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CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION BOARD (REPORT OF.)
Presented to both Souses of the General Assembly by Command of His Excellency.
The Chairman, Civil Service Examination Board, to the Hon. the Colonial Seceetaey. Office of the Civil Service Examination Board, Sib,— Wellington, 22nd June, 1880. I have the honor to submit the following report of the proceedings of the Civil Service Examination Board since the Ist July, 1879 : — DECEMBER 1879 EXAMINATION. Candidates applied to be examined ... ... ... ... 162 „ presented themselves ... ... ... ... 147 underwent Junior Examination ... ... ... 129 „ passed „ ... ... ... ... 61 „ underwent Senior Examination ... ... ... 34 „ passed „ ... ... ... ... 23 The names of candidates who passed, placed in the order of merit, are as follows: — Juhtok Examination.
u q o Name. Residence. Where Educated. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Augarde, Louis Constantine Roberton, Ernest Gifford, Arthur John... Clayton, Charles Ziegler Lawry, Albert Charles Bryant, William Henry Wellington Auckland Oamaru Auckland Auckland Nelson Nelson Public Schools, 7 years ; Nelson College, 2 years. Auckland College and Grammar School, 5i years. Somerset College, Bath, 4 years. Auckland College and Grammar School, 7i years. Auckland College and Grammar School, 6£ years. River Terrace School, 8 years; Richmond School, 2 years Nelson College, 1 year. Thames School, 3 years ; Parawai School, 1 year; Waiotahi Creek School, 1$ years ; Auckland College and Grammar School, 2} years. Canterbury Schools, 1 year ; Thames Schools, 2 years; Auckland City East No. 1 School, 3 years ; Auckland College and Grammar School, 1J years. Auckland College and Grammar School, 8 years. 7 Skeen, Wilson Auckland Purdie, Edward Campbell Auckland McDowell, William Chisholm Wilson Hall, Thomas Macky Sinclair, Hector King, John Mathew ... Auckland 9 10 11 12 18 14 15 16 17 Robinson, Edwai'd John Waters, Frederick Valentine ... Buckeridge, Edward William ... Steadman, Thomas Herbert Arneil, John Auckland Waipoi'i, Otago Wellington ..; Nelson Wellington Nelson Auckland Auckland Parnell Grammar School, 7 years. Lake Waipori School, 5 years : Normal School, 1 year. Private tuition, 3 years; Auckland College and Grammar School, 1 year ; English High School, Wellington, 1 year. Blenheim Schools, 6 years ; Private Schools, Blenheim, 3 years ; Nelson College, 1 year. Mr. Prince's, St. Kilda, 1J years; Roman Catholic School, Greyinouth, 1 year; Mr. Thomas's, Greymouth, 1 year; Bishop's School, Nelson, 3 years ; private tuition, 1 year. Private tuition, 2 years ; St. Mary's, 4 years ; Haven Road, 1 year ; Nelson College, 9 months. Preparatory Schools, 2| years ; Auckland City East School, 9 months ; Auckland College and Grammar School, 4 years. Preparatory Schools, 3 years; City East District School, 1§ years ; Auckland College and Grammar School, 5 years. Private tuition. Thames'Schools, 3 years ; Wellesley Street School, 9 months ; Auckland College and Grammar School, 2| years. Hokitika Academy, 4 years ; State School, 5 years. Oamaru Grammar School, 5 years ; Christ's College and Grammar School, 3£ years. City West School No. 1, 5J years ; Auckland College and Grammar School, lj years. Raglan Public School, 1J years; Grafton Road School, 9 months ; Auckland College and Grammar School, 3 years. Xelson College, 4 years. Te Aro School, Wellington, 2J years ; Patum'ahoe School, Auckland, 2 years ; Auckland City East Schcol, 8 months • Auckland College and Grammar School,. 2 Terrs. 18 19 Laurenson, George Colebrook, Horace William Christchurch ... Auckland 20 21 Marr, Thomas Mel drum Borton, Godfrey Charles Christchurch ... Oamaru 22 Brabazon, Ernest Rudolph Auckland 23 Wallis, Thomas Jackson Auckland 24 25 Andrews, WilTam Douglas Hill, Edward Henry Stevens Nelson Auckland
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V 5 Name. Residence. Where Educated. 2S 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 3fi 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 Day, William Alexander Howie, John Rogers, John Molyneui Malcolm, Thornton George Bond, Robert Percy Bagot Palmer, Walter Henry McDermott, Martin Philip Trolove, Peter G ittos, John William Jone.*, Audley Macfarlane Thomson, Andrew Duncan Trolove, John William Haszard, Henry Douglas Morpeth Aiken, Frederick Parkes Von Stunner, Spencer Norreys... Shaw, Francis Moore, Herbert Gifford Reev.es, Sheppard Dalziell, Peter Albert... Withers, Percy Gideon Seymour, Arthur Knapp, Frederic Vincent Wayte, Thomas Edward Cliristchurch ... Wanganui Nelson Nelson Nelson Dunedin Auckland Nelson Auckland Auckland Wanganui Nelson Auckland Wanganui Auckland Dunedin Oaniaru Nelson Now Plymouth Christ-church ... Nelson Nelson Auckland Christ's College and Grammar School, 5 years ; King's College, London, G months. Matarawa School, 4 Tears ; Waverley School, 4 years; Mr. Godwin's, 9 months. Bishop's School, 3 years ; Nelson College, 2 years. Richmond School, 6 years ; Nelson College, 6 months. Nelson Public Schools: St. Mary's, 2 years ; Hampden Street School, 2 years ; Bridge Street School, 3 years. South Dunedin School, 3 years; Dunedin High School, 2 years. Mrs. Lewis's, 4 years; Mrs. Hardin's, 3 years; Auckland College and Grammar School, SJ years. Private tuition, 5 years ; Nelson College, 3 years. Baparoa District School, 3f years; Auckland College and Grammar School, 1| years. Auckland City East No. 1 School, H years; Auckland College and Grammar School, li years. Mr. Thomson's, 9 years. Private tuition, 5 years ; Nelson College, 3 years. Otamalea School, 3 years ; Paparoa School, 2 years ; Auckland College and Grammar School, 2 years. Matarawa School, 5 years; Waverley School, 2 years ; Mr. Godwin's, 9 months. Auckland College and Grammar School, 5 years. G-eelqng College, 7 years. Oamaru District High School; Christ's College, Christchureh. All Saints', Hokitika, 24 years ; Nelson College, li years. Tauranga District School, 6 years; New Plymouth Beach School, 1 year. Edenbridge British School, 3 years j Christchureh Normal School, 3 years. Private School, Picton, 4 years ; Nelson College, 0 years. Spring Grove School, 7 years ; Nelson College, li years. Graf Ion Road School, li years ; Auckland College and Grammar School, 5 years. Spring Grove Sohool, 9 years ; Nelson College, 1 year. Christ's College and Grammar School, 2i years ; Stoneyhurst College, England, 5 years. Church of England Grammar School, 2 years; Auckland College and Grammar School, 5| years. Private School, Kilmarnock, 1| years; North Dunedin District School, 1 year; Dunedin Middle District School, 2 years ; Oamaru High School, 3» years. West Christchureh District School, 2 years; Christ's College and Grammar School, 2 years. Whau School, 3 years; Auckland College and Grammar School, fii years. Caversham District- School, 4| years; South District School, H years ; Dunedin High School, 4 years. South Duuedin School, 3 years; Dunedin Collegiate School, 2 years ; Dunedin Hijjh School, 3J years. Mr. G. F. Allen's, G months; Mr. Dewar's.l year; South District School, Dunedin, 1 year; Mr. Thomson's, Wanganui, 1 year. Privaie Schools, 4 years; Auckland Grammar School, 1 year; Auckland College, 3 years; Parnell Grammar School, 1 year. Wakefiekl School, Si years; Nelson College, 2| years. Mr-. Cook's, 4 years; Trent College, England, 1 year; Mr. Smith's, Christclmreh, 1 year. Ep,et Taieri School, 11 years. 49 50 Wratt, William John... Sheath, Alfred George Nelson Cliristchurch ... 51 Purchas, Claude Philip Auckland 52 Brounlee, George Oaniaru Cane, Edward Henry ... Christen urch ... 53 54 Buchanan, Eberiezer Dey Hubalt Auckland 55 Calder, David McBeth Dunedin 56 Reynolds, Leslie Hunter Dunedin 57 Wilkinson, Robert Noel Wanganui 58 Aiekin, Charles James Auckland 5!) 60 Boddington, Henry Albert Haines, Charles Samuel Nelson Christchurch ... 61 Waddell, James Noke East. Taieri
i s o o c 'S.'S § ° Name. Residence. Where Educated. c Hi *,jj j Js » ! ft a g Sh O g I (§1 a I o S •s 02 h bo 5 Steathnan, Thomas Herbert Auckland Preparatory Schools, 2i years ; Auckland City East School, 9 months ; Auckland College and Grammar Schoul, 4 years Auckland College and Grammar School, 7i years Nelson College, 7 years 3rd 3rd 1st [3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 2nd Clayton, Charles Zeigler A tukland 1st -3rd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 3rd Lowe, Harry James Greenfield, Francis Edmund Nelson ... 2ud 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd Nelson ... Bishop's School, 5 years; Nelson College, 2 years 2nd 2nd 2nd!3rd I 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd
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Note.—lst, 2nd, 3rd=passed in Ist, 2nd, or 3rd class of merit. N.P.=not passed. — — did not take up the subject. * The candidates whose names are 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, piano trigonometry may bo substituted for Latin as a compulsory subject; but any candidate availing himself of the exception will not be considered ai haying passed the Senior Examination in respect of the other branches of the service.
