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8. A room whose height is 14ft., and whose floor is an exact square, contains 3363-5 cubic feet. Find the cost of carpeting the floor with carpet costing 4s. 6d. a yard. Find also the area of each wall. 9. Find, by Practice, the cost of 7cwt. lqr. 15-|lbs. at £2 os. 7d. per cwt. 10. What sum must be vested in 3-per-cent. stock, at 92-J, to produce an income of £450? Which would be the better investment—this, or the purchase of gas shares at £217, on each of which a dividend of £7 ss. is paid annually? 11. If 144 men can dig a trench 480 yds. long, Ift. 6in. broad, and 4ft. deep, in 3 days of 10 hours each, how long must another trench, sft. deep and 2ft. 3in. wide, be that 51 men may dig it in 15 days of 9 hours each ?

Geography. — For Glass D. Time allowed : 3 hours. 1. Explain fully what is meant by the precession of the equinoxes. How is it caused? 2. Describe the phenomena of the tides, and show how they are caused. Why is high water nearly four hours later at Onehunga than at Auckland, although the distance between the two places is less than six miles ? 3. State the respective lengths of the equatorial and polar diameters of the earth; show how the difference was caused, and state some of the results which arise from it. Describe an experiment to illustrate your reply. 4. Write a descriptive essay on the following localities : The Auckland Isthmus, the Canterbury Plains, the Sounds district of Marlborough, and the Euahine Eange. 5. Give a brief account of Siam, and state in what way the proposed acquisition of a large portion of its territory by France is likely to affect British interests. 6. Give an account of the chief physical features of Palestine, and illustrate your statement by a sketch-map. Indicate the position of the chief cities and celebrated places. 7. Describe the Caspian Sea; state its position, and name the countries washed by its waters. 8. Describe New Guinea as fully as you can, and state the approximate boundaries of the Dutch, German, and British possessions. What are its chief natural productions? 9. What are the chief agencies by which the distribution of plants and animals has been effected? Name instances in which the introduction of plants and animals into New Zealand has been injurious. 10. State the geographical range of the following plants and animals as fully as you can : Vine, sugar-cane, rice, cotton, tea, date-palm, nutmeg, cocoa-nut; antelope, opossum, wolf, kangaroo, elephant, tuatara, kiwi.

Geography. — For Glass E, and for Junior Civil Service. Time allowed: 3 hours. 1. On what days of the year are clay and night of equal length all over the world, and why? What are the phenomena of sunrise and sunset, and of day and night, at the North Pole ? 2. At what season of the year is the earth nearest to the sun, and what is the approximate distance at that period ? 3. Describe the mode of formation of coral reefs and atolls. 4. Draw a sketch-map of the South Island of New Zealand. Show the position of the chief mountain-ranges, lakes, plains, harbours, chief towns, coal-mines, and goldfields. 5. Describe as fully as you can the course and the most striking physical features of a New Zealand river which rises on the eastern side of a lofty mountain-range and discharges on the western. 6. Write a short note ou each of the following places : Leeds, Gore, Vienna, Calais, Nassau, Herat, Napier, Cork, Sitka, Strasbourg, Leipzig, Dundee, and Belgrade. 7. State the approximate position of Cape Com'orin, Cape York, Cape Maria van Diemen, Cape Vincent, Cape Breton, Cape Clear, Cape Horn, Cape Farewell, Cape Barrow. 8. What and where are the Pamirs, and by what countries are they respectively claimed ? 9. Describe the boundaries of France, Chili, Germany, European Turkey, and Switzerland. State the position of three important cities in each. 10. Trace the course of the three rivers which you consider to be the most important in the world. State the reasons for your selection, and indicate the position of the chief cities on their banks,

History. — For Glass I). Time allowed : 3 hours. [Candidates are expected to attempt all the questions.] 1. Give, with dates and references to leading names, an account of the influence of the Danes on English history. 2. Summarise the chief events in the reign of Edward I. 3. Narrate the events that led to the formation of the reformed Church of England. 4. Sketch the history of the Long Parliament. 5. Describe (1) the Petition of Bight, and (2) the Declaration of Bight. 6. Give some notion of the state of English politics in the reign of Queen Anne. Mention the chief writers of the time, and point out their intimate relation to contemporary politics. 7. Describe the aims and career of Bobert Walpole. 8. Write, with dates and historical references, two paragraphs on the success of Great Britain as a colonising power. 9. Explain the following: Beform of the Calendar; Chartists; Witena-gemot; Plantation of Ulster; Triennial Act; "Thorough;" Letters of Junius; East India Company; South-Sea Scheme; Triple Alliance.