, Nelson, 5 years; College, Nelson, 1 year. College, Nelson, 6 years. Bishop's School, Nelson, 1J years ; College, Nelson, 6 years. Upper Wakefield School, 8 years ; College, Nelson, 2 years. English Schools, 6 years ; College, Nelson, 2 years. Milton Hall, 4J years ; Rer. T. L. Stanley's, 4| years. Mr. Brabazon's, 2% years; Newton Academy, 5 years. Richmond School, 2 years ; College, Nelson" 4 years. High School, Blenheim, 6 years ; College, Nelson, 1 year. Hokitika School, 4 years; Thorndon School, Wellington, 6 months; Wellington College Evening Class, 6 months. Dollar Academy, 6 years; Mauritius College, 2 years. Hope School, 3 years; Eichmond School, 3 years; College, Nelson, 1 year. Ararat, Victoria, 4 years; Stawell, Victoria, 3 years. Dalcroy House, Lyttelton, 5J years. Thames School, 3 years; Shellback School, 1 year; Mr. MaBon's, 6 months; Newton Academy, 6 months; Grammar School, 1 year. Mr. Brabazon's, 3 years; College and Grammar School, Auckland, 3 years. College, Auckland, 6 years; Church of England Grammar School 3 years. Lower Moutere School, 3 years ; Rev. S. Poole's, 1 year. Mr. H. R. Richmond's, 1 year; Mr. J. C. Adams's, 4 years. 23 24 Connal, Ebenezer Keeling, Fedor Kuskop Wellington Nelson 25 26 27 Graeme, Henry James Weir McGowan, Robert Smith Colebrook, Claude Ashburton Wellington Auckland 28 Seabrook, George Kenilworth ... Auckland 29 Hanna, Andrew Auckland SO ;ji Deck, Charles James ... St. George, George Celeshne Motueka New Plymouth...

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Junior Examination — continued. Irder. Name. Residence. Where Educated. 83 33 Jackson, Harry Hughlings Stohr, Albert William Auckland Wellington College and Grammar School, Auckland, 5 years. South District School, Dunedin, 3 years; Middle District School, Dunedin, 3J years; Albany Street School, 6 months; High School, Dunedin, If years. Parawai School, 2^ years ; Mr. Schofield's, 1 year ; Kauwaeranga School, 9 months. Mr. Collis's, 1 year; Mr. Adams's, 3j- years. College, Nel6on, 6 years. Mr. Brabazon's, 2 years ; Private School, 2 years. Ladies' School, 2 years ; Privato School, 2 years; Parish School, 3 years ; Government School, 4 years ; College, Christchurch, 1 year. St. Mary's School, 2 years ; College, Nelson, 4 years. Mr. Hastings's, 4 years ; Thames Catholic Boys' School, 1 year. College and Grammar School, Auckland, 3 years. Mr. McDonald's, 6 months; Grammar School, Invercargill, 2\ years. Old Trafford School, Manchester, 5 years. High School, Blenheim, 4J years; Kenwiek School, 9 months. Private Schools, England, 5 years; Private Tuition, Blonheim, 1 year. Newton School, 9 months; Tumaki Grammar School, 6 months ; St. George's Grammar School, 2 years. Mrs. Glover's, 1 year; College and Grammar School, Auckland, 4J years. Grammar School, Invereargill, 4 years ; Grammar School, Okarito, 3 years ; Mrs. Alabaster's, 2i years. Onehunga Boys' School, 8 years. High School, Blenheim, 9J years. High School, Blenheim, 1 year; Renwick School, 3} years. Papanui, 5 years ; West Christchurch School, 4 years. Grammar School, Napier, 2£ years ; College and Grammar School, Auckland, li years. 31 Cropp, Charles William Thames 35 88 37 38 Hempton, John Vickerman, Alfred Herbert Wheeler, William John Bowler, Frederick Henry New Plymouth... Nelson Auckland Christchureh ... 1)9 40 41 42 Bunny, Edmund Percy Gillies, John Henry ... Bias, Cyril Holm Cuthberteon, John Eobert Nelson Thames Auckland Invercargill 43 4t 43 Birch, Richard McCullum, Richard ... White, James Wiusbury Waverley Blenheim Blenheim 46 Hudson, Robert Barlow Thames 47 Clayton, Reginald Auckland 48 Price, Henry Gaunt ... Hokitika ... 49 BO 61 52 53 Cullen, Joseph ... ' ... Clark, Morton Rcigcls Stow O'Leary, James Dunnage, Walter Herbert Green, Hubert Edward Onehunga Blenheim Blenheim Styx ... Auckland

Name. Residence. Whore Educated. be ll I 9 6 t3 I § I I §1 J3 2 03 I bo I S a o I to .5 I O | I BO a D e ■ri 5 1 _ Skeen, Robert Lowis Andrew, William Beamish, George Richard Foy, Thomas Edward Auckland See Junior Examination 1st 3rd 1st 3rd i 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 2 3 Nelson ... Napier ... College, Nelson,4J years Grammar School Napier, 4 years English School, 6 years; College, Nelsou, 2 years Stoke, 4J years; Richmond, \\ years; College, Nelson, 'i\ years See Junior Examination 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd | 2nd! 3rd 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd _' Nelson ... 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st Harley, Charles John Wellington 2nd 3rd VA 2nd 1st lsl 3rd Yickerman, Alfred Herbert Bloomfleld, Robort William Read Nelson ... 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 3rd Napier ... Grammar School, Auckland, 3 years; Grammar School, Napier, 3} years St. Mary's, 3 years; College, Nelson, 1J years See Junior Examination 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd N.P. 1st 3rd 3rd Moynihau, John Joseph Nelson ,.. 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 2nd Cameron, John Mindoro Hanna, Andrew Philips, John Israel Dunedin... 1st 3rd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 10 '11 Auckland Auckland See Junior Examination High School, 2 yeara; College and Grammar School, 3 years ; Rev. P. Mason's Evening Class, 2i years See Junior Examination Preparatory Schools, 1J years; Grammar School, Wellington, 2J years; College and Grammar School, Auckland, 1 } years Private Schools, 4 years; Private Tuition, 10 months 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 3rd 1st N.P. 3rd 3rd Connal, Ebenezer Holt, Percy William Mouckton Wellington Dunedin... ■12 18 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd N.P. ' 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd _ Groulter, Redwood Felix Queens town 2nd 111 2nd 3rd N.P. 3rd 2nd N.P.

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Sektoe Exam: :nat :on— cor, \tinUi id. ■s o Name. Besidence. Where Educated. X I I f o a j5 I a I £ 0 c3 O 5 £ o 6 □ 3 u 02 6 I 'a o I I PA I 53 3 I 15 *16 Eout, William... Marsh, William Fairchild Nelson ... Dunedin... See Junior Examination South Dunedin School, 4 years ; High School, Dunedin, 2£ years Mr. Adams's, New Plymouth, 3 years; Mr. Brann's, Wellington, 2 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd if .p. 3rd 17 D umbell,William Davidson Wellington 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd 18 Hamilton, William Milne Invercargill years College, Wellington, 5 years; High School, Dunedin, 6 months ; Grammar School, Invercargill, G months Grammar School, Napier, 3 years ; College and Grammar School, Auckland 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd Thomas, Eees Esdaile Auckland 19 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd Note.—1st, 2nd, 3rd = passed in 1st Class, 2nd Class, or 3rd Class of merit. N.P. = Not passed. —=Di( jeefc. in 1st Class, 2nd Class, or S IrdC !lass ( Df mei rit. ] id not take id noi e up t tho Bubj die * The candidates whose names are marked with an asterisk passed in accordance with the following provi regulations : " In respect of cadets in the Engineer's branch of the Public AVorks Department, Plane Trigo ;tituted for Latin as a compulsory subject; but any candidate availing himself of the exception will not ing passed the Senior Examination in respect of the other branches of tho service." are marked with an asterisl iets in the Engineer's branc )ry subject; but any cam ion in respect of the other 1 k pas ;hof iidati ssed the ;e avi in aci Publii ailing if tho cordai e Wo hims serric not irki tell 5 wit] jDep ' of t h the >artni( ;he es iso to elau onometry t be consid ise 9 may dered of be as iavi jrane" :hes o ee.' JUNE, 1879, EXAMINATION. Candidates applied to be examined „ presented themselves for examination „ underwent the Junior examination „ passed „ „ underwent the Senior examination „ passed „ The names of candidates who passed, placed in order of merit, are as follows : —- 79 65 55 30 10 7