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Name. Residence. Where Educated. i B 6 CD a I | ° 4 a a si a I Of 1 8 CD "3 03 o jS s 60 a §1 a 1 CD S Roberton, Ernest 3rd lBt 1st 2nd Auckland Auckland College and Grammar School, 5i 3rd 2nd 1st 3rd 0 Evans, William Percival Nelson years Hope School, 2 years ; Blenheim School, 1 year; Nelson College, 4 years Wanganui Endowed School, 7 years; Nelson College, 1 year Somerset College, Bath, 4 years Richmond School, 6 years ; Nelson College, 3 years Auckland College and Grammar School, 8 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd Peat, John Nelson 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd let 2nd Gifford, Arthur John Thompson, Thomas Kirkpatriek Oamaru ... Nelson ... 3rd 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd 1st JO McDowell, William Chisliolm Wilson Berry, David Garden Auckland 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 11 Auckland years Thames School, Ak years; Auckland College and Grammar School, 3i 3rd 2nd 1st, 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd Hall, Thomas Macky Hoult, Charles Michael Auckland years Pavnell Grammar School, 7 years Upper Wakefield School, 8 years; Nelson College, 3 years South Dunedin District School, 5 years ; Dunedin High School, 3J years ; Christ's College, Christchurch, 1£ years Preparatory Schools, 3£ years ; City East Di»trict School, 1% years ; Auckland College and Grammar School, 5 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd N.P. 2nd N.P. 1st 12 2nd Nelson 1st 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 13 Hardy, Edwin Henry Dunedin... 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 15 Arneil, John ... Auckland 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 10 Purdie, Edward Campbell Auckland years Canterbury Schools, 1 year; Thames Schools, 2 years; Auckland City East No. 1 School, 3 years ; Auckland Collego and Grammar School, li years Papiikura School, 5 years ; Auckland Col lege and Grammar School, 4 years St. Mary's, Nelson, 2 years; Nelson College, 5 years Private Schools, 4 yeara j Lower Moutere School, 3 years; Rev. S. Poole's, Motueka, 1 year; Nelson College, 6 months Mr. Prince's, St. Kilda, li years; Rom in Catholic School, Greymouth, 1 year; Mr. Thomas's, Greymouth, 1 year; Bishop's School, Nelson, 3 yours; private tuition, 1 year Auckland College and Grammar School, 5 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd Norrie, David ... 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd N.P. 2nd 1st 3rd 37 'Auckland IS Bunny, Edmund Percy Nelson 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 19 Deck, James Charles Nelson 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd Wa-ters,Frederick Valentine Wellington 20 1st 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd N.P. 2nd Von Sturmer, Spencer Norreys 2] Auckland 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd N.P. 2nd !22 Stewart, John Anderson Auckland years Auckland College and Grammar School, 7 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd *23 Armstrong, William Dunedin... years Middle District School, 5 years ; High School, Dunedin, 1 year 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st
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SYNOPSIS. Juniob Examination. Four Compulsory Subjects. 129 candidates examined. 68 candidates failed to pass. 61 „ passed in all subjects. Of those who failed, — 16 failed in all 4 subjects. 34 failed in English. 13 „ 3 ~ 48 „ Arithmetic. 20 „ 2 „ 45 „ History. 19 ~ 1 „ 34 „ Geography. Seniob Examination. Four Compulsory and two or more Optional Subjects. 36 candidates examined. 3 candidates passed in 9 subjects. 23 „ passed. 9 „ 8 „ 11 „ failed. 6 „ 7 5 „ 6 „ 34 candidates examined and 7 failed in English. *28 „ 5 „ Latin. 34 „ 2 „ Arithmetic. 34 „ 5 ~ Geography. 1 „ 0 „ Greek. 4 „ 0 „ French. 0 „ 0 ~ German. 0 „ 0 Maori. 20 ~ 5 „ Trigonometry. 31 „ 4 „ Algebra. 33 „ 4 „ Geometry. 7 „ 2 „ Physical Science. 29 „ 3 „ History. 0 „ 0 „ Book-keeping. 1 ~ 1 „ Shorthand. * Trigonometry was substituted for Latin by 6 candidates, under the following proviso: "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 having passed the Senior Examination in respect of the other branches of the service."
NUMBER OF CANDIDATES EXAMINED. At Auckland, 33; Thames, 2; Tauranga, 1 ; New Plymouth, 1; Wanganui, 7; "Wellington, 25 ; Nelson, 34; Reefton, 1; Hokitika, 1; Blenheim, 7; Christenurch, 12; Oamaru, 5; Arrowtown, 1; Dunedin, 15 ; Invercargill, 2. Total, 147. Since the establishment of the Board the number of the candidates examined in each year has been, — Examined. Passed. 1869 ... 12 ... ... 6 1870 ... 16 ... ... 10 1871 ... 11 ... ... 5 1872 ... 39 ... ... 18 1873 ... 57 ... ... 38 1874 ... 56 ... ... 47 1875 ... 65 ... ... 50 1876 ... 103 "... ... 57 1877 ... 164 ... ... 75 1878 ... 199 ... ... 96 1879 ... 211 ... ... 107 Total ... 933 ... ... ... 509 It will be seen, therefore, that not many more than half the number of candidates who presented themselves for examination have succeeded in passing. Applications were received from 112 candidates for the June examination, the result of which has not yet been determined.
REGULATIONS. The regulations for the conduct of examinations have been recently revised and amended,.and the new regulations come into force on the Ist January, 1881. Copies are attached. The alterations are, — 1. From the above date all candidates for examination, whether they are or are not candidates for employment in the Civil Service, will have to pay a fee of half a guinea.
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2. Shorthand and Maori have been added as optional subjects to the Junior Examination, but candidates will not be obliged to take up either of these subjects in order to qualify themselves for entrance into the Civil Service. The following, however, has been added to the regulations : — " Although shorthand is not a compulsory subject, great importance will be attached "to a knowledge of it in the selection of candidates for the Civil Service. Officers " already in the Service may be separately examined in shorthand, and a special certificate " given accordingly." 3. In the Senior Examination, Latin has been taken out of the compulsory and placed among the optional subjects, to which Italian has also been added. To pass the Senior Examination a candidate must pass in English, Arithmetic, and Geography, and three or more of the following, one of which must be a language : Latin, Greek, French, German, Italian, Maori, Plane Trigonometry, Algebra, Geometry, Physical Science, History, Bookkeeping, Shorthand. Candidates for eadetships in the engineer's branch of the Public Works Department will not be exempted from the necessity for taking up a language. The Board will select the Latin and Greek authors, and will give due notice in the JSfew Zealand Gazette of the portions in which they will examine candidates. It is proposed to fix Virgil's iEneid, Books VI. and X., and Csesar's De Bello Gallico, Books V. and VI., as the Latin subjects, and Xenophon's Anabasis, Books IV. and V., as the Greek subject, for the year 1881. Candidates who take up Latin will have to pass in both prose and verse author. 4. Examinations will be held in April and October, instead of June and December, and candidates will have to send in their applications, accompanied by the fee of half a guinea, and by certificates of age and character, by the Ist March and the Ist September, for these examinations respectively.
EXAMINATION PAPERS. Copies of the papers used at the December and June examinations are attached.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURE. Receipts. £ s. d. Expenditure. £ c. d. Moiety of annual vote by Parliament ... 100 0 0 Preparation of examination papers, and valuaExamination fees and fees for certificates ... 44 3 0 tion of candidates' work ... ... 35 10 0 Supervision of candidates during work ... 53 9 0 Attendance fee of member of Board, not being a member of the Civil Service ... ... 12 10 0 Clerical assistance ... ... ... 3 18 9 Stationery, hire of rooms, furniture, &c. ... 14 710 Messenger ... ... ... ... 200 £121 15 7 Balance ... ... ... 22 7 5 £144 3 0 £141 3 0 I have, Ac, G. S. COOPEE, The Hon. the Colonial Secretary. Chairman.
REGULATIONS RESPECTING EXAMINATIONS UNDER "THE CIVIL SERVICE ACT, 1866." [To come into force on the Ist January, 1881.] 1. Every candidate for examination must apply to be examined in a form to be prescribed by the Board; such application to be addressed to the Secretary, and to be accompanied by a fee of half a guinea. 2. The examination shall be divided into two branches —the one qualifying for appointment, the other qualifying for promotion to any class above the fourth. One branch shall be called the Junior Examination, and the other branch shall be called the Senior Examination. 3. Every candidate must pass in the compulsory subjects of the Junior Examination (see section 8) before he shall be eligible for any appointment in the Civil Service. Exceptions;— (1.) Any candidate who shall have passed the annual examinations by the New Zealand University shall be considered as eligible for appointment in the Civil Service : Provided that the Civil Service Examination Board is satisfied that the candidate has passed in all the subjects required by the Civil Service Regulations, and that a certificate to that effect is given in each case. (2.) A degree in any University cited in Statutes VII., VIII., and IX. of the New Zealand University (viz., Oxford, Cambridge, Glasgow, Aberdeen, St. Andrew's, Edinburgh, Dublin, Durham, London, Queen's University of Ireland, Sydney, or Melbourne) shall enable the recipient to enter the Civil Service" of JSTew Zealand without further examination. 4. Every person appointed under these regulations must pass the Senior Examination (see section 9) before he shall be eligible for promotion.
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5. The Board shall have power, subject to the Governor's approval, to vary the optional subjects and to frame such further rules for the conduct of examinations as they may deem fit, due notice of which shall be published in the New Zealand Gazette. 6. Eyery candidate must pass a certain standard of proficiency, to be fixed by the Board of Examiners. The Board, in publishing the result of examinations, shall classify the successful candidates according to merit; but the examination is not competitive for office, the Government being entitled to select any successful candidate for appointment at its discretion. 7. Examinations shall be held at such times and places, and before such persons, as the Board may from time to time appoint. 8. Jttniob Examination. Compulsory Subjects — English. —Including dictation, reading, spelling, grammar, and composition. Arithmetic. —lncluding vulgar and decimal fractions. History. Geography. Optional Subjects — Shorthand. Maori. 9. Senioe Examination. Compulsory Subjects — English, Arithmetic, and Geography. Optional Subjects — Latin, Greeh, French, German, Italian, Maori, Plane Trigonometry, Algebra, Geometry, Physical Science, History, Book-keeping, Shorthand. —ln addition to the compulsory subjects the candidate must pass in at least three of the optional subjects, one of which must be a language. 10. Any candidate may undergo the Junior and Senior Examinations at the same time; but no candidate shall be eligible for the Senior Examination unless he has passed the Junior Examination. 11. Every passed candidate may receive a certificate, signed by the Chairman and Secretary of the Board, on payment of a fee of one pound. 12. Although shorthand is not a compulsory subject, great importance will be attached to a knowledge of it in the selection of candidates for the Civil Service. Officers already in the Service may be separately examined in shorthand, and a special certificate given accordingly. 13. A register of candidates who have been examined shall be kept by the Board, and lists of those •who pass shall be published from time to time in the New Zealand Gazette..
