EXAMINATION PAPERS.

JANUARY-FEBRUARY 1861.

ENGLISH.

G. W. DASENT, D.C.L.

1. Describe in a letter any great invention of modern times.

2. Supposing the supply of cotton from the United States to fail, estimate the effect of that failure on British commerce and industry.

3. Write an essay on the following line:"Westward the course of Empire takes its way."

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BRITISH HISTORY FROM 1789.

G. W. DASENT, D.C.L.

1. Give a list of the Prime Ministers who formed administrations in England between the years 1789 and 1830.

2. When was the Peace of Amiens concluded? How long did it last, and by whom was it broken? 3. What additions has Great Britain made to her Colonial Possessions since 1789?

4. What do you understand by the "Ionian Islands?" What form of Government prevails in those islands, and when was it established?

5. Mention the chief political changes which have happened in Great Britain and Ireland since 1789.

6. What do you understand by the terms "the New Poor Law," "the Repeal of the Corn Laws,” "the Sliding Scale," "Catholic Emancipation,” "the Swing Burnings," and "the Navigation Laws."

7. Write a life of any great British Statesman who has flourished since 1789.

8. When did the connexion between Great Britain and Hanover cease? What advantages or disadvantages did Great Britain derive from that connexion?

9. Who were the Princess Charlotte, Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, the Marquis Wellesley, Mr. Huskisson, Lord Castlereagh, Earl Grey, and Lord Melbourne?

10. Enumerate briefly the alliances which Great Britain has made with Foreign Powers since 1789.

MATHEMATICS.

Morning Paper.

REV. CANON HEAVISIDE, M.A.

OBLIGATORY PORTION.

1. The sum of 3011. 3s. 24d. is to be divided in equal portions among 113 people; how much will each receive?

2. Express 560461 ounces avoirdupois, in tons, cwt., qrs., &c. Determine the number of acres in a square mile.

3. A man walks at the rate of 4 miles an hour; in what time will he walk 7 miles 6 furlongs 117 yards 1 foot?

4. An army of 6300 men is besieged in a town and has provisions for 10 months, how many men must be sent away so that the same provisions shall last the remainder 18 months?

5. If 1120 flag-stones each 1 foot 6 inches square, will pave a barrack-yard, how many stones will be required to pave a yard four times the size, each stone measuring 14 inches by 9 inches. 6. Add together

7. Multiply 456-721 by 35-72;

Reduce

1.4 x 015

⚫00014

Compare (001)2 and (01)3.

8. Reduce 121 of a yard to the fraction of a mile.

Express (of a guinea + of 11. + of 5s. 11s. 9d.) as the fraction of one shilling.

9. Express 17s. 6d. (1) as the decimal of 11., (2) as the decimal of 4007.

Find the value of 05625 of a pound sterling. 10. Find the simple interest on 1968l. 15s. for 4 years at 4 per cent. per annum.

11. Find the discount on 1267. 13s. 4d. due 4 months hence at 4 per cent., simple interest. 12. Extract the square root of (1) 8132-4324, (2) .081.

Afternoon Paper.

REV. CANON HEAVISIDE, M.A.

VOLUNTARY PORTION.

1. What is meant by the 'course of exchange' between two countries? If the course of exchange between London and Amsterdam be 33 shillings and 6 pence Flemish per pound sterling, and between London and Lisbon be 50 pence sterling per milree, find the rate of exchange between Amsterdam and Lisbon.