•rder Name. Residence. Where Educated. 1 2 3 Leahy, James James, Herbert Lewis Trimble, William Hey wood Onehunga Auckland New Plymouth.. St. Mary's, Onehunga, 9i years. Church of England Grammar School, Parnell, 4£ years. Miss Milburn's, Grassendale Park, Liverpool, 2 years; Mr. S. LakinVs, G-rassendale Park, Liverpool, 6 years ; Royal Institution School, Liverpool, 2 years. St. Mary's, Onehunga, 9 years; Auckland College and Grammar School, 1J years; Mr. Honan's Evening Class, Onehunga, 2 months. Auckland College and Grammar School, 7i years. Thorndon School, Wellington, 6 years ; Wellington College, 1 year. Church. o£ England Grammar School, Auckland, 6J years. Tokomairiro Grammar School, 5 years. St. James's, Auckland, 2 years; St. Paul's, Wellington, 3 years ; Invercargill Grammar School, 3 years; Invercargill College, 1 year; Mr. Brann's, Wellington, 1 year. Mr. Brann's, Wellington, 6 months ; Carlyle Government School, Patca, 1J years ; Nelson College, 3 years. Church of England School, Hokitika, 5 years ; State School, Hokitika, 2£ years; Tokomairiro High School, 3 months. Mr. Greenwood's, 2 years; Mr. Collis's, 2 years ; Mr. Richmond's, 1 year ; Mr. Adams's, 1 year ; Mr. Ellis's, 1 year. Rev. J. D. Fergusson's, 1 year; Rev. C. TurreU's, 3i years ; Christ's Colloge and Grammar School, 2 years. Mount Albert School, 8 years ; Auckland College and Grammar School, 4 months. South Dunedin School, 5 years; Waitahuna District School, 3 4 Cullen, Thos. Michael Onehunga 5 0 8 9 Haultain, Henry Graham Callaglian, William ... Hey wood, Edward Buddeley ... Bntcment, Thomas Dean, Alfred Elliott ... Auckland Wellington Auckland Queenstown Wellington 10 Maedonald, Norman Hursthouse New Plymouth.. 11 Bastings, William Edgar Dunedin 12 G-ilmour, Jolm New Plymouth.. 13 Hart, Robert William Christchurch ... li McElwain, John Whiteley Auckland 15 Stables, Q-eorge Arnold Grant .,. Waitahuna 1G 17 Vaile, John Rippou ... Watson, George Dunedin Invercargill .., years. Auckland College and Grammar School, 3 years ; Auckland Model Training School, 1 year. Scott's School, Edinburgh, 2 years; Clydesdale Academy, Glasgow, 2 years ; Mr. Anderson's, Glasgow, 1" years ; Edinburgh Institution, 4 years.

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SENIOR EXAMINATION.

Note. —Ist, 2nd, 3rd = passed in Ist Class, 2nd Class, or 3rd Cla9s of merit. N.P. = Not passed. —=Did not take up the subject. * The candidates whose names aro marked with an asterisk passed in accordance with the following proviso to clause 9 of the regulations : " In respect of cadets in the Engineer's branch of the Public Works Department, Plane Trigonometry may be substituted for Latin as a compulsory subject; but any candidate availing himself of the exception will not be considered as haying passed the Senior Examination in respect of the other branches of the service.

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JraiOB Ex. fation — continued. Order. Name. Residence. Where Educated. 13 19 Pulton, Herbert Valpy Atkinson, Alfred Charles Napier New Plymouth.. Private Tuition ; Dunedin High School, 4 years. Mr. Richmond's and Mr. Adams's, 1 year; Mr. Gammell's, 9 months ; Nelson College, 2 years. Southampton College, 7 years ; .Bell and Johnson's Naval Academy, Southsea, 6 months; Mr. Ashton's, Hampstead, 1 year; Hartley Institution, Southampton, 1 year; Crystal Palace School. Mr. Collis's, 4 years ; Mr. McKee's, 2 year; Mr. J. C. Adams's, 1 year. Mr. Wardrope's, 1 year; Mr. Macdonald's, 2 years; Invereargill Grammar School, 2\ years ; Dunedin High School, 6 months ; Nelson College, 2 years. Private School, Christclrarcb, 2 years; Beach School, New Plymouth, 3 years ; Auckland College and Grammar School, 3 years. Milton Hall School, Dunedin, 4 years ; Normal School, Edinburgh, 1 year; Edinburgh Institution, 2 years; Dunedin High School, 1 year. Mr. Brabazon's, 1 year; Mr. Melntosh's, 4 years. Private School, 3 years ; Government School, 4 years. Auckland College and Grammar School, 5 years. Mr. Richmond's, 1 year; Mr. Adams's, 2 years; Nelson College, li years. Mr. A. Macdonald's, 6 months; Invercargill Grammar School, 3 years; Mr. W. S. Hamilton's, 2 years. Golburn Street, Public School, 4 years ; Ponsonby Public School, 6 months. 20 Bridges, William Bellers Dunedin Shaw, Stanley Wakefleld New Plymouth.. 21 22 Harvey, Charles Morton Invercargill 23 Kirk, Richard Clement Wellington M Burns, Archibald Douglas Dunedin 25 26 27 28 McIJeod, John Hawley, William James O'Sullivan, Michael ... Atkinson, Hugh Ronald Auckland Christchurck ... Auckland New Plymouth.. 29 Cuthbertson, Robert Moncrieff... Invercargill 30 Ballantyno, Robert Wallace Stanley. Auckland

s Name. Eesidenoe. Where Educated. ,3 g H £ -a So o a a I i a C5 f Jl i 5 b B o o 6 g •Si o H 'ft O o o 3 © a 1 id O o Heywood, Edwd. Baddeley Richmond, Francis William Auckland ... See Junior 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd New Plymouth Mr. H. R. Richmond's, 3 years; Nelson College, 3 years See Junior 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd Bridges, William Bellers James, Herbert Louis Marchbanks, James Dunedin ... 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 3rd Auckland ... See Junior 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd N.P. 2nd Dunedin ... Middle District School, 4 years; Albany School, 1 year; private tuition,6 months St. James's, Auckland, 2 years; St. Paul's, Wellington, 2i years ; Wellington College, 6 months ; Invereargill Grammar School, 3 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd Dean, Edwin Harland Wellington 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd N.P. years See Junior Haultain, Henry Graham Auckland ... 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd N.P. 1st 2nd H.P. N.P. K.P.

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GENERAL RESULTS.

NUMBER OF SUBJECTS IN WHICH CANDIDATES FAILED.

COMPARISON OF LAST THREE YEARS.

The discrepancy between the miinbsr of candidates who applied to be examined and the total number examined in the two grades is accounted for by the fact that some candidates take up both junior and senior examination at the same time.

RESULTS OF LAST SIX EXAMINATIONS. JUNIOR EXAMINATION.

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Junior Examination. Four Compulsory Subjects. English ... ... ... ... 159 examined, 83 passed, 35 failed.* Arithmetic ... ... ... ... 159 „ 83 „ 41 „ * History ... ... ... ... 159 „ 83 „ 51 „ * Geography ... ... ... ... 159 „ 83 „ 44 „ * • Passed in ono or more of the other subjects. Senior Examination. Compulsory Subjects. English ... ... ... ... 42 examined, 32 passed, 10 failed. *Latin ... ... ... ... 29 „ 21 „ 8 Arithmetic ... ... ... ... 42 „ 37 „ 5 Geography ... ... ... ... 42 „ 35 „ 7 „ Optional Subjects. Greek ... ... ... ... 0 „ 0 „ 0 „ French ... ... ... ... 12 „ 9 „ 3 „ German ... ... ... ... 1 „ 0 „ 1 „ Maori ... ... ... ... 0 „ 0 „ 0 „ ♦Trigonometry... ... ... ... 22 „ 15 „ 7 Algebra ... ... ... ... 36 „ 29 „ 7 Geometry ... ... ... ... 39 „ 34 „ 5 „ Physical Science ... ... ... 9 „ 4 „ 5 „ History ... ... ... ... 36 „ 28 „ 8 Bookkeeping ... ... ... ... 2 „ 0 „ 2 „ Shorthand ... ,.. ... ... 0 0 „ 0 „ Trigonometry can be substituted for Latin by candidates for cadetship3 in the Engineer's Branch of the Public Works Department.

Juniob Examination. 'ailed in all subjects ... „ 3 „ „ 2 „ ii J- )> ••• • • ■ • •• 14 candidates. 15 21 25 Senioe Examination. 'ailed in 6 subjects ... „ O „ ,, o ,, j, X || ... ... ... 2 candidates. o 3 2 2

Lpplied unior examined ,, passed lenior examined „ passed 1876-7^ 124 107 61 36 22 7. 1877-7S 218 157 75 64 26 8. 1878-75 221 159 83 42 26 r9.

[arks attainable ... [igliest marks attained Dec, 1876. June, 1877. Dec, 1877. 2,000 2,000 2,400 1,656 1,537 1,960 June, 1877. Dec, 1877. . J June, 1878. June, 1876 2,400 2,017 Deo., 1878. June, 1879. 2,400 1,844 2,400 , 1,661* Sexioe Examination. [arks attainable iu subject highest average attained each 500 500 GOO 34G 328 395 600 407 600 600 394 375

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NUMBER OF CANDIDATES EXAMINED.

During the last financial year (1878-79) the number of candidates examined at different places was: Auckland, 47; Thames, 5 ; New Plymouth, 13; Napier, 5; Wanganui, 12 ; Wellington, 18 ; Blenheim, 12; Nelson, 25; Hokitika, 1; Christchurch, 11; Timaru, 1; Arrow, 2 ; Duuedin, 26 , Invercargill, 10. Since the establishment of the Board the number of candidates examined in each year has been:— ISG9 ... ... ... ... 12 candidates. 1870 ... ... ... ... 16 IS7I ... ... ... . . 11 1872 ... ... ... ... 39 „ 1873 ... ... ... ... 57 1871. ... ... ... ... 56 1875 ... ... ... ... 65 1876 ... ... ... ... 103 1877 ... ... ... ... 164 1878 ... ... ... ... 199 „ Half-year 1879 ... ... ... ... 64 786 candidates examined. As there are almost invariably fully twice as many candidates for the December examination as for the June examination, there is little doubt that the number of candidates examined by the Board during tho present year will exceed that examined during any previous year. Several applications have already been received for next December examination.

