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NEEDLEWORK.

Time allowed, six hours and a half.

Mr. SMITH, Senior Inspector.

Miss PRENDERGAST, Directress of Needlework.

SEWING.

As a test of proficiency in this branch candidate will have to execute, on material supplied by Superintendent, a specimen of each of the following:-top-sewing, hemming, running (one seam top-sewn and felled, and a tuck), a buttonhole barred at each end; sewing on gathers (also known stocking-on"). One buttonhole and one inch of each of the stitches will suffice as samples, and candidate will do well not to exceed this amount, as, by increasing it, she will encroach upon the time required for other branches of this subject. A small gusset is to be set in as if for a man's shirt, top-sewn (from the wrong side) along the two sides of the triangle, stitched across its fold, and hemmed down at back. This gusset is to be inserted at end of seam, which should be worked, for the purpose, some way from the edge of the material.

Candidate's examination number is to be plainly marked upon an unworked portion of the specimen.

KNITTING AND DARNING.

Candidate is to be prepared with suitable wool and knitting needles, with which she will produce an undervest, of miniature size (to fit a little doll), completely finishing it.

She will be supplied by Superintendent with a small piece of stocking-web, which, for convenience of working, she can tack (right side down) upon paper, cutting a square out of the middle of the paper to enable her to see the progress of the darn upon the right side, as she works from the wrong. On this piece she is to darn a round hole, not smaller than a threepenny piece or larger than a sixpence, running the darn in each direction to about half an inch beyond the hole, and leaving short loops for shrinkage.

The specimens of fancy knitting and darning are, when finished, to be attached, by a few strong stitches, to the specimen of sewing.

CUTTING-OUT.

Candidate will be required to cut out a night-dress for

lowing measurements, which are half the full size :-Length of yoke, 8 inches; front shoulder, 3 inches; length of body, 26 inches; width (exclusive of gores), 18 inches; length of sleeve (including cuff), 10 inches. Paper for cutting out will be provided. Article is to be tacked together with needle and thread; no pins are to be left in it. It is to be marked with examination number.

Candidate is requested to comply as exactly as possible with all requirements mentioned above, as neglect of any of these instructions may lessen the value of her work.

COOKERY.

One hour and a half allowed for this paper.

N.B.-Only five questions to be attempted. The Examiner will read only the first five answers left uncancelled. The questions in this paper are all of equal value.

Mr. HOGAN, Senior Inspector.

Miss FITZGERALD, Head Organizer.

1. Give directions for cleaning and blackleading a grate.

2. Tell how to grill. Mention the advantages of this mode of cooking-also the objections to it.

3. Name the vegetables that are rich in flesh-forming material. What other foods should be used with them?

4. Draw an outline of the cow, and show the parts into which it is usually cut. Which portions are best for pickling?

5. Give recipe and method for making cornflour mould, using half a pint of milk. How should the mould be prepared?

6. Write instructions for preparing and boiling fowl.

7. How would you manage the stock pot? From what is it to be made?

8. Why are the following foods used together :-Bread and cheese, liver and bacon, meat and potatoes, rice and milk?

VOCAL MUSIC.

One hour and a half allowed for this paper.

N.B.-Only five questions to be attempted, one of which must be either Question No. 1 or No. 2. The Examiner will read only the first five answers left uncancelled. The questions in this paper are all of equal value.

Mr. HEADEN, Senior Inspector.

Mr. GOODMAN, Inspector of Musical Instruction.

1. Translate the following passage into the Tonic Sol-fa Notation :

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2. Write the following in the treble clef in Staff notation, using the fourth note or crotchet for the pulse :

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3. Re-write the following, using the "Better" fect" Method, and changing Key at places marked. Key and distinguishing tones :

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4. Compare the Doh mode and the Lah mode (Harmonic form) with respect to (1) construction and (2) mental effect.

5. Give the mental effect of the tones (1) a major sixth above and (2) a minor sixth below the following tones :

6. Explain briefly the terms :--Chromatic tone; Ray mode; Thin Register; ba; Contralto.

7. Describe some easy exercise suitable for class-drill in Breath Control and Holding.

8. Explain briefly the different

Steps" of the Tonic Sol

fa Method of teaching to sing.

MANUAL INSTRUCTION.

Two hours allowed for this paper.

N.B.-Five questions only to be attempted, of which at least two and not more than three are to be taken from each section, A and B. The Examiner will read only the first five answers left uncancelled. The questions in this paper are all of equal value.

Dr. ALEXANDER, Senior Inspector.

Mr. BEVIS, Head Organizer.

SECTION A.

1. Give drawings with the necessary measurements for an exercise in wire-work where it would be advantageous to commence the work from the middle point of the wire.

2. Give plans of the wire exercise at each step taken, when working the design Fig. 1. These plans should be correctly projected.

3. Give the plan and two elevations with measurements of the wire exercise Fig. 2. The length of the wire may be assumed to be any length up to 24 inches.

4. Give sketches showing the sequence of work you would hope to cover during three months (one hour a week).

SECTION B.

5. Draw a stencil pattern, introducing straight lines, circles, and freehand curves. (There should be about an equal portion of each.)

6. Draw, freehand, the development of the model Fig. 3. (It should be arranged to be all in one piece.) Put on dimensions to suit a piece of cardboard 9" x 6".

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Fig. 2.

Manual instruction.

7. Give a perspective sketch of any model. Put all the necessary dimensions on the sketch, and state to what scale the children's drawings are to be made, and the size of cardboard required.

8. How would you prove experimentally that by making each side of a rectangular piece of cardboard half as long again, that the oblong thus formed would be two and a quarter times the area of the original oblong?

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