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GEOGRAPHY. 1. Describe New Zealand fully with respect to surface, climate, natural, productions, and the industrial occupations of the people. 2. Name the principal islands of the East Indian Archipelago, state to whom they belong, and mention the chief products. 3. Write a general description of the great mountain systems of Asia. 4. Draw an outline map (as large as your paper will admit) of Great Britain and Ireland, and mark on it Liverpool, Hull, Milford Haven, Portsmouth, Plymouth, Aberdeen, Greenock, Belfast, Cork, and Limerick. 5. What, in your opinion, causes earthquakes ? Give your reasons fully. LATIN. 1. Translate — Cerberus haec ingens latratu regna trifauci Person at, adverso recubans immanis in antro : Cvi vates, horrere videns jam colla colubris, Melle soporatam, et medicatis f'rugibus, offam Objicit. Ille, fame rabida, tria guttura pandens, Corripit objectam, atque immania terga resolvit Fusus humi, totoque ingens extenditur antro. Occupat Aeneas aditum, custode sepulto, Evaditque celer ripam irremeabilis undae. 2. Who was the " vates" here spoken of? Give some account of her. 3. Sean — "Et centumgeminus Briareus, ac bellua Lernae." • " Deturbat, laxatque foros ; simul accipit alveo." 4. Translate — Quaudoquidem Ausonios conjungi foedere Teucris Haud licitum, nee vestra capit discordia finein ; Quae cuique est fortuna hodie, guam quisquc secat spem, Tros Rutulusve fuat, nullo discrimine habebo : Seu, fatis, Italum castra obsidioue tenentur, Sive errore malo Trojae, monitisque sinistris. Nee Rutulos solve Sua cuique exorsa laborem Fortunamque ferent: rex Jupiter omnibus idem : Fata viam invenieut. 5. Explain the cases of foedere, discrimine, cuique (both of them), and omnibus. 6. Translate — Contra ea Titurius sero facturos clamitabat, quum majores manus hostium adjunctis Germanis convenissent, aut quum aliquid calamitatis in proximis hibernis csset acceptum ; brevem consulendi esse occasionem ; Caesarem arbitrari profectum in Italiam ; neque alitor Carnutes interficiendi Tasgetii consilium fuisse capturos, neque Eburones, si ille adesset, tanta cum contemptione nostri ad castra venturos esse ; non hostem auctorem sed rem spectare ; subesse Rhenum ; magno esse Germanis dolori Ariovisti mortem et superiores nostras victorias; ardere Galliam, tot contumeliis acceptis sub populi Romani imperium redactam, superiore gloria rei inilitaris exstiucta. 7. Parse fully adjunctus, interficiendi, adesset, and dolori. 8. TranslateIn omni Gallia eorum nominum, gui aliquo sunt numero atque honore, genera sunt duo: nam plebes paene servorum habetur loco, quae per se nihil audet et nullo adhibetur consilio. Plerique, quum aut aero alieno, aut magnitudiue tributorum, aut injuria potentiorum premuntur, sese in servitutem dicant nobilibus :in hos eadem omnia sunt jura quae dominis in servos. Sed de his duobus generibus alterum est Druidum, alterum equitum. 9. Where was the chief settlement of the Druids, and what doctrines did they teach ? FRENCH. 1. Translate— Un jour que Charles XII. roi de Suede dictait dcs lettres a, uu secretaire, une bombe tomba sur la maison, perga le toit, et vint eclater pres de la chambre meme dv roi; la moitie dv plancher tomba en pieces, et, par un bonheur etonnant, nul dcs eclats gui sautaient en lair n'entra dans la chambre, dont la porte etait ouverte. Au bruit de la bombe et au fracas de la maison, gui semblait tomber, la plume echappa dcs mains dv secretaire: " Qu'y a-t-il done ? " lvi dit le roi dun air tranquille; " pourquoi n'e'erivez-vous pas?" Celui-ci ne put repondre que ces mots: "Eh! sire, la bombe!" "He bien," reprit le roi, " qua de commun la bombe avec la lettre que je vous dicte ? Continuez." 2. Write the third pers. sing. fut. md. and third pers. pi. imp. subj. of the verbs in italics in the above passage. 3. Name the tenses formed from the present participle, and show by examples how they are formed in the four regular conjugations. 4. Translate " Next Monday will be Easter Monday, the 10th of April, 1882." (Write the dates in words.) 5. Give the meanings of croit, dcs, doux, parti, sort, sourit, suit, tres. Write down, with their meanings, words similarly sounded but differently spelt. 6. Write a short letter in French asking that you may receive an appointment in the Civil Service, stating your qualifications, and mentioning the department to which you would like to be attached.