PEOPOSED SUBSTITUTION OP UNIVEESITT ENTEANCE EXAMINATION FOE SENIOE CIVIL SEEVICE EXAMINATION. The following resolution passed by the Senate of the New Zealand University has been submitted by tho Hon. the Minister of Education to the Board for consideration : — " That the Chancellor be requested to negotiate with the Government for the adoption by the Civil Service Board of the entrance examination papers for the Senior Civil Service examination in December next, and for the general arrangement and supervision of the entrance examination being undertaken by the Board ; and that the Chancellor be further authorized to cause tho instructions and forms used for tho Civil Service examination, or a modification thereof, to be used in conducting tho entrance examination, if he considers their adoption desirable as a part of such arrangement." The Board does not see its way to recommend tho Government to adopt the course proposed, as it involves changes which might lead to miscarriage. As stated above, applications have already been received from candidates for the December examination, under the impression that the existing regulations would be continued in force. It would therefore place candidates, who are studying for the examination under that impression, in a disadvantageous position, if the change were made without longer notice being given.

EXAMINATION PAPEES. Copies of the examination papers used at the December, 1878, aud June, 1879, examinations are appended.

EECEIPTS AND EXPENDITUEE. £ s. cl. £ s. d. Voted by Parliament ... ... ... 200 0 0 Preparation and revision of papers ... ... 96 6 0 Examination fees aud fees for certificates ... 30 7 0 Supervision of examinations ... ... 94 10 0 Attendance of member, not being a member of the Civil Seryice ... ... ... 12 10 0 Hire of rooms, furniture, &c. ... ... 8 16 11 Boots ... ... ... ... 2 5 0 Kefund of fees paid in error ... ... 6 6 0 Messengor ... ... ... ... 3 10 0 £224 3 11 Balance unexpended ... 6 3 1 £230 7 0 £230 7 0 I have, &c, G. S. COOPEE, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary. Chairman.

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APPENDIX.

EXAMINATION PAPERS.

DECEMBER, 1878.

JTJIsriOIR. ENGLISH. Passage for Dictation. Each party was now willing to throw ou its antagonist the odium of commencing the civil war ; but both of them prepared for an event which they deemed inevitable. To gain the people's favour and good opinion was the chief object on both sides. Never was there a people less corrupted by vice and more actuated by principle thau the English during that period : never were there individuals who possessed more capacity, more courage, more public spirit, more disinterested zeal. But the infusion of one ingredient in too large a proportion had corrupted all these noble principles, and converted them into the most virulent poison. To determine his choice in the approaching contests, every man hearkened with avidity to the reasons proposed on both sides. The war of the pen preceded the war of the sword, and daily sharpened the humours of the opposite parties. The King and Parliament themselves carried on the controversy by messages, remonstrances, and declarations: while the nation was really the party to whom all arguments were addressed. 1. Write the passage dictated to you. 2. Into how many classes may adverbs be divided ? Name them, and construct short sentences introducing one or more of each class. 3. Explain the power of each mood of an English verb. 4. Analyze the following sentence, and parse the words marked in italics : — " Our love is principle, and has its root In reason, is judicious, manly, free; Yours, a blind instinct, crouches to the rod, And licks the foot that treads it in the dust." 5. What animal do you consider most useful to man ? Give your reasons fully. AEITHMETIC. 1. Add together four hundred and ninety-five, seven hundred and sixty-eight thousand four hundred and fifty-three, eight thousand seven hundred and ninety-sis, ten millions one thousand and eleven, eight hundred and ninety-seven thousand six hundred and forty-three, sixty thousand two hundred and twenty, nine hundred and seven. 2. What will be the amount of the following bill: —8 articles at ss. lid., 42 at 6s. lid., 7 at 7s. 7d., 11 at 9s. 5d., 6 at £2 10s. lid. ? 3. How much is [77 + 13] 4- 9 x 7 + 8 - [60 - 42] ? 4. How many seconds are there from 6 a.m. January 1, to 6 a.m. February 1; and from 8 a,tn. March 3, to 9 p.m. May 22 ? 5. Pind the exact difference between f of £35 14s. 7£d., and 2f of £5 14s. 9Jd6. Reduce f-| to a decimal, and '51413 to a vulgar fraction. 7. Express 10s. 2jd., and lfd., each as the decimal of £1. 8. Find by Practice the value of 3,655 articles at £2 19s. s.i:d. each. 9. At what rate per cent, will a sum of money double itself in VL\ years ? 10. If it costs £8 15s. 9d. to carry 37 tons 57 miles, what weight can be carried 83 miles for £21 15s. 9d. ? HISTOEY. 1. Give an account of the first arrival of the Jutes in England, with the legend of Eowena. 2. Eelate the principal events connected with the third Crusade. 3. Write a short life of Oliver Cromwell. 4. Give a sketch of Marlborough's campaigns. 5. For what are the following names famous in histoiy:—Eobert Bruce, Latimer, Jane Grey, Walter Raleigh, Milton, Francis Bacon, Isaac Newton, Inigo Jones ? In what reigns did they flourish ? GEOGEAPHT. 1. Draw a map of New Zealaud, marking on it the rivers—Waikato, Thames, Manawatu, Clutha, Waitaki, Mataura ; lakes—Tarawera, Wairarapa, Ellesmere, Hawera, Ohau ; mountains —-Edgecumbe, Euapehu, Aspiring, Arthur, Anglem; towns—Auckland, Blenheim, Wellington, Greymouth, Eiverton, Naseby, Masterton, Kaiapoi, Waitara, Clive. 2. What European islands are found in the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Mediterranean Sea, and to what countries do they severally belong ?

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3. "Where are the Morea, Cape Clear, Mont Cenis, Norfolk Island, "Vancouver's Island ? Describe the last two. 4. "When it is 10 a.m. on the 20th January at Greenwich, what date and hour is it at Wellington, New Zealand ? 5. Name, and state in what countries are the highest mountain in the world, the longest river, the largest salt-water lake, the largest fresh-water lake, the highest active volcano, the widest desert, the lowest depression of land below the sea level.

S E IST I O H. ENGLISH. Having read the accompanying correspondence, 1. Make a short abstract, schedule, or docket of the several letters. 2. Draw up a memorandum or precis — i.e., a brief and clear statement of what passed, not letter by letter, but in the form of a narrative. Directions. 1. The object of the abstract, schedule, or docket is to serve as an index. It should contain the date of each letter, the names of the persons by whom and to whom it is written, and, in as few words as possible, the subject of it. The merits of such an abstract are —(1) to give the really important point or points of each letter, omitting anything else ; (2) to do this briefly; (3) distinctly; and (4) in such a form as to readily catch the eye. 2. The object of the memorandum or precis, which should he in the form of a narrative, is that any one who had not time to read the original letters might, by reading the precis, be put in possession of all the leading features of what passed. The merits of such a precis are —(1) to contain all that is important in the correspondence, and nothing that is unimportant; (2) to present this in a consecutive and readable shape, expressed as distinctly as possible ; (3) to be as brief as is compatible with completeness and distinctness. You are recommended to read the whole correspondence through before beginning to write, as the goodness both of the abstract and of the precis will depend very much on a correct appreciation of the relative importance of the different parts. Brevity should be particularly studied. (A Parliamentary Paper containing suitable correspondence is given to the candidate with this paper.) LATIN. Horace — Odes. 1. Translate— Mater saeva Cupidinum, Urit me Glycerae nitor Thebanaeque jubet me Semeles puer, Splendentis Pario marmore purius: Et lasciva licentia, Urit grata protervitas, Einitis anhnum reddere amoribus. Et vultus nimium lubricus adspici. Hie vivum mihi caespitem, hie Verbenas, pueri, ponite, thuraque Bimi cum patera meri: Mactata veniet lenior hostia. 2. Decline marmore, caespitem, and thura, and give the principal parts of reddere, urit, ponite. 3. Translate— Sed quid Typhoeus et validus Mimas, Contra sonantem Palladis aegida Aut quid minaci Porphyrion statu, Possent ruentes ? Hinc avidus stetit Quid Rhoetus, evolsisque truncis Vulcanus ; hinc matrona Juno, et Enceladus jaculator audax, Nunquam humeris positurus arcum, Qui rore puro Castaliae lavit Crines solutos, qui Lyciae tenet Dumeta, natalemque silvam, Delius et Patareus Apollo. 4. Scan the first stanza in question 3. 5. "What settles the case of a relative pronoun ? Virgil—Mneid I. JEneid II Translate— 0 qui res hominumque deiimque 0 lux Dardaniae ! spes 0 fidissima Teucrum! Aeternis regis imperiis, et fulmine terres, Quaetantaetenuere morae? quibus Hector ab oris Quid meus Aeneas in te committere tantum. Exspectate venis ? ut te post multa tuorum Quid Troes potuere ? quibus, tot funera passis, Funera, post varios hominumque urbisque labores, Cunctus ob Italiam terrarum clauditur orbis. Defessi aspicimus ! quae causa indigna serenos Certe hinc Eomanos olim, volventibus annis, Poedavit vultus ? aut cur haec vulnera cerno ? Hinc fore ductores, revocato a sanguine Teucri, Hie nihil; nee me quaerentem vana moratur: Qui mare, qui terras omni ditione tenerent, Sed, graviter gemitus imo de pectore ducens, Pollicitus. Quae te, Genitor, sententia vertit? Heu! fuge, nate dea, teque his, ait, eripe flainmis. Hoc equidem occasum Trojae, tristesquc ruinas Hostis habet muros; ruit alto a culmine Troja. Solabar, fatis contraria fata rependens.