ETJLES PEESCEIBED BY THE BOAED OF EXAMINEES, WITH THE APPEOVAL OF HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVEENOE. [To come into force on the Ist January, 1881.] I. Conduct op. Examinations. 1. Examinations will be held in April and October. 2. The Board will not examine candidates under the age of fifteen. 8. All candidates for examination must make application to the Secretary, according to Form A in the Schedule. 4. Certificates of age and character must be forwarded with the application. 5. Applications must be lodged not later than the Ist March for the April examination, and not later than the Ist September for the October examination. 6. Notice will be given to candidates by the Secretary to the Board, or by the Local Supervisor, of the exact time and place of examination. Further instructions will also be forwarded at the same time. 11. Subjects. JTJNIOE EXAMINATION. Compulsory Subjects — English. —Dictation, reading, spelling, grammar, and composition. Arithmetic. —Including vulgar and decimal fractions. History. —History of England. Geography. Optional Subjects — Shorthand. Maori. SENIOE EXAMINATION. Compulsory Subjects — English. —Grammar and composition, including abstract and precis writing; also dictation and reading, if the Board think necessary. Arithmetic. Geography. —Political and Physical. Optional Subjects —■ Any three or more of the following, at the option of the candidate, provided that one of the subjects selected be a language : — Latin. Greek. The Board will give due notice in the New Zealand Gazette of the portion of each Latin and Greek author in which they will examine candidates. French. German.
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Italian. Maori. Plane Trigonometry. Algebra. —So far as to include the solution of quadratic equations. Geometry. —The first Four Books of Euclid. Physical Science.— Outlines of Natural Philosophy, Chemistry, Zoology, Botany, or Geologj. History. —History of England. Book-keeping. Shorthand. 111. Classification. JUNIOR EXAMINATION. The names of successful candidates in the Junior Examination will be published in the order oi comparative proficiency, ascertained by the aggregate number of marks received by each candidate in all the subjects. SENIOR EXAMINATION. The names of successful candidates in the Senior Examination will be published in. the order of comparative proficiency, ascertained by the aggregate number of marks received by each candidate in all the subjects in which he has passed. No marks will be allowed for any subject in which the candidate has not received the minimum number of marks required for passing. Every certificate to a candidate who has passed the Senior Examination shall include a statement of the degree of proficiency shown by the candidate in each subject, according to the following scale:— First Class. —For each subject in which a candidate shall obtain not less than three-fourths of the maximum number of marks allotted thereto. Second Glass. —For each subject in which a candidate shall obtain not less than one-half of the maximum number of marks allotted thereto. Third Glass. —For each subject in which a candidate shall obtain less than one-half of the maximum number of marks allotted thereto.
SCHEDULE.
FOBM OF APPLICATION TO BE EXAMINED. FOEM A. To be filled up by the Candidate himself.
Class of Examination (Junior or Senior, or both) ... ... ... ... ... ... | Christian name and surname {in full) ... ... ... ... ... ... ... | Address to which the result of the Examination is to be sent ... ... ... ... | Date of birth ... ... ... ... ... ~7! ~ ... ~ Age last birthday Place of birtli ... ... ... ... ... Father's name „ residence ~ profession or trade (If deceased, give last residence, fyc.) School or sch ols at which educated, with length of stay at each Age on finally quitting school ... Employment since quitting school ... ... ... ... ... ...' {Full particulars should be given under this head of your employers1 names, addresses, and business, your position and salary, length of stay, and cause of leaving each situation) Are you a candidate for employment in Ihe Civil Service ? ... ... ... ... ... | Optional subjects selected ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... | Usual signature, and date ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... |
Foem B. JUNIOB EXAMINATION. Ws hereby certify that, on the day of , 188 , was duly examined according to the provisions of " The Civil Service Act, 1866," and that he has passed his Junior Examination, qualifying him for an appointment in the Civil Service of tlio colony. Dated at Wellington, this day of , 188 . Chairman of the Board of Examiners. Secretary.
Form C. SKNIOE EXAMINATION. Ws hereby certify that, on the dny of , 188 , was duly examined according to the provisions of " The Civil Service Act, 1866," and that he has pas»ed his Senior Examination, qualifying him for promotion in the Civil Service of the colony. In the First Class of Merit for In the Second Class of Merit for In the Third Class of Merit for Dated at Wellington, this day of , 188 . Chairman of the Board of Examiners. Secretary. N.'B. —No particular text-books are prescribed; the following are suggested as useful, but the. Board of Examiners do not bind themselves to their use exclusively:— English Grammar —Morell's or Oornwell's. Arithmetic j Co]eiWs or Barnard Smith's. Algebra j Euclid —Potts', Cambridge. English. History—Dr. Smith's smaller. Geography —Hughes'. Shorthand —Pitman's. Book-keeping—'Chambers'.
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APPENDIX.
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION.
DECEMBER, 1879.
ENGLISH. 1. Write the passage dictated to you. 2. Give past tense and perfect participle of cling, shut, dare, spit, split, sit, flee,fly, drink, see, saw, tread. 3. Define conjunctions and classify them, giving examples. 4. Point out and give meanings of —(i.) prefixes, (ii.) affixes, in the following words : — (i.) Deviate, bespeak, emir/rate, withstand, coincidence. (ii.) Kinqdotn, shovel, blackness, sponsor, hillock. 5. Parse each word in the following passage, explaining its grammatical connection'with other words in the passage:— Honor and shame from no condition rise ; Act well your part—there all the honor lies. 6. Give a description of the most interesting place you ever visited. Passage for Dictation. Thus far the Prince's enterprise had prospered beyond the expectation of the most sanguine. And now, according to the general law which governs human affairs, prosperity began to produce disunion. The Englishmen assembled at Salisbury were divided into two parties. One party consisted of Whigs, who had always regarded the doctrines of passive obedience and indefeasible hereditary right as slavish superstitions. Many of them had passed years iv exile. All had been long shut out from participation in the favours of the Crown. They now exulted in the near prospect of greatness and of vengeance. Burning with resentment, flushed with victory and hope, they would hear of no compromise. Nothing less than the deposition of their enemy would content them. Nor can it be disputed that herein they were perfectly consistent. They had exerted themselves nine years earlier to exclude James from the throne, because they thought it probable that he would be a bad king. It could therefore scarcely be expected that they would willingly leave him on the throne, now that he had turned out a far worse king than any reasonable man could have anticipated. AEITHMETIC. 1. What number added to three times the difference between the twentieth part of a million and the twenty-fifth part of eighty thousand will make one hundred and ninety thousand ? 2. 14 guineas, 14 florins, 14 half-crowns, and 14 francs amount to £18 Bs. 4-Jd. What is the value of a franc ? 3. Divide 7 tons 2 cwt. 18 lb. 12 oz. by 45. 4. How much is eighteen pence in the pound on £1,487 9s. 7d. ? 5. Find, by Practice, the value of 365 articles at 4s. IOJd. 6. If I put by ten guineas a quarter, my salary being six guineas a week, how much a week do I spend ? 7. Find the L.C.M. of 27, 35, 42, 63, andjhe G.C.M. of 27, 42, 63. 8. What is the simple interest on £2,170 13s. 4d. for 21 years at 3| per cent. ? 9. What decimal of £3 15s. is the sum of Aof Is., 2 '<j of 55., -it of £1, and -f-g of a guinea ? 10. I buy 2 tons 3 cwt. 3 qr. of sugar for £L2O, and have to pay 50s. expenses: at how much per cwt. must I sell it to get a clear profit of £61 10s. ? 11. How many yards of carpet, 30 inches wide, will be required for a room 17 ft. 6 in. by 15 ft. ? What will the cost be at Bs. 3d. a yard ? 12. Going to France, I exchange £65 10s. for French money at the rate of 25 francs 25 centimes for £l. I spend 900 francs 30 centimes, and exchange the balance for English money at the rate of 25 francs 20 centimes for £1. What sum do I receive ? HISTORY. 1. What were the Crusades ? What Kings of England joined in them ? 2. Write an account of the attempted invasion of England by the Spanish in the reign of Elizabeth. 3. What was the connection between William 111. and James 11. ? 4. Who was called (he King-maker, and why? 5. Who, in your opinion, is pre-eminently distinguished in English history, in literature, war (by sea and by land), science, philanthropy? On what grdunds do you base your opinion ? 6. Assign causes to — (a) the Conquest; (6) Henry VIII; being called Defender of the Faith ; (c) the Gunpowder Plot; (d) the National Debt; (c) the Massacre of Glencoe; (/) the Battle of Waterloo.
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GEOGRAPHY. 1. Name six straits, with the countries they separate ; six islands, with the seas in which situated; six rivers, with the countries through which they flow ; six mountain-peaks, with the countries in which situated. 2. Where are Foveaux Strait, Tamaki Strait, Coromandel Channel, French Pass, Tory Channel; Capes Colville, Campbell, Terawhiti, and Foulvvind; the Maungaraki and Tasman Mountains; the Wairarapa and Karamea Plains ; the Rivers Waipa, Turakina, Buller, and Mataura? 3. What countries form the Continent of Asia? Name the capital town of each. 4. Whence does England chiefly import tea, sugar, coffee, silk, wine and spirits, tobacco, wool, gold, timber, and hides? 5. Where are the following, and for what noted: Port Said, Odessa, Haarlem, Valetta, Papua, Cader Idris, the Downs, Bomarsund? 6. What do you know of the Island of Cyprus ?
SENIOE. 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 everything 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 be 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 & 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.
Repateiation of Pauper Lunatics. The Secbetaey of State for the Colonies to His Excellency the Goveenob. Sib,— Downing Street, 30th May, 1877. I have the honor to transmit to you the accompanying copy of a correspondence with the Foreign Office, relative to the repatriation of British and French pauper lunatics. It appears that the repatriation of such persons has been discontinued as between the parent countries, and I am disposed to think that it may be convenient to extend this arrangement to their colonies, thereby avoiding the mistakes, trouble, and expense which have been found to attend the opposite practice. I shall be glad to receive the views of your Government on the subject. I have, &c, The Officer Administering the Government, New Zealand. Caenaeton".
