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6. How would you make a gold-leaf electroscope, and what would you do with it when it was made'? 7. Describe the visible changes which take place when mercuric oxide is heated in a test-tube. 8. How would you show that water is formed when hydrogen is burnt in air ? Sketch an apparatus by means of which a quantity of water, formed in this manner, could be collected. 9. What happens when turpentine is introduced into chlorine gas'? How would you make the experiment? What property of chlorine is illustrated by it ? 10. How would you obtain a small quantity of starch from potatoes, and how would you show that this starch is turned into sugar by heating with an acid ? Elementary Science. — For Class E. Time allowed: 3 hoars. [Women that are proficient in needlework may substitute for this paper the paper on Domestic Economy.] 1. Describe the experiments you could make by rolling marbles down inclined planes, and state some of the principles the experiments will illustrate. 2. What are the chief mechanical powers? Make a sketch of two distinct arrangements in each of which a gain of six times may be obtained. 3. Describe a sound-wave, and give experiments by which the pitch of a musical note may be illustrated. 4. Draw a diagram representing the production of a solar spectrum. Of what constituents may white light be made up ? 5. Draw diagrams to illustrate the formation of an image by a lens, and to show how it is that a convex lens magnifies an object. 6. How would you prove that heat is a mode of motion ? 7. Describe fully the properties of a bar-magnet. 8. How would you make experiments to illustrate the fundamental properties of electricity ? 9. Describe various ways of making hydrogen, and state its properties. 10. Explain what is meant by shortsightedness, and illustrate your answer by a diagram. Let the diagram show the kind of lens required'to correct the defect.

Domestic Economy. — For Glass E. Time allowed: 3 hours. [Alternative with Elementary Science, —for Women only." 1. Yeast and various other substances are used to give lightness to bread : explain fully how they act. 2. Describe the effect of heat upon albumen. What are the best methods of boiling a leg of mutton and an egg respectively, and of making a stew ? 3. Describe_ fully the purposes of ventilation. What are the chief difficulties in providing efficient ventilation ? 4. Describe all the purposes that physical exercise serves. 5. Traps of several_ kinds are used to prevent the ingress of sewer-gas: represent some of these by diagram, and discuss their merits. 6. Mention some of the more common disinfectants, and indicate their respective merits and inconveniences. 7. Draw a diagram showing the course of the blood through the body. 8. Describe how the nutritive elements in our food find their way into the blood. 9. What are the chief advantages of complete mastication ? Why is " sipping "at meals a bad habit ? 10. Describe the skin, and state its functions; and explain how it is that the blood remains at a constant temperature. English Grammar and Composition. — For Class D. Time allowed: 3 hours. 1. Write grammatical notes on the words in italics in the following sentences: Full fathom five thy father lies ; two of a trade can never agree; the old gentleman was long past his dancing days; I could not overtake them though I ran my fastest ; I liked him none the less on that account; a mile or so from London town; so out went the candle and we were left darkling. 2. " Parsing, in English, is an exercise in syntax." Explain what this means, and why it is so in English more than in Latin, _or in any other language with which you are acquainted, 3. Prom twice a hundred thousand throats Bushes the Yorkshire roar ; And the name of the winner proudly floats A league from the course and more. What is the construction of "a hundred thousand throats"? Compare the phrases a great many men, many a man. Parse the words twice, league, more. Write the meaning of the verse in plain prose. 4. Punctuate the following passage, and put capital letters where required :— Well when he came in I found he was a stranger a grave businesslike stranger inr. Westlock said he that is my name said I the favour of a few words with you said he pray be seated said I here John stopped for a moment to glance towards the table where Tom's sister listening attentively was still busy with the pudding which by this time made a noble appearance then he