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Virgil—dEneid 111. JEneid IF. Translate— Translate— Interea magnum sol circumvolvitur annum, Mecum erit iste labor. Nunc qua ratione, quod Et glacialia liiems aquilonibus asperat undas. Confieri possit, paucis, adverte, docebo. [instat, Aere cavo clypeum, magni gestamen Abantis, Venatum Aeneas unaque misserrima Dido Postibus adversis figo, et rem carmine signo: In nemus ire parant, übi primos crastinus ortus Aeneas haec de Danais tictokibtts aema. Extulerit Titan, radiisque retexerit orbem. Linquere turn portus jubeo, et considere transtris : His ego nigrantem commixta grandine nimbum, Certatim socii feriunt mare, et aequora verrunt. Dum trepidant alae, saltusque indagine cingunt, Protenus aiirias Phaeacum abscondimus arces, Desuper infundam, et tonitru coelum omne ciebo. Litoraque Epiri legimus, portuque subimus Difliugient comits, et nocte tegentur opaca : Chaonio, et celsam Butbroti accedimus urbem. Speluncam Dido dux et Trojanus eandem Devenient. Mneid V. JEneid VI. Translate — Translate— Jamque fere spatio extremo, fessique, sub ipsam Hos juxta falso damnati crimine mortis. Einem adventabant: levi cum sanguine Nisus Nee vero hae sine sorte datae, sine judice, sedes. Labitur infelix, caesis ut forte juvencis Quaesitor Minos urnam movet; ille silentum Eusus humum viridesque super madefeceratherbas. Conciliumque vocat, vitasque et crimina discit. Hie juvenis, jam victor ovans, vestigia presso Proxima deinde tenent moesti loca, qui sibi letum Haud tenuit titubata solo ; sed pronns in ipso Insontes peperere manu, lucemque perosi Concidit immundoque fimo, sacroquo cruore Projecere animas. Quam vellent aethere in alto Non tamen Euryali, non ille oblitus amorum : Nunc et pauperietn et duros perferre labores ! Nam sese opposuit Salio per lubrica surgens; Eas obstat, tristique palus inamabilis unda Ille autem spissa jacuit revolutus arena. Alligat, et novies Styx interfusa coercet. JEneid. — General Paper. 1. What are an iambus, a trochee, a spondee, and a dactyl? Scan the last two lines of each passage for translation. 2. "Write down the dat. fem. sing. part. pass, of quatio, the 3rd sing, pluperf. subj. act. of quaero, the ace. lnasc. sing. fut. part. act. of perjicio, the 3rd plur. imperf. subj. act. of fero. 3. How do you form in Latin —(1) Erom verbs —a frequentative verb, the agent, the name of the action; (2) from nouns —a diminutive, a possessive adjective, an adjective meaning "made of"? Give instances of each. Ccesar — De Hello Gallico I. Translate — Turn demum Liscus oratione Caesaris adductus, quod antea tacuerat, proponit: Esse nonnullos, quorum auctoritas apud plebem plurimum valeat; qui privati plus possint, quam ipsi magistrates. Hos seditiosa atque improba oratione multitudinem deterrere, ne frumentum conferant, quod praestare debeant: si jam principatum Galliae obtinere non possint, Gallorurn, quam Eomanorum, imperia perferre satius esse, neque dubitare debere, quin, si Helvetios superaverint Eomani, una cum reliqua Gallia Aeduis libertatem sint erepturi. Ab iisdem nostra consilia, quaeque in castris gerantur, hostibus enunciari: hos aBe coerceri non posse. De Bello Gallico 11. Translate— Caesar, cum septimam legionem, quae juxta constiterat, item urgeri ab hoste vidisset, tribunos militum monuit, ut paulatim sese legiones conjungerent, et conversa signa in hostes inferrent. Quo facto, cum alius alii subsidium ferrent, neque timerent ne aversi ab hoste circumvenirentur, audacius resistere ac fortius pugnare coeperunt. Interim milites legionum duarum, quae in novissimo agmine praesidio impedimentis fuerant, proelio nunciato, cursu incitato, in summo colle ab hostibus couspiciebantur. Et Titus Labienus, castris hostium potitus, et ex loco superiore, quae res in nostris castris gererentur, conspicatus, decimam legionem subsidio nostris misit. • De Bello Gallico 111. Translate — Eeliquis deinceps diebus Caesar silvas caedere instituit, et, ne quis inermibus imprudentibusque militibus ab latere impetus fieri posset, omnem earn materiam, quae erat caesa, conversam ad hostem collocabat, et pro vallo ad utrumque latus exstruebat. Incredibili celeritate magno spatio paucis diebus confecto, cum jam pecus atque extrema impedimenta ab nostris tenerentur, ipsi densiores silvas peterent; ejusmodi sunt tempestates consecutae, uti opus necessario intermitteretur, et continuatione imbrium diutius sub pellibus milites contineri non possent. Itaque vastatis omnibus eorum agris, vicis aedificiisque incensis, Caesar exercitum reduxit, et in Aulercis, Lexoviisque, reliquis item civitatibus, quae proxime bellum fecerant, in hibernis collocavit. De Bello Gallico IF. Translate — At barbari, consilio Eomanorum cognito, praemisso equitatu, et essedariis, quo plerumque genere in proeliis uti consuerunt, reliquis copiis subsecuti, nostros navibus egredi prohibebant. Erat ob has causas summa difficultas, quod, naves, proptcr magnitudinem, nisi in alto, constitui non poterant; militibus autem, ignotis locis, impeditis manibus, magno et gravi armorum onere oppressis, simul et de navibus desiliendum, et in fluctibus consistendum, et cum hostibus erat pugnandum: cum illi aut ex arido aut paululum in aquam progressi, omnibus membris cxpediti, notissimis locia, audacter tela conjicerent, et equos insuefactos incitarent. 2—H. 3.

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Be Hello Gallico — General Paper. 1. Explain the forces of the prefixes and affixes in the following pronouns:— Ecquis, quisnam quilibet, quicunque, alter, aliquantulum, idem. 2. Explain, with examples, the following kinds of verbs:—Deponent, semi-deponent, anomalous, frequentative, inceptive, desiderative, defective, impersonal. 3. Describe the construction of a Roman camp. Cicero — Oratio in Catilinam I. Translate— Nunc vero, quae est ista tua vita ? Sic enim jam tecutn loquar, non ut odio permotus esse videar, quo debeo, sed ut misericordia, quao tibi nulla debetur. Venisti paullo ante in senatum. Quis te ex hac tanta frequentia, ex tot tuis amicis ac necessariis, salutavit ? Si hoc post hominum inemoriam contigit nemini, vocis exspectas contumeliam, cum sis gravissirno judicio taciturnitatis oppressus ? Quid? quod adventu tuo ista subsellia vacuefacta sunt, quod oinnes consulares, qui tibi persaepe ad caedem constituti fuerunt, simul atque assedisti, partem istam subselliorum nudam atque inanem reliquerunt, quo tandem animo hoc tibi ferendum putas? Servi mehercule mei si me isto pacto metuerent, ut te metuunt omnes cives tui, doinum meam relinquendam putarem: tu tibi urbem non arbitraris ? Oratio in Catilinam 11. Translate— Atque haec omnia sic agentur, Quirites, ut res maximae minimo motu, pericula summa nullo tumultu, bellum intestinum ac domesticum, post hominum memoriam crudelissiinum ac maximum, me uno togato duce et imperatore, sedetur. Quod ego sic administrabo, Quiritcs, ut, si ullo modo fieri poterit, ne improbus quidem quisquam in hac urbe poenam sui sceleris sufferat. Sed si vis niauifestae audaciae, si impendens patriao periculum me necessario de hac animi lenitate deduxerit; illud profecto perficiam, quod in tanto et tarn insidioso bello vix optandum videtur, ut ne quis bonus intereat, paucorumque poena vos jam omnes salvi esse possitis. Oratio in Catilinam IV. Translate— Sed ea, quae exaudio, patres conscripti, dissimulare non possum. Jaciuntur eniin voces, quae perveniunt ad aures meas, eorum, qui vereri videntur, ut habeam satis praesidii ad ea, quae vos statueritis hodierno die, transigunda. Omnia et provisa et parata et constituta sunt patres conscripti, cum mea summa cura atque diligentia, turn multo etiam majore populi Eomani ad summum imperium retinendum, et ad communes fortunas conservandas, voluntate. Omnes adsunt, omnium ordinum homines, omnium denique aetatum : plenum est forum, plena templa circum forum, pleni omnes aditus hujus loci ac templi. Causa est enim post urbem conditam hacc inventa sola, in qua omnes sentirent ununi atque idem praeter eos, qui, cum sibi viderent esse pereundum, cum omnibus potius quam soli perire voluerunt. Cicero — Orationes in Yerrem. Translate — Ut primum e provincia rediit, redemptio est hujus judicii facta grandi pecunia. Ea mansit in condicione atque pacto usque ae eum finem, dum judices rejecti sunt. Posteaquam rejectio judicum t'acta est, quod et in sortitione istius spem fortuna populi Romaxu et in rejiciendis judicibus mea diligentia istorum impudeutiam vicerat, renunciata est tota condicio. Praeclare se res habebat. Libelli nominum vestrorum consiliiquo hujus in manibus erant omnium: nulla nota, nullus color, nullae sordes videbantur his sententiis allini posse, cum isto repente ex alacri atque laeto sic erat humilis atque demissus, ut non modo populo Romano, sed etiam sibi ipse condemnatus vidcretur. Also — Quid turn hos de te judicaturos arbitratus es, cum viderent te jam non contra accusatorem tuum, sed contra quaestorem sectoremque pugnare ? Qua de re Charidemum Chium testimonium priore actione dicere audistis : sese, cum esset trierarchus et Verrem ex Asia decedentein prosequeretur, jussu Dollabellac fuisse una cum isto Sami seseque1 turn scire spoliatum esse fanum Junonis et oppidum Samum ; posteaque se causam apud Chios, cives suos, Samiis accusantibus publice dixisse eoque se esse absolutum, quod planum fecisset ea, quae legati Samiorum dicerent, ad Verrem, non ad se pertinere. General Paper. 1. In what place and in what way was a law proposed and passed in Rome ? 2. Mention any Latin words employed— (a) in one number only; (I) with a different meaning in the different numbers. 3. Distinguish the meanings of domi, domum, domo; in terra and in terrain ; ruri and rure. 4. Give the principal tenses of abdo, ago, edo,Jleo, mulceo, rear. Sallust — Cataline. 1. Translate — Sed iisdem temporibus Q. Catullus et C. Piso neque precibus neque gratia neque pretio Ciceronem impellere potuere, uti per Allobroges aut alium indicem C. Caesar falso nominaretur. Nam uterque cum illo graves inimicitias cxercebat: Piso oppusnatus in judicio pecuniarum repetuudarum propter cujusdam Transpadani supplicium injustum ; Catulus ex petitione pontificatus odio incensus, quod extrema aetate, maximis honoribus usus, ab adolescentulo Caesare victus discesserat. Res autem opportuna videbatur, quod is privatim egregia liberalita'te, publice maximis muneribus grandem pecuniam debebat. JJ. Parse, giving rules, iisdem temporibus, alium indicem, victus, maximis, muneribus, debebat.