(Enclosures.) The Foeeign Office to the Colonial Office. Sib,— Foreign Office, 17th November, 1876. I am directed by the Earl of Derby to transmit to you, herewith, to be laid before Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, copy of a despatch from Her Majesty's Consul General at Algiers, in which he applies for instructions as to the disposal of a lunatic Irishwoman named Bridget Sheen, who is now in the Civil Hospital of Constantine, where there is no accommodation for lunatics, and whose repatriation is requested by the Prefet of the city. This application has given rise to a question of some difficulty, which appears to Lord Derby to deserve careful consideration. The question of repatriation of foreign lunatics and paupers at the request of the Government of the country by whom they may have been maintained is one which has, at different periods, formed the subject of correspondence between Her Majesty's Government and the Government of France. In former times, Her Majesty's Government have been in the habit of assenting to such applications on the part of the French Government for the repatriation of English lunatics, although by doing so they entailed serious burdens on some English parishes. But in 1871 they were induced to look more closely into the question, and having ascertained that, by the law and practice of this country, destitute foreigners affected with mental imbecility are habitually received and taken care of in.the parochial establishments —as it appeared, on inquiry, to a very great extent —without any demand being made on the Government of the country of which they might be natives for their repatriation, they decided not to adopt a different system in regard to similar cases of British subjects found destitute in foreign countries. 2—H. 16.
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In communicating at the time this decision to the French Charge d'Affaires in this country —a decision which has been recently confirmed in the case of a lunatic British subject confined at Baillent —it was pointed out that the British Government are placed in a peculiar difficulty as regards the question, inasmuch as they have no legal authority to remove any person so circumstanced from this country, and are, therefore, precluded from proposing to foreign countries to agree to a system of mutual repatriation. It was added that, in acting on the conclusion above referred to, Her Majesty's Government had less scruple than might otherwise have been the case, since, from inquiries which had carefully been made, they had reason to believe that on striking a balance of cases for repatriation, it would be greatly to the disadvantage of this country. But, however, desirable the arrangement thus come to by Lord Granville may be as regards France and the United Kingdom, Lord Derby has some doubts whether it would be convenient to apply it to the colonies of either nation, as it is apprehended that it would be still more largely to the disadvantage of England, which possesses a greater number of colonies than France or any other nation. His Lordship understands that the general practice in British Colonies, where a case arises of a foreign lunatic being destitute, is for the authorities to call on the Consul of his natiou to take steps for his removal to his own country, a course of action which would appear especially desirable in the case of colonies situated in the tropics. Lord Derby would accordingly be glad to learn whether Lord Carnarvon concurs in the view above expressed, and, if so, whether he is disposed* to consider it expedient that the case of Bridget Sheen should be brought to the notice of the French Government by Her Majesty's Ambassador at Paris, with the view to the conclusion of an agreement by which each country should remove from the other's colonies such of their respective nationals as may be insane or destitute. I have, &c, The Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office. Julian Pauncefote.
Consul Plattaie to the Eael of Deeby. My Loed, —■ British Consulate General, Algiers, 30th October, 1876. I have received, through the Vice-Consul of Philippeville, a communication from the Prefet of Constantine, stating that an Irish woman named Bridget Sheen, who had only left her native country a few months before, had been admitted into the Civil Hospital, on the ground of insanity, and requesting that measures might immediately be taken to have her sent back to her native country, as no provision exists for the confinement of insane persons in this colony. Her mental condition is such that no further particulars can be obtained regarding her history, but it is probable that, as she cannot speak French, a clue to her identity may be obtained when she is brought in contact with some of her countrymen. I have the honor to request that your Lordship will be pleased to inform me what steps I ought to pursue regarding her. Vessels of the British Indian Steam Navigation Company touch at Algiers every month on their way to London, and she might be sent in one of them. If your Lordship sanctions my sending her to England in this manner, I would beg the favour of a telegraphic reply to save time. I have, <fee, E. J. Platfaie.
The Colonial Office to the Fobeign Office. Sic, — Downing Street, 21st March, 1877. With reference to your letter of the 17th of November last, on the subject of the repatriation of British and French colonial lunatics, I am directed by the Earl of Carnarvon to state that his Lordship is not aware of any sufficient reason for not extending to the colonies the practice which appears to have been adopted since 1871, according to which repatriation of lunatics has been abandoned as between the parent countries. I am to add that, if the Earl of Derby sees no objection, Lord Carnarvon will bring the matter under the consideration of the Colonial Governments, as without their consent his Lordship would not feel himself in a position to pledge them either to such a course or to that suggested in your letter. I have, &c, The Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office. E. H. Meade.
The Fobeign Office to the Colonial Office. Sib,— Foreign Office, 16th May, 1877. I am directed by the Earl of Derby to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 21st of March last, on the subject of the repatriation of British and Foreign colonial lunatics, in which you state that Her Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies is not aware of any sufficient reason for not extending to the colonies the practice which appears to have been adopted since 1871, according to which the repatriation of lunatics has been abandoned as between the parent countries, but that Lord Carnarvon cannot pledge Colonial Governments to any fixed arrangement without consulting them. 1 am, therefore, in reply, to request that you will inform Lord Carnarvon that Lord Derby would be glad if his Lordship would take steps for consulting the Colonial Governments accordingly. I have, &c, The Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office. J. V. Listee. LATIN. Virgil — JEneid I and 11. 1. Translate—
Ipsa sed in somnis inliumati venit imago Conjugis, ora inodis attollens pallida miris; Cru'deles aras trajectaque pectora ferro Nudavit, caeoumque domus scelus omne retexit. Turn celerare fugam patriaquo exccdere suadet, Auxiliumque yiae veteres tellure recludit
Thesauros, ignotum argenti pondus et auri. His commota fugam Dido sociosque parabafc. Conveniunt, quibus aut odium crudele tyranni Aut metus acer erat: naves, quae forte paratae, Corripiunt, onerantque auro,
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2. Decline throughout ipsa, domus, pondus; compare veteres, crudele, acer; and give present indicative, perfect indicative, supine, and present infinitive of reteccit, suadet, commota, corripiunt. 3. Explain clearly the cases of modis, scelus, viae, quibus. 4. Translate — O socii, qua prima, inquit, fortuna salutis Androgei galeam, clypeique insigne decorum Monstrat iter, quaque ostendit se dextra, sequamur. Induitur ; laterique Argivum accommodat ensem. Mutemus clypeos, Danaiimque insignia nobis Hoc Bhipeus, hoc ipse Dymas, omnisque juventus Aptemus : Dolus, an virtus, guis in hoste requirat? Laeta facit: spoliis se quisque recentibus armat. Anna dabunt ipsi. Sic fatus, deinde comantem 5. Scan the first two lines of each passage for translation. Ccesar — De Bello Qallieo, I and 11. 1. Translate— Dum haec in colloquio geruntur, Caesari nuntiatum est equites Ariovisti propius tumulum accedere, et ad nostros adequitare, lapides telaque in nostros conjicere. Caesar loquendi finem facit, segue ad suos recepit, suisque imperavit, ne quod omnino telum in hostes rejicerent. Nam etsi sine ullo periculo legionis delectae cum equitatu proelium fore videbat, tamen committendum non putabat, ut, pulsis hostibus, dici posset eos ab se per fidem in colloquio circumventos. Posteaquam in volgus militum elatum est, qua arrogantia in colloquio Ariovistus usus omni G-allia Romanos interdixisset, impetumque in nostros ejus equites fecissent, eaque res colloquium ut diremisset, multo major alacritas studiumque pugnandi majus exercitui injectum est. 2. Decline colloquio, tela, volgus,finem, impetimi, majus. 3. Parse, giving rules, Caesari, accedere, lapides, rejicerent, arrogantia, interdixisset. 4. Translate — Celeriter, ut ante Caesar imperarat, ignibus significatione facta, ex proximis castellis co concursum est, pugnatumque ab hostibus ita acriter, ut a viris fortibus in extrema spe salutis, iniquo loco, contra eos gui ex vallo turribusque tela jacerent, pugnari debuit, quum in una virtute omnis spes salutis consisteret. Occisis ad hominum millibus quatuor, reliqui in oppidum rejecti sunt. Postridie ejus diei refractis portis, quum jam defenderet nemo, atque intromissis militibus nostris, sectionem ejus oppidi universam Caesar vendidit. 5. Explain the construction of the phrase occisis ad hominum millihus quatuor. Cicero — Orationes in Catilinam, I. and 11. 1. Translate— Nunc, ut a me, patres conscripti, quandam prope justam patriao querimoniam detester ac deprecer, percipite, quaeso, diligenter, quae dicain, et ea penitus animis vestris mentibusque mandate. Etenim, si mecum patria, quae mihi vita mea multo est carior, si cuncta Italia, si omnis res publica sic loquatur: .M. Tulli, quid agis? Tune cum, quern esse hostem comperisti, quern ducem belli futurum vides, quern exspectari imperatorem in castris hostium sentis, auctorem sceleris, principem conjurationis, evocatorem servorum et civium perditorum, exire patiere, ut abs te non emissus ex urbe, sed immissus in urbem esse videatur ?—nonne hunc in vincula duci, non ad mortem rapi, non summo supplicio mactari imperabis ? 2. Compare multo, summo, carior, also citerior, dubius, pins, magnijicus, ocior, magis. 3. Explain moods and cases respectively of the following : detester, exspectari, esse videatur ; animis, hostem, supplicio. 4. Translate — Ex hac enim parte pudor pugnat, Mine petulantia: hinc pudicitia, illinc stuprum : hinc fides, illinc fraudatio : hinc pietas, illinc scelus ; hinc constantia, illinc furor: hinc honestas, illinc turpitudo : hinc continentia, illinc libido: denique aequitas, temperantia, fortitudo, prudentia, virtutes omnes certant cum iniquitate, luxuria, ignavia, temeritate, cum vitiis omnibus : postremo copiae cum egestate, bona ratio cum perdita, mens sana cum amentia, bona denique spes cum omnium rerum desperatione confligit. 5. What kind of adjectives are followed by a genitive ? What by an ablative ? Give examples. Sallust — Catiline. 1. Translate — Ea quum Ciceroni nuntiarentur, ancipiti malo permotus, quod neque urbem ab insidiis privato consilio longius tueri polerat, neque exercitus Manlii quantus aut quo consilio foret satis compertum habebat, rem ad senatum refert, jam antea vulgi rumoribus exagitatam. Itaque, quod plerumquo iv atroci negotio solet, senatus decrevit, darent operam consul es, ne quid res publica detrimenti caperet. Ea potestas per senatum more Eomano magistratui maxima permittitur, exercitum parare, bellum gerere, coercere omnibus modis socios atque cives, domi militiaeque imperium atque judicium summutn habere ; aliter sine populi jussu nulli earum rerum consuli jus est. 2. Why exagitatam, and not simply agitatam ? 3. In what cases are the following words, and why are those cases, severally employed : Ciceroni, Manlii, rumoribus, detrimenti, domi, jussu, earum rerum ? 4. Translate — Dum ea Eomae geruntur, Catilina ex omni copia, guam et ipse adduxerat et Manlius habuerat, duas legiones instituit, cohortes pro numero militum complet, deinde, ut quisque voluntarius aut ex sociis in castra venerat, aequaliter distribuerat, ac brevi spatio legiones numero hominum expleverat, quum initio non amplius duobus milibus habuisset. Sed ex ©ami copia circiter pars quarta erat militaribus armis instructa; ceteri, ut quemque casus armaverat, sparos aut lanceas, alii praeacutas slides portabant. 5. Describe a sparus, a lancea, a gladius, a pilum, and a hasta.
