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Or, 2. Under what heads would you draw up preparatory notes on a piece of poetry to be taken by a Sixth Standard class ? Write preparatory notes on the following extract :— " The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathan whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee and arbiter of war; — These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into the yeast of waves which mar Alike the Armada's pride and spoils of Trafalgar." Section VII. What principles are to be observed in drawing up notes of lessons ? Draw up full notes of a lesson on one of the following subjects : — (1.) The Metric System; (2.) The Complex Sentence; (3.) Dew. Section VIII. 1. Distinguish Induction and Deduction. Illustrate your answer by reference to a lesson on multiplication of decimals, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the two methods of procedure. Or, 2. What is meant by tentative questioning and by Socratic questioning, and what is the specific purpose pf each? State the characteristics of good oral questions, and give illustrations. Section IX. 1. Write a short essay on the law of habit, and its bearing on school life and work. Or, 2. Discuss the comparative merits of individual and collective teaching, and trace briefly the history of the mutual system of school organization.

Classes D and E.—Elementary Science. Time allowed: Three hours. [Note. —Candidates are not to attempt more than ten questions. Female candidates, if proficient in Needlework, may substitute for this paper the paper on Domestic Economy and the Laws of Health; but passing in Science will not exempt them from passing in Needlework also.] 1. What are the laws of gravitation? The sun is about 850,000 miles in diameter; the earth's diameter is about 8,000 miles, the density of the earth four times that of the sun. What would be the weight of a mass of lib. on the surface of the sun ? 2. What is meant by hardness and by density ? Give roughly a scale of hardness, and state its uses ; give also a few rough examples of density; and show how to find the specific gravity of a body. 3. Draw a section through a fire-engine, and explain its action. 4. Explain how power is gained in a screw-jack. The screw of a jack has three turns to one inch, and has a handle 3ft. long: what power is gained? 5. What are the laws of falling bodies? Will a sky-rocket take longer going up or coming down? Give reasons. 6. Show how a lens produces an image as in a camera or magic-lantern. 7. How does heat diffuse itself? How are the conductivities of solids and liquids ascertained? 8. When limestone is burned what chemical changes occur, and what when lime is put into water? Describe the changes that take place when a small quantity of carbonic acid is passed through lime-water, and when a large quantity is passed through. 9. Describe a Grove cell, and mention some of the experiments that may bo made with voltaic electricity. 10. What are the changes that take place when barley is being converted into vinegar? 11. Make a sketch showing the course of the blood through its entire circulation. 12. Give an outline classification of the animal kingdom.

Classes D and E. —Domestic Economy and Laws op Health. Time allowed: Three hours. [Note. —This paper is for female candidates who are proficient in Needlework, and, in consideration of this, are allowed, if they prefer it, to be examined in Domestic Economy and the Laws of Health, instead of in the general subject of Elementary Science. See the note on the Elementary Science paper.J 1. What are the uses (in cooking) of yeast, baking-powder, carbonate of soda, and tartaric acid '■ Explain the action of each. 2. How would you make soup (with and without meat) that would contain mineral, heatgiving, and flesh-forming food ? 3. Show how to separate the constituents of flour. What are they, and what purpose do they serve in the body ? 2—E. la.