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3. Who were Q. Catulus and C. Piso ? 4. Translate— Haec übi dixit, paululum commoratus, signa canero jubet, atque instructos ordines in locum aequum deducit. Dein, remotis omnium equis, quo militibus exaequato periculo animus amplior esset, ipse pedea exercitum pro loco atque copiis instruit. Nam, uti planities erat inter sinistros monies et ab dextera rupe aspera, octo cohortes in fronte constituit, reliquarum signa in subsidio artius coliocat. Ab his centuriones omnes, lectos et evocatos, praeterea ex greguriis militibus optimum quemque armatum in primam aciem subducit. 5. States the rules for converting, in Latin, oratio recta into oratio obliqua. Jugurtlia. 1. Translate— Sed übi ea Roinae comperta sunt, metus atque maeror civitatem invasere. Pars dolere pro gloria imperil, pars insolita rerum bellicarum timere libertati, Aulo omnes infesti, ac maxima, qui bello saepe praeelari fuerant, quod armatus dedecore potius quam manu salutom quaesiverat. Ob ea Consul Albinus ex delicto fratris invidiam ac deinde periculum timens, senatum de foedere consulebat, et tamen interim exercitui supplemeutum scribere, ab sociis et nomine Latino auxilia accersere, denique omnibus modis festinare. Senatus ita, uti par fuerat, decernit, suo atque populi injussu nullum potuisse foedus fieri. 2. Parse, giving rules, Somae, libertati, periculum, omnibus modis, fieri. 3. Who were included under the head nomen Latinum ? 4. Translate— Ad ea Bocchus placide et benigne ; simul pauca pro delicto suo verba facit: "Se non hostili animo, sed ob regnum tutandum arma cepisse; nam Numidiae partem, unde vi Jugurtham expulerit, jure belli suam faclarn ; earn vastari a Mario pati nequivisse; praeterea missis antea Komam legatis, repulaum ab amicitia. Ceterum vetera omittere, ac turn, si per Marium liceret, legatos ad senatum missurum." Dein, copia facta, animus barbari ab amicis flexus, quos Jugurtha, coguita legatione Sullae et Manlii, metuens id quod parabatur, donis corruperat. 5. What numerals in Latin are indeclinable? ARITHMETIC. 1. How many times in succession can 3559 be substracted from 241462 ? What will the final remainder be ? 2. Find the least number which, divided by 6, by 8, and by 9, gives in every case a remainder of 4. 3. To of 2| add lof s, and multiply the result by \. f. 4. Extract the square root of 1122J-. 5. Add 1275 of a square yard to 375 of a square foot, and find the value at 3s. 4d. per foot. 6. In how many years will the error amount to a day in considering the year to consist of 3GSJ days instead of 365;242218 days ? 7. The discount of £295 15s. due at the end of 2 years 8 months is £32 55.: at what rate per cent, is interest allowed? 8. At what price should I buy Three-and-a-half por Cents to get 4 per cent, for my money ? Brokerage \ per cent. 9. if a boy takes 121 hours to do a piece of work which a man can do in 77 hours, in what time could they do it working together. 10. The population of a town in 1867 was 40,433, and it increased S'32 per cent, between that time and 1877 : what was the population in 1877 ? 11. What length of paper would be required for plotting the survey of a district Grn. sf. 18 yd. 1 ft. long, on a scale of 7 chains to an inch ? 12. Find the value of— •0390625 of eighty guineas ; (22-5) 3-=-(-09)' 3; "714285 of 2qr. 211b. GEOGRAPHY. 1. What laws appear to determine the distribution of the highlands of the globe, and in what directions are the longer and shorter slopes found ? 2. Name the chief cities situated on the Po, the St. Lawrence, and the Irrawady. 3. Describe the natural features of Central America. Into how many States is it divided ? Give the chief towns of each. 4. Describe coral islands. Name some, and state where they are chiefly to be found. 5. Enumerate the Colonies of Australia with their chief towns; also the principal rivers, mountains, lakes, and harbours. G-REEK. Sophocles — QSdipus Coloneus. 1. Translate — li &r)Ta So^tjs, rj ri kAtjSoi/os KaArjs TrerrovOoT tort fxuXkov rj SfSpctKUTa, jx6.Tqv ptova~q% wrf>i\y]iJ.a yiyverox, u crot to. /xr/rpos Kal TraTpos XP 6'7? '^'ytiv, el rds y' 'A9r'jva<s (fiacrl Siv ovvck intfaofiti /xe. tovt iyui Ka\S>s elvai, p'ras Se rov KotKov//.evov £evov t^oiSa. KatVoi 7rws iyu> KaKos cfavaiv, aw(,eiv oi'as re Kai /xovas tlpKuv i\€Lv; ■ oaris ttoßuiv fiiv avriSpwv, Sxrr el (ftpovuiv Kafioiye ttov tout ecrnv, OVTWK J3dOpoiv hrpcurcrov, ovB' u.v aSS' iyiyv6fi.r l v kokos ; ex ToivSe fj.' ££dpavTes eTr' iXavvere, vvv o oiSsv eiSus iko/xiji' Iv ikojxtjv, ovo/xa jjlovov Setcravres; ov yap Sv) to ye vcj> S>v 8' hravxpv, €tBoTcov uttwWvixtjv. o"£ii' o£Se Tapya ra/x- iml rd y Zpya- jxmj