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Horace — Odes, Boohs I. and 11. 1. Translate— O matre pulchra filia pulchrior, Tristes ut irae ; quas neque Noricus Quern criminosis cunque voles modum Deterret ensis, neo mare naufragum, Pones iambis ; sive flamma Nee saevus ignis, nee tremendo Sive mari libet Adriano. Jupiter ipse ruens tumultu. Non Dindymene, non adytis quatifc Fertur Prometheus, addere principi Mentem sacerdotum incola Pythius, Limo coactus particulam undique Non Liber aeque, non acuta Desectam, et insani leonis Si geminant Corybantes aera, Vim stomacho apposuisse nostro. 2. Parse, giving rules, iambis, adytis, irae, fertur, addere, apposuisse. 3. Who were the Corybantes ? and why is ensis called Noricus ? 4. Translate — Truditur dies die, Quid ? quod usque proximos Novaeque pergunt interire Lunae. Eevellis agri terminos, et ultra Tv secanda marmora Limites clientium Locas sub ipsum funus ; et, sepulchri Salis avarus ; pellitur paternos Immemor, struis domos ; In sinu ferens Deos Marisque Baiis obstrepentis urges Et uxor, et vir, sordidosque natus. Summovere litora, Parum locuples continente ripa. 5. Scan the first four lines of this passage (4) and name the metre. ARITHMETIC. 1. Prove that, if any three of the terms divisor, dividend, quotient, remainder, be given, the fourth term can be found. 2. A horse and his harness cost £90 ; the horse cost five times as much as the harness: what did the horse cost, and what the harness ? 3. What is the value of (2i +3f + ss-f-4f + 8f) + (1O&-5J) ? 4. Eeduce 10 lb. 8 oz. 16 dwt. 13 gr. to the decimal of 17 lb. 4 oz. 6 dwt. 16 gr. 5. 32 metres being equal to 35 yards, how many metres are there in a degree of 69 \ miles ? 6. Seven stacks of hay being worth £186 45., how much of one stack can be bought for £19? 7. I want to make 20 per cent, profit by selling articles which I bought at 5 for 3d. How must I sell? 8. Three persons had £1,000 between them. The first had £of the second's share, and the third fof the first. How much had each ? 9. Find as a decimal the average of 6f, 1-19, 83£$, 0, -026, ■&, 99, and 45-J. 10. The interest on £232 11s. I\A. for ten months being £10 2s. 8 Jd., what sum will yield the same interest in 17 months ? 11. A man embarks his money in four successive ventures, putting all he has at the time into each venture. Into the first he puts £120 and makes cent, per cent, profit. In each succeeding venture he loses 20 per cent. How does he stand in the end ? 12. Tom had 5 buns, Dick had 3 buna, and Harry had Bd. They divided the buns fairly, and Harry put down the Bd. as his share of the cost. Dick took 3d.; but Tom objected. Was Tom or Dick right, and what should each have got ? 13. How much per cent, does a tradesman cheat his customers out of, if he uses a 1-lb. weight which is 13 drachms too light ? GEOGEAPHY. 1. Explain the following terms : Archipelago, Cyclades, Delta, Ghauts, Landes, Pampas, Polders Prairies, Sahara, Sunderbunds. 2. About what distances between the different ports would a steamer have to go that started from Wellington, and called at Picton, Nelson, Greymouth, Hokitika, Martin's Bay, the Bluff, Port Chalmers, Lyttelton, Wellington, Napier, Auckland, Bay of Islands, Manukau, New Plymouth, Nelson, and thence back to Wellington ? 3. Draw a sketch-map of East Africa, marking the course of the Nile (Blue and White), and the sites of the chief towns on its banks. 4. Mention the chief seats of cotton, woollen, linen, and hardware manufactures in Great Britain and Ireland. 5. Upon what various causes does the magnitude of a river depend ? Illustrate your answer by examples. 6. What are trade winds and monsoons ? When, where, and in what directions do they blow, and what causes them ? GEEEK. Sophocles — Ajax. 1. What is the full title of this tragedy? To what is the choice of the adjective due? Give some account of the author, the persons, and the plot.
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2. Translate— ay B', w t6v aiirvv oipavov BL(j>pqXaTu>v, <re B', £> (fiaevvrj? r)p.€pa<; to vvv creA.as, "HAte, rrarpwo-v Tr)v lfj.r]V orav y(66va koI toy Sicppevrr/v "HA.ioi' trpoatwartti, L&rjS, iTncry^iiv xpvcrovoirov y\vlav, Tro.vvmo.Tov Si), kovttot' avdis vo-Tepov. ayyuXov aras to.'s ifids /xopov T e/xov 3) (ptyyos, 2> y^rji lepbv otKeias ireSov yepovTi warpX, rrj Te Sucrnyva) TpocjxS. %aXafxl,vos, S> Trarpwov eorias fiaßpov, r] ttov rdXaiva, Trjvo" orav kXvjj tf>aTiv, KXavai r 'AOrjvai, koI to o~vvTpo<f>ov yeVos, Tjcrei jxiyav kiukvtov iv irdo-r] iroXu. Kprjvai. Te, irorap.oi 6' oi'Se, koI to. Tpdy'iKa dXX ovSkv epyov tclvto. 9pr/veio-&ai /juxTqv' TreSia TrpocravSo), -^alper, fi> rpofprjs i/xoi' oXX. dpKTeov to irpayj^a o~vv ra^et TivL tovO vjxiv Atas rot>7ros vo~TaTov Opotl' u> ®dvaTe, Oayare, vvv fx kiriaK^ai fioXwv' ra 8' aW iv "AiSov rots Karco \xuQ-t](rop.a,i, Kairoi o~k jjLev kcxko. TrpocrauS^tra £vvo>v. 3. Scan five verses, beginning with & (j>eyyo<s. 4. Parse fully the following words : —eTrtcr^cov, ayyaXov, kXvyj, yo-ei, OprjveicrOai, imcr/cof/cu, jxoXwv. 5. Decline—atTris ovpavo's, ycpusv Trwr^p, avvTpo<f>ov yeVos, Bt<^>peuT^s "HAxos. 6. Translate—■ aKove vvv. toy avBpa tovBc, Trpos Oewv, ovkovv a.TLfi,do~aijx ay, wore fj.7] Aeyeiv IJ.rj tXijs oßomtov ZsS dva.\y!)Tii)<; f3a\uv' 'iv' dvBp tSeiv apio-Tov 'Apyeiwv, o<joi IJ.r)B° 7/ /3ta ere p.rjBa/j.Zs FtKijcrarco Tpoiav dcpiKo/Jieo-Oa, TrXrjv 'A^tAXecos. rocroi/oe jiio'ziv, wctc ttjv oikjjv Traretv. S>o~T ovi< ay ivBiKois y o,Ti[id£,OLT6 crot. ko.jj.ol yap rjv ttoß' ovto<s e)(6icrTO<s o~Tpa.TOV, oi yap ti tovtov, aXkix roys Beow vo/xovs e^ ov 'KpaTfjaa t&v 'A^tA.XetW ottXuiV <f>6£ipoi<s ay. avSpa 8' oi StKaiov, ci 6dvoi, aKX avTov e'jiiTras ovt iyih towvB' ifwl fiXdirruv toy icr6X6v, oi&' iav fiiaCiv Kvprjs. 7. Write notes on the moods and tenses of —tAijs, fiaktiv, vtKr/o-arw, drt/xao-ai/ii, tSav, acpiKOfieo-Oa ari/xatoLTo. FRENCH. 1. Translate — La Prance offrait alors un dcs spectacles les plus curieus dans l'liistoiro morale dcs peuples. La lassitude dv crime avait amene dcs lois plus douces. Une sorte de treve avait suspendu les vengeances civiles; dans cet intervalle, l'ordre social essayait de renaitre. Ses maux s'oubliaient rapidement; on se hatait d'esperer, et de se confler au sol tremblant de la Prance. Une joie frivole et tumultueuse s'etait emparee dcs ames, comine par I'etonnement d'avoir survecu ; et Ton celebrait dcs fetes sur les ruines. Ainsi, dans les campagnes ravagees par la Vesuve, quand le torrent de flamtne a dotruit les ouvrages et les habitations dcs homines, bientot la securite succede au peril, on se reunit", on se rapproche, et Ton batit de nouvelles demeures avec les laves refroidies dv volcan. —Viilemain. 2. Give first person, singular and plural, of the present arid imperfect indicative, and of the present and preterite subjunctive, of boire, cueillir, fuir, mouvoir, prendre, resoudre, suivre, vivre. 3. Write plural and meaning of bijou, cheval, regal, travail, trou, voice. 4. Translate— (a.) Both are hungry. (5.) The street is a mile and a half long and sixty-six feet wide. (c.) My father and mother have just gone out. 5. Write a note of invitation in French to a friend, asking him to come and spend the evening at your house, to meet a few friends and have a little music. TEIGONOMETET. 1. Define accurately the sine, secant, and cotangent of an angle. How does the idea of an angle as understood in Trigonometry differ from that employed in Euclid ? 2. What is meant by the circular measure of an angle ? What is the value in degrees of the unit of circular measure, and why is an angle given in terms of that unit sometimes said to be expressed in arc ? 3. Find formula to express Cos A and Sig Am terms of Cos. 2A. How are we to determine the sign to be given to the radical in these formulae ? 4. Prove that—(i.) Sin 7A Siu 3A=Sin S5A—Sin 22A. (ii.)TanSA+Cot3A= 2J^W^). Tan a2A. And, when A + B + C = 90°, (iii.) Tan A Tan B + Tan B Tan C + Tan C Tan A. = 1. 5. Show that Sin -4 + Cot- 13=45°. 6. Prove that, in any triangle, the sides are proportional to the sines of the opposite angles. Hence find a formula, adapted to logarithmic computation, for obtaining any one of the sides when each of the angles and the perimeter (2p.) of the triangle are given. _■ TC ' , ,'.,,, ~, v,, , f Sin 30° 17' 15" X Cos 48° 26' 51" ,„„,,.„ 7. Find (with log. tables) the value of ~ ■ x 40-3176. JL Sill. 19 OJI ±Ji 8. Solve the triangle A = 35° 57' 29"; B = 43° 14' 46"; b = 57695 feet. 9. An observer on the bank of a river of unknown breadth measures the angle of elevation of the top of a building on the opposite bank, and finds it to bo 30°. He then measures a base of 100 } rards in the continuation of the horizontal line joining the foot of the building with his first point of observation. At the end of this base-line the building subtends an angle of 15°. What is the height of the building, and the breadth of the river ?