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2. Name the regular Greek prepositions, stating the cases they govern. 3. Parse and explain ptavoys, Oeoo-efSeo-rdra';, Ka.fi.oiye, rapya, eK<f>of3el, t^oiSa. 4. Translate— torti' 8' olov iyu) yXavKas 7raiSoTp6cf>ov (}>vWov eXaias' yas 'Acrtas ovk eiraKovoi, to [lev tis ov() a[ib% ovre yipa oiB' tV to. jxeyaXa. AaipiSi vacra) o~y}[uxivu>v uXwxrei X EP' Tre'pcras' II«Xo7ros ttojttotc /?A.ao"TW 6 yap aiei/ opSv kw<A.os <j>vt€vix d^etpjjTov aiTo7rotov, AeiSinra vtv Mopiou Atos ey^eW <j>6/3r]fxa Saiav, }(d yXawKUTTts 'A#ava. o TaSt #<£AAa fieyurra X^P?' 5. Mention some peculiarities in the use of the accusative in Greek. 6. Write down the first five lines of question 1, and mark the scansion. FRENCH. 1. Translate— Henri VIII. sY'tant brouille avee Francois ler,I er, roi de France, resolut de lui envoyer un ambassadeur, et de le charger pour ce prince de paroles fieres et manacantes : il choisit pour cela un eveque anglais, dans lequel il avait beaucoup de confiance et qu'il eroyait tres propre a l'execution de ce dessein. Le prelat ayant appris le sujet de son ambassade, et oraignant pour sa vie s'il traitait Fran£ois lerI er avec la fierte que son maitre exigeait, lui rcpresenta le danger auquel il l'exposait, et le pria instamment de ne pas lui donner cette commission. "Ne craignez rien," lui dit Henri VIII.; "si le roi de France vous faisait mourir, je ferais couper la tete a tous les Francais qui seraient dans mes etats." "Je vous erois, Sire," repondit l'eveque; "mais permettez-moi de vous dire que de toutes les tetes que vous auriez fait couper, il n'y en a pas une qui revint {wouldfit) si bien sur mon corps que la mienne." 2. Write the first person singular of the future indicative, and of the present and imperfect subjunctive, of the verbs in italic in the above extract. 8. Write in the plural the following words: un lieutenant-general, un chef-d'oeuvre, un passe-partout, un arc-en-ciel, un avant-coureur; and explain the rule for the formation of the plural of French compound substantives. 4. Translate into French— (a.) There is no great distance from his house to the church. (b.) I never speak ill of anybody. (c.) It is your turn to play. (d.) Have you ever seen the Queen? No, sir; I hare never seen her. 5. When is "itis " expressed by il est, and when by c'est ? Give examples. GERMAN. 1. Translate — Ein Bauer in Suedafrica erzaehlte mir : Ich habe im Gebirge beim Elephantenflusse einmal auf einer Reise zwei und zwanzig Loewen bei; sammen gesehen. Die meistea waren junge, nur acht voellig ausgewaclisen. Ich war mit meiuem Wagen auf einem offuen platze. Meine zwoelf Ochsen grasten in der Naehe. Die Loewen fielen ueber sie her und toedteten sechs davon. Ich fluechtete mich mit ineineu llottentotten auf den Wagen und wagte keinen Schusz zu thun. 2. Grammatical questions: 1. Give the genitive singular and nominative plural of das Hans, das Auge, die Luft, der Hammer. 2. Decline, in the singular and plural, gutes Kind. 3. State the infinitive, and first person of the imperfect, of gesnnqen, gesprochen, gelungen. 4. Express in German with words —the 9th; the 3rd;.on the 21st of December, 1878; three-fourths ; two-thirds ; fivefold ; eight times. 5. When is the subjunctive mood used in German ? 3. Translate into German — The Protestants gained, in IG3O, a powerful ally in Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden. Very few of the Protestant princes at first joined him, and only after long negotiations did the Elector of Brandenburg allow him a free passage through his dominions. He was still treating with the Elector of Saxony, who was unwilling to join him openly, when all Germany was startled by the fall and ravage of Magdeburg, which had been taken by storm by Tilly, and destroyed by him with atrocious cruelty. This roused the Elector of Saxony to conclude an alliance with Gustavus Adolphus ; and, on the 17th of September, 1631, the combined Swedish and Saxon armies utterly defeated Tilly, at Breitenfeld, near Leipzig. TRIGONOMETRY. 1. Define carefully the meaning of the terms cosine, tangent, and secant of an angle. Prove that the numerical value of the cosine of an angle must always lie between +1 and —1, whatever the angle be, whilst that of the secant can never lie between these limits, and that of the tangent has no limit whatever. 2. Prove Sin (A + B) = Sin A Cos B + Cos A Sin B, in the case where A + B is less than 90°. Modify the figure to meet the case where A + B lies between 90° and 180°. 3. Verify the following formula?: — (1) Sin AiSin B=2 SinA^ B Cos (2) Cos 4 A + Sin* A=l-iSin 32A ,„, „ „. _ . Cos2A-Cos4A (3) Tan3ATanA= Cog - 2 - A + Cos4A (4) (I+Tan A + Sec A) (1 + Tan A—Sec A) = Sin 2A Sec- A

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4. Determine 6 from the equation—Cos 6 + Sin 6= </2 5. What is a logarithm ? Prove that log 10 a b — b log iO a Prove that log lo ai=log io a + log la b otvj i. i a i c 3 /13.715X 3.14159 6. Find by logs, the value of ' v .010/o 7. In any triangle prove that the sides are proportional to the sines of the opposite angles. 8. The three sides of a triangle are respectively 415G, 1327, and 4421 links: find the area. 9. Find, by means of the tables, the value of log. Sin 34° 15' 37" and log. Cosec 14° 38' 22", explaining carefully the several steps of the work. 10. Solve the triangle— C=l24°34' AC=25.2 A8=52.8 ALGEBRA. 1. What is the value of J—[J— (a + J)—{&—(&— a—&)}]? 2. What is the sum of the squares of two quantities increased by their product and multiplied by their difference equal to ? Also sum of their squares diminished by their product, and multiplied by their sum ? Prove your answers. 3. Divide a: 3+y s+3*y— lbyy+x-1. 4. Resolve into factors x 2+4x —45 ; also #4—# 2—110. 5. What value of x will make the difference between (# +1)(x + 2) and fa:—l) (x— 2) equal to 54? . - . d* + 2aix+aa? ~, . . ~ 6. Eeduce » s to its simplest form. 7. Solve the following equations : — x— 2 _, #+10 x X —3~=si 5- + I-fi*-*y+i* = 8. 1 Bx+2y—iz = 10. ( x—2y +dz = 11. i~+i + x =s--8. Extract the square root of 4a; 2 O 2— y) + f (y-2) +y 2 (4s 3 + 1). 9. A, B, and C had £375 divided amongst them, so that A had four-fifths of B's share, and C had a fifth part of B's share more than B. How much had each ? 10. A man working from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. asks " What o'clock is it ?" and receives for answer, " Half the time since you commenced working is equal to one-third of the time remaining." What o'clock was it ? 11. At what time between 3 and 4 o'clock are the hands of a clock— (1.) Opposite to each other; (2.) At right angles; (3.) Coincident. GEOMETRY. 1. From the greater of two given straight lines cut off a part equal to the less. 2. The complements of the parallelograms which are about the diameter of any parallelogram are equal to one another. 3. If a straight line be divided into two equal, and also into two unequal parts, the squares on the two unequal parts are together double of the square on half the line, and of the square on the line between the points of section. 4. Draw a straight line from a given point, either without or in the circumference, which shall touch a given circle. 5. If a straight line touch a circle, and from the point of contact a straight line be drawn cutting the circle, the angles which this line makes with the line touching the circle shall be equal to the angles which are in the alternate segments of the circle. 6. Inscribe a square in a given circle. PHYSICAL SCIENCE. Zoology. 1. Name the classes of invertebrate animals, with a short description of the characters of each. 2. Describe the Paper Nautilus {Argonauta argo), and the Pearly Nautilus (Nautiluspompilius). 3. Classify the scales of fishes, and give examples of fishes possessing the different forms of scales. 4. Name the eight principal natural orders of birds, with examples of each order. 5. To what natural orders do the following animals belong: —Seal, Porpoise, Elephant, Camel, Bat, Anteater, Kangaroo, Beaver, Lynx, Porcupine, Antelope, Hedgehog ? Chemistry. 1. How can potassium and sodium compounds be recognized before the blow-pipe flame? 2. How is spongy platinum prepared, and what are its properties ? 3. What processes are usually employed for refining sulphur, and from what minerals besides native sulphur is sulphuric acid obtained ? State whether pure sulphuric acid can be obtained from these minerals ; and, if not, what is the principal impurity likely to be found. 4. Give the reason why two molecules of hydrochloric acid (HCI) are required to act upon an atom of zinc, and give the formula of the reaction.

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5. How is ammonia prepared? G-ive the formula, and calculate the percentage composition of ammonic hydrate. Natural Philosophy. 1. "What are the sources of heat ? Describe the thermometer and pyrometer and the thermo-pile. 2. Describe the phenomenon of the rainbow. What is spectrum analysis ? 3. Describe an induction coil and an astatic needle. 4. Describe the phenomena of dew, of clouds, of trade winds, and of monsoons. 5. Describe the method of finding the specific gravity of a solid that is (a) lighter or (5) heavier than water. HISTOET. 1. Eelate the history of affairs in England during the minority of Henry VI. 2. When and by whom was the feudal system introduced into England ? Describe its leading principles and its effects upon society ? 3. State distinctly the claims asserted by Edward IV. and his rivals respectively to the throne of England. 4. How did Malta, Gibraltar, Bombay, Hongkong, New South Wales, and New Zealand come into the hands of the English ? 5. What statesmen administered the affairs of England during the early years of Her Majesty's reign ? BOOK-KEEPING. 1. Construct a cash-book from the following transactions, using a separate column for interest only:— Jan. 1 Cash on hand ... ... ... ... ... ... £1325 1 7 3 Lent to Eushbell & Co. on warrant of Demarara Cotton, per " Jane Dawson," @7i°/ o ... ... ... ... ... ... 264 11 0 6 Eeceived of Eushbell & Co. ... ... ... ... ... 100 0 0 9 Lent T. Smith, on Bill of Lading for Silk, per " Margaret Mitchell," @7\ °/ 0 500 0 0 12 Lent Stevenson & Co., on 34 Quarter-casks Brandy, per "Pearl," @7£ °/ o ... 250 0 0 „ Lent T. Jackson, on warrant for Jute, per " Queen of South," @7J °/ o ... 54 0 0 14 Paid Petty Expenses ... ... ... ... ... 34 0 0 viz. Gas ... ... ... :.. ... £3 5 0 Taxes • ... ... ... ... 7 4 6 Salary ... ... ... ... 23 10 6 15 Eeceived of Eushbell & Co. ... ... ... ... ... 165 0 5 viz. Balance of Loan... ... ... £164 11 0 Total Interest ... ... ... 0 9 5 „ Lent Jones, Son, & Co., on warrant of Surat Cotton, @7» °/ 0 ... ... 250 0 0 16 Eeceived of Thomas Smith ... ... ... ... ... 500 14 5 viz. Loan ... ... ... £500 0 0 Interest ... ... ... 0 14 5 „ Lent James Parker, on Bill of Lading for Brandy, per "Maria Jaue," @7£ °/ 0 320 0 0 17 Eeceived of Thomas Jackson ... ... ... ... ... 40 0 0 29 Eeceived of Jones, Son, & Co. ... ... ... ... 135 0 0 30 Lent James Smith, on Brandy, per "Maria Jane," @7| °/o ... ... 175 10 0 Feb. 7 Paid John Brown for Oilice Desk ... ... ... ... 12 15 0 11 Eeceived of Thomas Jackson ... ... ... ... ... 14 2 8 viz. Balance of Loan ... ... ... £14 0 0 Interest ... ... ... .... 0 2 8 . 19 Eeceived of Stevenson & Co. ... ... ... ... ... 25119 1 viz. Loan ... ... ... £250 0 0 Interest ... ... ... 1 19 1 24 Paid Clerk for Wages ... ... ... ... ... 5 5 0 25 Eeceived of James Smith ... ... ... ... ... ■ 176 8 10 viz. Loan ... ... ... £175 10 0 Interest ... ... ... 0 18 10 27 Eeceived of John Smith, as Composition for debt, written off as bad in 1863... 15 0 0 2. Journalize the above as briefly as possible. 3. Draw up a profit and loss account from the above cash-book.

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ENGLISH. 1. Write the passage dictated to you. 2. Distinguish between common and abstract nouns. Give the corresponding abstract and common nouns of the following common and abstract nouns: Man, hero, child, art, poverty, war. 3. Which is right, and why ? — Conferred, or confered, benejitted or benefited, moneys or monies, lieros or heroes, fathers-in-law or father-in-laws, a herb or an herb, 5. Analyze the following : — " Hark ! the stern captive spurns his heavy load, And asks the image back that Heaven bestowed; Fierce in his eye the fire of valour burns, And, as the slave departs, the man returns." 5. Parse the words in italics in the above passage. 6. Give an outline of any work you have lately read. AIIITHMETIC. 1. Prom twenty-four thousand and nine pounds and sevenpence three farthings take six thousand eight hundred and fifty-five pounds thirteen shillings and three halfpence, and write your answer in words.? 2. How many ounces of silver will it take to make five gross of spoons, each weighing 3 oz. 7 dwt. ? • 3. What is [(91 - 87*) X2 + ( 8-| -7) x3 + (6 - 4J) +4] -4- 6 equal to? 5. Find, by Practice, the value of 900 things at £2 7s. 9|d. each. Prove that your answer ia correct. 5. Reduce 4s. 4-}d- to the decimal of ss. B|d.; and 89 gallons 1 quart 1 pint to the decimal of 572 gallons. 6. Two cases of apples of the same weight cost respectively £2 15s. ljd. and £2 6s. 11-jd. The price of the first was 6Jd. per lb.; what was the price of the second ? 7. Multiply 4 acres 1 rood 17 perches 13 yards by 95. 8. Find simple interest on £756,419 for 3-J years at 21 per cent, per annum. 9. Wool being worth £8 15s. per cwt., and 15 sheep yielding 29 lb., what is the value of the wool of thirteen million sheep ? 10. Find the cubical contents of 11 rooms —2 measuring 27 feet 6 inches by 15 feet; 6 measuring 18 feet 9 inches by 14 feet 6 inches ; and 3 measuring 10 feet 5 inches by 10 feet; all being 12 feet high. 11. What is the present woi'th of a pound due a year hence at 1 per cent? 12. A lawn tennis court is 78 feet long by 36 feet broad. At 17 feet from each of the base (or end lines) a service line runs across the court, and these service lines are joined by a centre line. How many yards of tape will it take to mark the court out, and how many hair-pins will it require to fasten down the tape, if I stick them in 20 inches apart ? What will the cost be if I get 12 yards of tape for 5d., and hair-pins are 2d. a box of 6 ? HISTORY. 1. What defensive works did the Eomans construct to protect England from the invasions of the Caledonians ? 2. Under what claim, and how, did Stephen obtain the Crown of England ? 3. Enumerate the battles fought during the Wars of the Eoses, stating which party was victorious in each. 4. For what events are the following years memorable in English History:—B7l, 1215, 1314, 1588, 1688, 1775 ? 5. Who («) discovered America, (b) first sailed round the globe, (c) invented gunpowder, (d) introduced printing into England, (e) discovered the laws of gravitation ? 6. What were the provisions of the Bill of Rights ? 7. Give a short account of one (only) of the following persons : —Thomas a Becket, Sir Walter Raleigh, Cardinal Wolsey, or George Washington. 8. Give some account of the rise of the names Roundhead, Independent, Whig, Tory, Chartist. GEOGRAPHY. 1; Name the principal inland lochs of Scotland, lakes of England, mountains of Wales, and rivers of Ireland. 2. What towns (small as well as large), river mouths, and capes would you pass on a trip along the East Coast, from the Bluff to the Bay of Islands ? 3. Where are the following, and for what are they noted : —Elba, Washington, Candahar, Simla, Strasbourg, Havannah, Archangel, Zanzibar, Perim ? 4. Where is Natal ? Describe its natural features and climate, and name the chief towns. 5. What rivers flow into the Sea of Aral, into the Caspian Sea, and into the Persian Gulf ? 6. Name the countries into which South America is divided, giving the capital town of each.

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seistior. ENGLISH. (See paper set for December.) LATIN. Horace — Odes, Books I. and 11. 1. Translate— " Di me tuentur, dis pictas mea " Hie innocentis pocula Lesbii Et Musa cordi est. Hie tibi copia Duces sub umbra : nee Semeleius Manabit ad plenum benigno Cum Marte confundet Thyoneus Euris houorum opulenta cornu. Proelia: nee metues protervum. " Hie in reducta valle, Caniculae " Suspecta Cyrum, ne male dispari Vitabis aestus, et fide Te'ia Incontinentes injiciat maims, Dices laborantes in uno Et scindat haerentem coronam Penelopen vitreamque Circen. Crinibus, immeritamque vestem." 2. Decline dis, cordi, cornu, crinibus; and give principal parts of tuentur, reducta, confundet, haerentem. 3. Scan the first stanza, and name the metre. 4. Translate— " Non ebur neque aureum Trahunt honestae purpuras clientae. Mea renidet in domo lacunar ; At fides et ingeni Non trabes Hymettiae Benigna vena est; pauperemque dives Premunt columnas ultima recisas Me petit: nihil supra Africa, neque Attali Deos lacesso, nee potentem amkum Ignotus heres regiam occupavi; Largiora flagito, Nee Laconicas mihi Satis beatus unicis Sabinis." 5. When is the latter of two verbs put in the infinitive mood, and when not ? Virgil — 2Eneid I. and 11. 1. Translate — " 0 socii; neque enim ignari sumus ante malorum; O passi graviora ! dabit Deus his quoque finem. Vos et Scyllaeam rabiem, penitusque sonantes Accestis scopulos, vos et Cyclopia saxa Experti. Eevocate animos, moestumque timorem Mittite : forsan et haec olim meminisso juvabit. Per varios casus, per tot discrimina rerum, Tendimus in Latium ; sedes übi fata quietas Ostendunt: illic fas regua resurgere Trojae. Durate, et vosmet rebus servate secundis." 2. Where, by whom, and under what circumstances was this address delivered? 3. Parse fully, giving rules, malorum, Ms, accestis, experti, meminisse, rebus secundis. 4. Translate — " In somnis, ecce ! ante oculos moestissimus Hector Visus adesse mihi, largosque effundere fletus ; Eaptatus bigis, ut quondam, aterque cruento Pulvere, perque pedes trajectus lora tumentes. Hei mihi! qualis erat! quantum mutatus ab illo Hectore, qui redit exuvias indutus Achilli Vel Danaum Phrygios jaculatus puppibus ignes ! Squalentem barbam, et concretos sanguine crines, Vulneraque ilia gerens, quae circum plurima muros Accepit patrios." 5. Point out in this passage (question 4) a deponent verb, an ablative of the instrument, an attributive adjective iu agreement, and a word governed by an interjection. 6. Scan the first two lines of each passage for translation. Ovid — Fasti. 1. Translate— " Rnierat monitus : placidis ita rursus, ut ante, Clavigerum verbis alloquor ipse Deum : Multa quidem didici: sed cur navalis in aere Altera signata est, altera forma biceps ? Noscere me duplici posses in imagine, dixit; Ni vetus ipsa dies extenuaret opus. Causa ratis superest: Tuscum rate venit in amnem Ante pererrato falcifer orbe Deus. Hac ego Saturnum memini tellure receptum : Coelitibus regnis ab Jove pulsus erat." 2. Conjugate didici, noscere, pulsus erat; decline ipse, biceps, ratis, coelitibus ; compare multa, vetus. 3. Account for the cases of placidis, verbis, ratis, rate, orbe; and the moods of noscere posses, extenuaret.