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ALGEBRA. 1. Add together —s(cc+y)—ax +8, 6 + 3(x+y) — 4<c, sz—l4>—3ax, and s^+B (x+y). 2. Divide «s-f (a + b-\-c)x z + (ab +ao + bc)x + aic by x +b. 3. Reduce to their equivalents with common denominators the fractions— -r-, jr-, and^r^A K--4a 3x 15 (a +x) 4. Break up as—2a?x—Bax^ into three factors, one of which is a+2x. 5 Collect 3+ 2x 2-Z*™*-** 2—x 2+ x #2—4 6. Solre the following equations : — Q+l) (2^ +2) 0-3) o+6) fx-y + z j —^X, <!*=* + .=22. 4a? 20—4f_, z ' — 10. s—x x 7. Extract the square root of 100 a + 129a^—116* 3 + 58^ 2—24x+9. 8. A starts at 6 in the morning, and walks at the rate of 4 miles an hour, but stops an hour each for breakfast, dinner, and supper. B starts from the same place at 4 p.m. in a buggy, and drives at the rate of 9 miles an hour, stopping for an hour to bait, At what o'clock does he catch up A ? 9. If you add 9 to the sum of two digits which form a number, they form a new number in which their places are changed. The sum of the two numbers is 33. Find them. 10. A man bought a mob of sheep for £800, sheared them and got an average of 3 lb. of wool off each which he sold for Bd. a pound, kept 100 sheep for himself, and sold the remainder for £100 more than he gave for the mob. How many did he buy ?
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J U IST I O E. ENGLISH. 1. Write the passage dictated to you. 2. Give the general rule for the formation of the possessive case (singular and plural) ; also the exceptions. 3. Explain what the voice, mood, tense, person, and a number of a verb mean. 4. Analyse the following passage: — My boat is on the shore, And my barque is on the sea, But before I go, Tom Moore, Sere's a double health to thee. 5. Parse the words in italics in the above passage. 6. Describe the pleasantest day's out-door amusement you have lately had. Passage for Dictation. At length the House, having agreed to twenty articles of charge, directed Burke to go before the Lords, and to impeach the late Governor-General of high crimes and misdemeanours. Hastings was at the same time arrested by the Serjeant-at-arms, and carried to the bar of the Peers. The session was now within ten days of its close. It was therefore impossible that any progress could be made in the trial till the next year. Hastings was admitted to bail; and further proceedings were postponed till the House should reassemble. When Parliament met ia the following winter, the Commons proceeded to elect a Committee for managing the impeachment. Burke stood at the head; and with him were associated most of the leading members of the Opposition. But when the name of Francis was read a fierce contention arose. It was said that Francis and Hastings were notoriously on bad terms, that they had been at feud during many years, that on one occasion their mutual aversion had impelled them to seek each other's lives, and that it would be improper and indelicate to select a private enemy to be a public accuser. ARITHMETIC. 1. Divide £92,395,228 by 16, and prove the answer. 2. Eeduce 8134926 square feet to acres, roods, &c. 3. Look at the clock in the examination-room, or ascertain from the Supervisor the exact hour at which you commence this question. Write it down, and calculate how many minutes have elapsed since the Ist January last inclusive. This is leap-year. 4. Dollars being 4s. 2-|d. each, how many are there in £105 4s. 2d. ? 5. Reduce 1 oz. avoirdupois to the decimal of 1 oz. troy. 6. What number multiplied by 8 gives a product greater by 431200284 than 9876 multiplied by 341? 7. A man's income is £600 a year. How much a month, a week, and a day does he spend if he ayes £55 a year? Take the year at 12 months, 52 weeks, and 365 days.
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8. How much money invested at 5£ per cent, simple interest will produce an income of £249 14s. 6d. ? 9. A plat of grass 25 yds. 2 ft. by 13 yds. 1 ft. requires 3^- lb. of grass seed to sow it. How much will a plat 33 \ yds. square require ? Show the answer as a mixed number, also as a whole number and decimals to five places. 10. Simplify '-f^t^f. 11. A man sells goods for £5 4s. 9d., and thereby gains a sum of money which stands in the same ratio to his outlay as £11 stands to £100. How much did the goods cost him ? HISTORY. 1. Under what circumstances and by what right did the following monarchs come to the throne of England : —Alfred, Henry IV., Henry VII., George I. ? 2. For what events in English history are the following places remarkable: —Aboukir, Flodden, Limerick, Lochleven Castle, Pontefracfc Castle, Troyes, Aix-la-Chapelle, Inkermann ? 3. Sketch the chief events of the reign of George IV., naming of course the persons who took the most prominent parts in those events. 4. For what are the following persons celebrated : —Chaucer, Roger Bacon, Francis Bacon, Benjamin Franklin, Sir John Franklin, Sacheverell, Sir Philip Sidney, "Warren Hastings ? 5. What were the origin and objects of the East India Company, the Hudson's Bay Company, and the New Zealand Company ? 6. " London." How early is a town supposed to have stood where London now stands ? When and by whom were Westminster Abbey, St. Paul's Cathedral, and the Tower first built ? What events happened in London in 1381,1450, 16G5, 1666, 1848, 1851 ? GEOGRAPHY. 1. Explain the terms axis, poles, hemispheres, meridian, degree, tropics, zones. 2. Draw a map of New Zealand as large as your paper will admit, marking on it the provincial districts with their chief towns, the principal capes, harbours, and mountain-peaks. 3. Write a brief geographical description of Canada. 4. How does it happen that, on his way from England to Australia by the Suez route, a traveller finds the British flag flying at Gibraltar, Malta, Aden, and Point de Galle ? 5. Name the Cinque Ports, and state in what counties they are situated. 6. Where are the most strictly agricultural districts of England to be found; and where the manufacturing districts ?
S E IST I O B. ENGLISH. (See paper set for December.) LATIN. Horace — Odes, Books I. and 11. 1. Translate — Musis amicus tristitiam et metus Quid Tiridatem terreat, unice Tradam protervis in mare Creticum Securus. 0, quae fontibus integris Portare ventis, queis sub Arcto Gaudes, apricos necte flores, Rex gelidae metuatur orae, Necte meo Lamiae coronam, Pimplea dulcis ! Nil sine te mci Prosunt honores : hunc fidibus novis, Hunc Lesbio sacrare plectro Teque tuasque decet sorores. 2. "Who was rex gelidae orae, and what circumstances are alluded to here ? 3. Scan the first stanza, and name the metre. 4. Translate — Jam pauca aratro jugera regiae Turn spissa ramis laurea fervidos Moles relinquent, undique latius Excludet ictus. Non ita Eomuli Extenta visentur Lucrino Praescriptum et intonsi Catonis Stagna lacu platanusque caelebs Auspiciis yeterumque norma. Evincet ulinos. Turn violaria et Privatus illis census erat brevis, Myrtus et omnis copia narium Commune magnum : nulla decempedis Spargent olivetis odorem Metata privatis opacam Fertilibus domino priori; Porticus excipiebat Arcton ; Nee fortuitum spernere cespitem Leges sinebant, oppida publico Sumptu jubentes et Deorum Templa novo decorare saxo. 5. Parse fully, giving rules — visentur, olivetis, praescriptum, decempedis, spernere, saxo. Virgil — JEnid I. and 11. 1. Translate—■ Cvi mater media sese tulifc obvia silva, Nuda genu, nodoque sinus collecta fluentes. Yirginis os habitumque gerens et virginis anna, Ac prior, " Heus," inquit, " juvenes, monstrate, Spartanae, vel qualis equos Threissa fatigat mearum Harpalycevolucremquefugapraevertitur Hebrum, Vidistis si guam hie errantem forte sororum, Namque humeris do more habilem suspenderat Succinctam pharetra et maculosae tegmine lyncis, arcum Aut spumantis apri cursum clamore prementem," Venatrix, dederatquo comam diffundere ventin,
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2. Give the derivation of venatrix. What is the force of the termination, and what is the corresponding masculine termination ? , 3. When and where was Virgil born ? What were his favourite studies ? 4. Translate — Diverso interea miscentur inoenia luctu ; In segetem veluti quum flamma f urentibus austris Et magis atque magis, quamquam secreta parentis Incidit, ant rapidus montano flumine torrens Anchisae domus arboribusque obtecta recessit, Sternit agros, sternit sata laeta, boumque labores, Clarescunt sonitus, armorumque ingruit horror. Praeeipitesque trahit silvas ; stupet inscius alto Excutior somno, et summi fastigia tecti Accipiens sonitum saxi de vertice pastor. Ascensu supero, atque arrectis auribus asto: 5. Parse, with rules, luctu, obtecta, excutior, austris, stupet, saxi. Ovid — Fasti, I. and 11. 1. Translate — At postquam Fortuna loci caput extulit hujus, Atque ipsae vitiis sunt alimenta vices. Et tetigit summos vertice Eoma Deos, Sic quibus intumuit suffusa venter ab unda, Creverunt et opes, et opum furiosa cupido, Quo plus sunt potae, plus sitiuntur aquae. Et, quum possideant plurima, plura volunt. In pretio pretium nunc est: dat census honores, Quaerere, ut absumant, absumta requirere certant; Census amicifcias : pauper übique jacet. 2. Into how many months, according to Ovid, was the Roman year divided? Name the months, and explain the meanings of the names. 3. Parse fully the following words in the above passage : — loci, vertice, possideant, vitiis, vices,potae. 4. Translate — Proxima cognati dixere Caristia cari, Adspicere, et generis dinumerare gradus. Et venit ad socias turba propinqua dapes. Innocui veniant: procul hinc, procul impius esto Scilicet a tumulis, et gui periere, propinquis Prater, ot in partus mater acerba suos ; Protinus ad vivos ora referre juvat; Cvi pater est vivax, gui matris digerit annos, Postque tot amissos, quidquid de sanguine restat, Q.uae premit invisam socrus iniqua nurum. 5. Give the general rules for the length of syllables in Latin. Cicero — Orationes in Catilinam, I. and 11. 1. Translate — Dixi ego idem in senatu, caedum te optimatium contulisse in ante diem quintum kalendas Novembres, turn cum multi principes civitatis Eoma, non tarn sui conservandi, guam tuorum consiliorum reprimendorum causa, profugerunt. Num infitiari potes, te illo ipso die meis praesidiis, mea diligentia circumclusum, commovere te contra rem publicara non potuisse, cum tv, discessu caeterorum, nostra tamen, gui remansissemus, caede contentum te esse dicebas ? Quid ? cum tu. te Praeneste kalendis ipsis Novembribus occupaturum nocturno impetu esse confideres, sensistine illam coloniam meo jussu, praesidiis, custodiis, vigiliisque esse munitam ? Nihil agis, nihil moliris, nihil cogitas, quod ego non modo audiam, sed etiam videam, planeque sentiam. 2. What day of the month does Cicero allude to in the first sentence of this passage ? 3. Give the principal parts, state what kinds of verbs, show the government, and give rules, of contulisse, conservandi, potuisse, remansissemus, esse (after impetu). 4. Translate — Q. Metellus, quern ego, prospiciens hoc, in agrum Gallicanum Picenumque praemisi, aut opprimet hominem, aut omnes ejus motus conatusque prohibebit. Eeliquis autem de rebus constituendis, maturandis, agendis, jam ad senatum referemus, quern vocari videtis. Nunc illos, gui in urbe remanserunt, atque adeo gui contra urbis salutem, omniumque nostrum, in urbe a Catilina relicti sunt, quamquam sunt hostes, tamen, quia nati sunt cives, monitos eos etiam atque etiam volo. Mea lenitas adhuc si cvi solutior visa est, hoc exspectavit, ut id, quod latebat, erumperet. 5. Give a general definition of the accusative, genitive, dative, and ablative cases respectively. Gwsar — De Ilello Qallico I. and 11. 1. Translate — Horum vocibus ac timore paullatim etiam ii, gui magnum in castris usum habebant, militesf centurionesque, quique equitatui praeerant, perturbabantur. Qui se ex his minus timidos existimari volebant, non se hostem vereri, sed angustias itineris et magnitudinem silvarum, quae inter eos atque Ariovistum intercederent, aut rem frumentariam, ut satis commode supportari posset, titnere dicebant. Nonnulli etiam Caesari renuntiabant, quum castra moveri ac signa ferri jussisset, non fore dicto audientes milites, nee propter timorem signa laturos. 2. Explain the moods of existimari, intercederent, posset, jussisset. 3. What tribes occupied Gaul in Ccesar's time ? Describe shortly Provincia Somana. 4. Translate — Quibus omnibus rebus permoti equites Treviri, quorum inter Gallos virtutis opinio est singularis, gui, auxilii causa ab civitate ad Caesarem missi, venerant, quum multitudine hostium castra nostra compleri, legiones premi et paene circumventas teneri, calones, equites, funditores, Numidas, diversos dissipatosque in omnes partes fugere vidissent, desperatis nostris rebus, domum contenderunt: Eomanos pulsos superatosque, castris impedimentisque eorum hostes potitos, civitati renuntiaverunt. 5. Write out the Latin cardinals, ordinals, distributives, and adverbs of the numbers 1 to 10, inclusive. Sallust — Cqtilin c. 1. Translate — His rebus comparatis, Catilina nihilo minus in proximum annum consulatum pefcebat, sperans, si designatus foret, facile se -ex voluntate Antonio usurum. Neque interea quietus erat, sed omnibus
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modis insidias parabat Ciceroni. Neque illi tamen ad cavendum dolus aut astutiae deerant. Namque a principio consulatus sui, multa pollicendo per Fulviam, effecerat, ut Q. Curius, de quo paullo ante memoravi, consilia Catilinae sibi proderet. Ad hoc collegam suum Antonium pactione provinciae perpulerat, ne contra rempublicam sentiret; circum se praesidia amicorum atque clientium occulte habebat. 2. His rebus eomparalis. Account for the case of these words. To what do they refer ? 3. Into what subdivisions may the present, past, and future tenses be divided? Illustrate from the rerb audio, giving the English meanings. 4. Translate — Bed Allobroges div in incerto habuere, quidnam consilii caperent. In altera parte crat acs alienum, studium belli, magna merces in spe victoriae ; at in altera majores opes, tuta consilia, pro ineerta spe certa praemia. Haec illis volventibus, tandem vicit fortuna reipublicae. Itaque Q. Fabio Sangae, cujus patrocinio civitas plurimum utebatur, rem omnem, uti cognoverant, aperiunt. Cicero, per Sangam consilio cognito, legatis praecepit, ut studium conjurationis vehementer simulent, ceteros adeant, bene polliceantur, dentque operam, uti eos guam maxime manifestos habeant. 5. Give some account of the Allobroges. G. Parse the words consilii, vicit,patrocinio, simulent, and polUoecmtwr in question 4. ARITHMETIC. 1. How can you tell without performing the full operation what numbers are divisible by 2 ? What by 8 ? What by 9 ? 2. A clerk gets 4d. a folio (72 words) for copying a document; he writes on ruled foolscap with 34 lines to the page, and averages 7 words a line : how much must he be paid for a quire ? 3. A man owes £61 16s. 9d. on the 17th March, and agrees to pay it off at the rate of £2 Bs. 6d. a week: on what date will it all be paid off? 4. The area of a floor being 136 i square feet, and the length being double the width, what are they ? 5. What decimal of a shilling is a franc, if £1 is equal to 25| francs? 6. Returns of New Zealand railways,for year ending the 15th November, 1879: —
Find total number of miles open, total receipts and expenditure, and percentage of total expenditure to total receipts, to two places of decimals. 7. The average of three numbers is 12 ; the sum of two of them is -X- of the sum of all: what is the third ? 8. Find the amount at compound interest of £75 14s. 9d. for 2 years 7 months 2 L days, at 4J per cent. 9. The diameter of the driving-wheel of a bicycle is 54 inches, and of the small wheel 22 inches. The circumference is 8'14L59 times the diameter. How many more revolutions will the small wheel make in a mile than the large wheel? 10. In a school of 150 boys, 16 were absent: how many per cent, were present ? IL. What is the difference per cent, in income between an investment in New Zealand 5 per cents, at 102, and 3 per cent. Consols at 93 ? GEOGRAPHY. 1. "What route would you take overland from the Bluff to Picton, and from Wellington to Auckland, and what towns would you pass on the way? 2. Is it better for a country to have a large or small extent of coast-line? Why? Which continent has the largest extent of coast-line in proportion to its superficial area; which the least? 3. You often find totally different climates at two places situated at the same distance from the equator: why is this ? Give examples. 4. Name the chief islands of the East Indian Archipelago, and the seas and straits that divide them. 5. Into what great families may mankind be divided ? Where is each chiefly to be found? FRENCH. 1. Translate — Louis XIII. tomba dans un grand fauteuil garni d'oreillers, demanda et but un verre d'elixir prepare pour le fortifier contre les evanouissements frequents que lvi causait sa maladie de langueur, fit un geste pour eloigner tout le monde, et, seul avec Richelieu, lvi parla dune voix languissante. 3—H. 16.