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4. Translate— " Est honor et tumulis : animas placate paternas ; Parvaque in exstinctas munera ferte pyras. Parva petunt Manes : pietas pro divite grata est Munere : non avidos Styx habet ima Deos. Tegula projectis satis est velata coronis ; Et sparsae fruges ; parcaque mica salis ; Inque mero mollita Ceres, violaeque solutae : Haec habeat media testa relicta via. Nee majora veto : sed et his placabilis umbra est: Adde preces positis et sua verba focis." 5. Explain dies fasti, nefasti, and endotercisi; also feriae stativae, conceptivae, and imperativae. Ccesar — De Hello Gallico I. and 11. 1. Translate— "Haec quum plurimis verbis flens a Caesare peteret, Caesar ejus dextram prendit; consolatus rogat, finem orandi faciat: tanti ejus apud se gratiam esse ostendit, ut et reipublicae injuriam et suum dolorem ejus voluntati ac precibus condonet. Dumnorigem ad se vocat; fratrem adliibet; quae in eo reprehendat, ostendit ; quae ipse intelligat, quae civitas queratur, proponit; monet ut in reliquum tempus omnes suspiciones vitet; praeterita se Divitiaco fratri condonare dicit. Dumnorigi custodes ponit, ut quae agat, quibuscum loquatur, scire possit." 2. Parse all the words in the last sentence, commencing "Dumnorigi." 3. Translate— "Se suaque omnia eorum potestati permittere dixerunt: unum petere ac deprecari; si forte pro sua dementia ac mansuetudine quam ipsi ab aliis audirent statuisset Aduaticos esse conservandos, ne se armis despoliaret: sibi omnes fere finitimos esse inimicos ac suae virtuti invidere, a quibus se defendere traditis armis non possent. Sibi praestare, si in eum casum deducerentur, quamvis fbrtunam a populo Komano pati quam ab iis per cruciatum interfici inter quos dominari consuessent." 4. "What changes are made in the prepositions a or ab, con, and e or ex, when used in the composition of verbs ? 5. G-ive present and perfect indicative, and infinitive, of six impersonal verbs. Cicero — Orationes in Catilinam I. and 11. 1. Translate — "Refer, inquis, ad senatum, (id enim postulas), et, si hie ordo sibi placere decreverit te ire in exsilium, obtemperaturum te esse dicis. Non referam id, quod abhorret a meis moribus :et tamen faciam, ut intelligas, quid hi de te sentiant. Egredere ex urbe, Catilina : libera rem publicam metu : in exsilium, si hanc vocem exspectas, proficiscere. Quid est, Catilina ? ecquid attendis, ecquid animadvertis horuin silentium? Patiuntur, tacent. Quid expectas auctoritatem loquentium, quorum voluntatem tacitorum perspicis ? At si hoc idem huic adolescenti optimo, P. Sextio, si fortissimo viro, M. Marcello dixissem; jam mihi consuli, hoc ipso in templo, jure optimo senatus vim et manus intulisset: de te autem, Catilina, cum quiescunt, probant; cum patiuntur, decernunt; cum tacent, clamant." 2. Name some of Catiline's principal associates in his second conspiracy. 8. Give the principal parts of the verbs which occur in the last phrase, commencing "de te autem ;" and explain clearly their meanings. 4. Translate — a. Ut ejus diversa studia in dissimili ratione perspicere possitis, nemo est in ludo gladiatorio paullo ad facinus audacior, qui se non intimum Catilinae esse fateatur. b. Quae sanari poterunt, quacuuque ratione sanabo : quae resecanda erunt, non patiar ad perniciem civitatis manare. c. Quartum genus est sane varium et mixtum et turbulentum : qui jampridem premuntur; qui nunquam emergent: qui partim inertia, partim male gerendo negotio, partim etiam sumtibus in vetere aere alieno, vacillant. 5. How. was a debtor proceeded against in Rome ? Sallust — Catiline. 1. Translate — "His amicis sociisque confisus Catilina, simul quod aes alienum per omnes terras ingens erat, et quod plerique Sullani milites, largius suo usi, rapinarum et victoriae veteris memores civile bellum exoptabant, opprimundae rei publicae consilium cepit. In Italia nullus exercitus; Cn. Pompeius in extremis terris bellum gerebat; ipsi consulatum potenti magna spes; senatus nihil sane intentus ; tutae tranquillaeque res omnes: sed ea prorsus opportuna Catilinae." 2. Who were Sullani milites? 3. Account for the ablative cases that occur in the passage. 4. Translate — "Postquam Cato assedit, consulares omnes itemque senatus magna pars sententiam ejus laudant, virtutem animi ad coelum ferunt, alii alios increpantes timidos vocant, Cato clarus atque magnus habetur, senati decretum fit, sicuti ille censuerat. Sed mihi multa legenti, multa audienti, quae populus Romanus domi militiaeque, mari atque terra praeclara faeinora fecit, forte libuit attendere, quae res maxime tanta negotia sustinuisset. Sciebam saepenumero parva manu cum magnis legionibus hostium contendisse; cognoveram parvis copiis bella gesta cum opulentis regibus, ad hoc saepe fortunae violentiam toleravisse, facundia Graecos, gloria belli Gallos ante Romanos fuisse." 5. Who was Cato ? To what occasion does this passage refer? 3—H. 3.

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4. Prove the formulae for expressing the cosine of the sum and the cosine of the difference of two angles in terms of the sines and cosines of the angles themselves. Prove the truth of the formulae for angles greater than a right angle, and for negative angles. 5. If A = 30°, b = s\/3, c = 10, find the other angles of the triangle. Investigate formulae adapted to logarithmic computation for solving such cases completely. 6. Given A = 71" 19' 5", C = 67° 27' 33", b = 55, find a. 7. A and B are two inaccessible objects : Show fully the process of ascertaining their distances from an observing station C, and from each other. Assume necessary data, and work out the problem. ALGEBRA. 1. If a=B,b=4, c = 3, and d= 2, what is the numerical value of— (2a + c 3)! — (25 — 2<Z)i ? 2. Multiply —y z — xy 2 — x"y —x"by— 0 — y, arranging your answer according to the descending powers of x. 3. Find G. C. M. of z 5 -o 5 and x& - «13. 4. Express with fractional indices \/a", and 4b ; with positive indices a —2, and a — lbc; and ■with radical signs (4a)f and 4a|. 5. Divide ax by a — x to five terms in the quotient. 6. Collect i±K +-4 S — x*—y~ x+y x—y 7. Solve the following equations : — 00 - » 11 a— b a+ o (2 (x+y) +3 = 3(4*-%). 14 (Sx - 2y) =s(x- y) + 11. 24 X -\ r = 3X —4. x — 1 8. Divide £900 amongst six persons as follows : To two give twice as much each as to each of three others, and to the sixth give as much as to all the others put together plus £50. 9. What fraction is that which becomes ■} when you add 1 to the numerator, and J when you add 1 to the denominator? 10. Express symbolically : Twice a number taken from the number multiplied by itself is equal to the number added to 4 ; and work it out. 11. Take £5 from a third of my money added to half of John's, and we shall have a quarter as much as you ; take £3 from a ninth part of iny money added to a third of yours, and we shall have a fifth of John's; take £17 from a tenth of John's money added to twice mine, and we shall have a sixth part of yours. How much have we each ? GEOMETRY. 1. Define a straight line, a circle, a figure, a scalene triangle, a rhombus, a rhomboid, a gnomon, a segment, and a sector of a circle. 2. An equilateral triangle is also equiangular. 3. Describe a triangle of which the sides shall be equal to three given straight lines. Can this always be done ? 4. If a straight line be bisected, and produced to any point, the square on the whole line thus produced, and the square on the part of it produced, are together double of the square on half the line bisected and of the square on the line made up of the half and the part produced. 5. One circumference of a circle cannot cut another in more than two points. 6. Bisect a given arc. 7. Describe a circle about a given triangle. PHYSICAL SCIENCE. Chemistry. 1. How is pure nitrogen produced ? 2. What is the composition of laughing gas, and how is it made ? 3. Name and describe the chief compounds of chlorine. 4. How do cast-iron, steel, and wrought-iron differ in composition and physical properties ? 5. Give a short description of calcium and its salts. Natural Philosophy. 1. Describe reflection, refraction, and polarization of light. 2. Describe the principle of the electric lamp. 3. Describe any two forms of the galvanic battery, and explain the principle of the electric telegraph. 4. Describe the siren, and the theory of musical sounds. 5. Describe the principle and mode of construction of the compensation pendulum. HISTORY. 1. Explain the terms —King, Atheling, Alderman, Heptarchy, Witenagemot, Danegelt, Domesday Book. 2. What led to the enactment of the Constitutions of Clarendon? State the principal articles. 3. What claim had Mary Queen of Scots to the throne of England ? 4. Why has the reign of Queen Anne been called the Augustan Age of English literature ? 5. Write an account of the origin, jurisdiction, and abolition of the Star Chamber. 6. Name three of each of the following, stating what has made their names celebrated in English history : —Admirals, generals, legislators, architects, poets, prose writers, men of science.

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7. By what title does the present Eoyal Family occupy the throne of England ? 8. In whose reign was the Statute of Treasons passed? What were its provisions? "What amendments were afterwards made in it, and in whose reigns ? BOOK-KEEPING. 1. A bill for £328 17s. 6d., due March 31, is discounted by me on February 17, and I receive £327 13s. How is this journalized ? 2. Journalize the following transactions ? No. 1879. £ s. d. 1 Jan. 1. Bought of J. &J. Skilbeck— 50 casks of Saltpetre ... ... ... ... 82 14 0 2 „ Bought of Blundell, Spence, & Co.— 5 casks Emerald G-reen... ... ... ... 27 1 8 8 „ Bed Lead ... ... ... ... 11 210 3 „ Paid J. &J. Skilbeck by cheque on Williams & Co. ... 81 13 0 ws.—Account... ... £82 14 0 lessl|7 o ... 110 4 „ Sold to Price & Co.— 50 casks Saltpetre ... ... ... ... 87 1 1 5 „ Sold to Theodore Jones — 3 casks Emerald Green ... ... ... 17 1 3 3 „ Eed Lead 414 0 6 „ Sold to Lewis Nathan— 2 casks Emerald Green... ... ... ... 11 18 4 5 „ Eed Lead 6 7 9 7 „ Eeceived of Price & Co. ... ... ... ... 85 19 4 viz. —Account... ... £87 1 1 lessli°/ 0 ... 119 8 „ Eeceived of Thomas Jones his acceptance at 2 months ... 21 15 3 9 „ Accepted Bill drawn by Blundell & Co. at 3 months ... 38 4 6 3. How would your account appear in the ledger of J. & J. Skilbeck ? 4. How would Price & Co. journalize their transactions?

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