Miles Open. Receipts. Expenditure. Kaipara ... Auckland Napier Wellington Wanganui iS"ew Plymouth Christohurch, Dunodin, and Invercargill Grey mouth Westport Nelson Picton ... ... ... .... 16 98 65 45 95 21 739 8 19 20 18 £ s. d. 1,822 5 0 22,112 11 11 9,414 8 8 10,44,0 2 4 13,250 15 2 2,253 13 2 191,117 18 9 3,492 17 4 1,216 12 7 2,328 17 6 1,726 4 6 £ s. a. 2,068 5 11 16,051 8 9 6,723 5 2 9,318 7 0 10,239 15 4 2,24.2 3 7 172,697 13 10 1,821 5 7 1,071 11 10 2,255 3 6 1,707 11 8
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"Je m'en vais, mon cher Cardinal; je sens que je m'en vais a Dieu; je m'affaiblis de jour en jour ; ni l'ete, ni lair dv midi, ne mont rendu mes forces." " Je precederai Votre Majeste," repondit le ministre ; "la inort a deja conquis mes jambes, vous le voyez, mais tant qu'il me restera la tel:e pour penser, et la main pour ecrire, je serai bon pour votre service." —"Et je suis sur que votre intention etait d'ajouter le coeur pour m'aimer," dit le roi.—"Votre Majeste en peut-elle douter?" repondit le cardinal, en froncant le sourcil, et se mordant les levres par l'impatience que lvi donnait cc debut. —" Quelquefois j'en doute," reprit le prince; " tenez, j'ai besom de vous parler a co3ur ouvert, et de me plaindre de voua a vous-meme. II y a deux choses que j'ai sur la conscience, depuis trois ans ; jamais je ne vous en ai parle, mais je tous en voulais en secret; et meme, si quelque chose cut etc capable de me faire consentir a dcs propositions contraires a vos interets, c'eiit etc cc souvenir." 2. Write in French —(«) each with a definite article, five names of animals ; (5) with an indefinite article, five names of flowers; (c) with & partitive article, five names of metals or minerals. 3. Distinguish between an and anne'e; connaitre and savoir; dans and en; sur and dessus; en eampciqne and a la campagne. 4. Render into French — (a) " Did you ask for me ?" (V) "I am not very rich." (c) "Let us go and take a walk." "No ; I can't just now. I must learn my lessons first; but I shall be very glad to go with you presently." 5. When is the preposition de used before the verb in the infinitive mood ; when the preposition a ? TRIGONOMETRY. 1. The angles of a triangle are in arithmetical progression, and the number of grades in the least is to the circular measure of the greatest as 30 to it. Find the angles. 2. Define the cosine of an angle ; and show how it changes in magnitude and algebraic sign as the angle increases from 0° to 180°. 3. Divide, by a geometrical construction, a given angle into two parts whose cosines shall be in a given ratio. 4. Prove the following formulae : — (1.) Sin (w+o) = —Sin'o. (2.) Sin A-Sin B= 2 Sin A-^ B . Cos^t?. (3.) Cot A . Cot B + Cot B . Cot C + Cot C . Cot A=l,_where A+B + C = 180°. 5. Prove that Sin (A+B) = Sin A. Cos B + Cos A. Sin B, when A+ B is greater than a right angle, and less than two right angles. 6. Define a logarithm, and show that the decimal part of a log. is independent of the position of the position of the decimal point in the corresponding number. 7. Given log. 71968=4-8571394 ; diff. for I=6o. Find the value of VW19686. 8. Express the cosine of an angle of a triangle in terms of the sides. If the sides of a triangle be xz + x+l, 2# +l, a; 3—l, show that the greatest angle is 120°. 9. Find the radius of the escribed circle which touches one side of a triangle and the other two sides produced. 10. Solve the triangle AC=sll'76; 8C=317-09; A=s6° 31' 14". 11. A fortress was observed by a ship to bear E.N.E., and, after sailing due E. for four miles, it was found to bear N.N.E. Find the distance from the fortress at each observation. ALGEBRA. 1. Simplify (2o —3J)*— («-l) .r— {a — 2b)x —x. 2. Divide 4a™— 3%"> by 2a mx m. 3. From (a — V) (e — d) take (b — a) (c — d), and show what the result would be if a=2b, and </=2c. 4. Express in fractional form a — l-\- c- —^ 5. From the sum of |a + -j5 + ie, \a —|^ + ie, and-ya + iS — \c, take c — a-\-\h. 6. Solve the following equations : — 5" +2a? 5 2x 2x f ax + by—c. \px + qy — d. a; 3 + 6.r = 2-4# + 5005. 7. John is half as old again as Harry, and Tom is five years older than both their ages added together. The sum of their ages is 55. How old are they each ? 8. Express with fractional indices Vx''+ Vx 2+ (Vx)1; with negative indices, so as to remove all x* 4i powers from the denominators, -, + —„- +—;; with negative indices, so as to remove all power from the i x x% cc* y y y numeratcrs,- + -~ 3 + p - T +- tv a v o 9. Some friends gave a picnic, agreeing to share all expenses, which came to £10 ; but three did not pay, and the others had to pay 15s. each additional. How many were there in the party ? 10. Decompose into two equal factors ns 2—4 aS —6«c+4J 3 + 12Jc + 9c 2 ; find the «th power of 3ax m; and expand! m+ 1 — ) . 1 x in) 11. What number is that to which, if 24, 12, and 312 be severally added, the first sum will be to the second as the second to the third ? 12. Two persons invest £900, and gain £125 by the speculation. Of this gain, one person is entitled to £35 more than the other. How much did each invest ?
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GEOMETBY. 1. Define a definition, a, postulate, an axiom, a problem, and a theorem. 2. Any two angles of a triangle are together less than two right angles. 3. If the square described upon one of the sides of a triangle be equal to the squares described upon the other two sides of it, the angle contained by these two sides is a right angle. 4. Divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts shall be equal to the square on the other part. 5. If a straight line drawn through the centre of a circle bisect a straight line in it which does not pass through the centre, it shall cut it at right angles; and, conversely, if it cut it at right angles, it shall bisect it. . 6. Prom a given circle cut off a segment which shall contain an angle equal to a given rectilineal angle. 7. Describe an isosceles triangle having each of the angles at the base double of the third angle. GEOLOGY. 1. Describe the various physical conditions under which crystalline and volcanic rocks occur. 2. Describe the means by which lake-basins have been formed. 3. Explain the formation of mountains, and show how the different characters of the rocks, as well as their position, will affect the character of mountain scenery. 4. State what are the great agencies which operate in modifying the surface of the earth's crust, and describe the manner in which they each act. 5. Give a chronological list of the various geological formations. NATTJBAL PHILOSOPHY. 1. Name and describe the mechanical powers, showing how they are applied to the lifting of heavy weights, &c. 2. Explain in what manner sound travels, and state what constitutes the difference between a noise and a musical note. 3. Describe a Leyden jar. Explain how it is charged, its characters when charged, and how it is discharged. 4. Describe the various forms of lenses, and explain their different optical properties. 5. What is meant by latent heat? Give some instance which will illustrate your description. CHEMISTEY. 1. Calculate the centesimal composition of the following compounds : —Sulphuric acid, manganic binoxide, potassic chloride, baric carbonate, and water. (H=l ; o=l6 ; S=32 ; Mn=ss ; K=39 ; Cl=3s 5; 8a=137; C = 12.) 2. How is ammonia prepared, and what are its properties? Give equation. 3. What weight of air is needed for the complete combustion of one pound of carbon ? 4. What weight of air is required for the oxidation of that quantity of metallic copper which is reduced from its oxide by 10 grammes of hydrogen? 5. How is oxygen prepared, and what are its properties? HISTORY. 1. Give some account of the first attempts of the English to found colonies. 2. Into what classes was English society divided during the feudal ages ? Sketch broadly the manner of life of the people of those days, and the relations of each class to the others. 3. Explain the expressions, " Hue and Cry ;" " Thorough ;" " Mad," " Long," " Bump," and "Barebone's Parliaments;" "Battle of the Spurs;" " Jacobite;" "Orangeman;" " Chartist." T""^ 4. Eelate the chief political events in English history between the Bestoration and the Eevolution. 5. Divide English history since the Conquest into periods, and state the grounds of your division. 6. When were the following measures enacted, and what were their most important provisions :— Poyning's Law, Self-Denying Ordinance, the Act of Settlement, the Septennial Act ? BOOK-KEEPING. 1. Journalize the following transactions : — 1880. Jan. 1. In hand — £ s. d. Cash ... ... ... ... ... 65 0 0 Ditto at bank ... ... ... v ... 150 0 0 Goods ... ... ... ... ... 119 7 2 John Plockton's acceptance, due July 17 ... ... 45 0 0 Debts owing hy me — Jonas Thompson ... ... ... ... 34 0 0 Thomas Dorrington ... ... ... 26 5 4 „ 2. Paid into bank ... ... ... ... 50 0 0 ~ 3. Bought of John TravelSi chests hyson tea, 1 cwt. 3 qr. 4 1b.=200 lb., at 2s. 3d. 22 10 0 „ 4. Sold to Joan Brough — li chests oolong tea, 40 lb. net, at Is. Bd. ... ... 3 6 8 8 boxes pearl leaf gunpowder, 72 lb., at 3s. 6d. ... 12 12 0 „ 5. Paid Thomas Dorrington by cheque ... ... 26 5 4 Paid wages... ... ... ... ... 310
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Jan. 11. Sold to William Herne— 2J chests honey pekoe, 131 lb. net, at 2s. sd. ... 15 16 7 „ 12. Paid wages ... ... ... ... 3 10 „ 14. Accepted draft of Jonas Thompson at 1 month ... 34 0 0 Eeceived of Joan Brough acceptance at 2 months ... 15 18 8 Paid into bank for discount, Brough's and Flockton's bills — discount, 4s. Bd. ... ... ... ... 60 18 8 „ 19. Paid wages ... ... ... ... 3 10 „ 24. Drew cheque on bank ... ... ... ... 25 0 0 Paid John Travers ... ... ... ... 22 10 0 „ 26. Paid wages ... ... ... ... 3 10 Paid into my account at bank by William Herne, to balance 15 16 0 „ 28. Flockton's bill returned from bank dishonored ... 45 0 0 2. Post the above transactions into the ledger given herewith. No index need be made. 3. Balance and close the ledger. Assume stock in hand to be worth £125. SHOKTHAND. 1. Take down in shorthand the passage dictated to you. 2. Transcribe into longhand from your notes the passage which you have taken down. Directions to the Stjpebtisoe. The Supervisor is requested, (1.) To inform the candidate, before the time for taking up this subject arrives, that he may use pen or pencil, and ruled or unruled paper, as he pleases, for taking notes ; but that he must transcribe those notes into longhand with pen and ink. (2.) Not to allow the candidate to see the passage which is to be dictated. (3.) To dictate the passage as nearly as possible as though it were a slowly-delivered speech. (4.) To note on the top of the first sheet of the candidate's work exactly the time occupied by the candidate in taking down the passaga in notes, and the time occupied in transcribing his notes into longhand.
By Authority : Geoegb Didsbfby, GoTernment Printer, Wellington.—lBBo. Price Is. 6d.]
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CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION BOARD (REPORT OF.), Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1880 Session I, H-16
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13,590CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION BOARD (REPORT OF.) Appendix to the Journals of the House of Representatives, 1880 Session I, H-16
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