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2.-Candidates of the second year, and teachers in charge of schools, may not answer more than six questions, but may choose them from any part of the paper.

Section 1.

1. Make out a table of the declensions of the English pronouns, personal, relative, and demonstrative.

2. Give examples of English words in which differences of (a) number, (b) gender, (c) person, (d) case, (e) mood, and (ƒ) tense, are marked by changes in the form of the word.

3. Show in what respects the English alphabet is deficient, and in what respects redundant, and enumerate the elementary sounds, distinguishing vowels, mutes, and liquids.

Section 2.

Paraphrase the following passage, rendering its meaning in clear and simple prose:

"Whose freedom is by suff'rance, and at will
Of a Superior, he is never free.

Who lives, and is not weary of a life
Exposed to manacles, deserves them well.

The State that strives for liberty, though foiled
And forced to abandon what she bravely sought,
Deserves at least applause for her attempt
And pity for her loss. But that's a cause
Not often unsuccessful; power usurped
Is weakness when opposed; conscious of wrong
"Tis pusillanimous and prone to flight;

But slaves that once conceive the glowing thought
Of freedom, in that hope itself possess

All that the contest calls for; spirit, strength,
The scorn of danger, and united hearts,

The surest presage of the good they seek.”

Section 3.

-COWPER.

1. Parse fully the words in italics in the following sentence:

"That he

sold so valuable a performance for so small a price was not to be imputed to necessity, by which the learned and ingenious are often obliged to submit to very hard conditions."

2. Parse the words in italics in the passage from Cowper, and supply the word required to complete the construction of the last line, giving its parsing in full.

SUPPLEMENTARY QUESTIONS.

1. Paraphrase the following passage:

"Meantime, refracted from yon eastern cloud,
Bestriding Earth, the grand ethereal Bow
Shoots up immense, and every hue unfolds,
In fair proportion, running from the red
To where the violet fades into the sky.
Here, awful Newton, the dissolving clouds
Form, fronting on the Sun, thy show'ry prism,
And to the sage-instructed eye unfold

The various twine of light, by thee disclosed
From the white mingling maze. Not so the boy;
He, wondering, views the bright enchantment bend
Delightful o'er the radiant fields, and runs
To catch the falling glory, but amazed
Beholds the amusive arch before him fly,
Then vanish quite away."

2. Write out an analysis of the above passage from the commencement to the word "maze" in the tenth line.

3. State what English words are derived respectively from-mitto, fero, sto, pono, solvo, mos, pes, radix, insula; and explain the origin and syntax of the following-than, if, self, twain, notwithstanding.

4. Examine the construction in the following expressions:-"The King of Prussia's cavalry." "It is they who are the real conspirators." • Either

John or I was in fault." "Neither John nor I were in fault."

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5. Give examples of the figures of speech most commonly used in English poetry.

6. Through what successive stages has our language passed since the time of the Anglo-Saxons?

7. To what reigns, and what periods in the history of English literature, do the following writers respectively belong:-Sir John Mandeville, Robert of Glo'ster, Chaucer, Wicliff, Raleigh, Steele, Burnet, Scott, Shenstone, Wordsworth? State what you know of the life and writings of one of them.

DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

(Three Hours allowed for this Paper).

1.-The Supplementary Questions are not to be attempted by any Candidate of the First Year who has not answered one question in each of the preceding Sections. No such Candidate may answer more than twoof the Supplementary Questions.

2.-Candidates of the Second Year, and Teachers in charge of Schools, may not answer more than six questions, but may choose them from any part of the Paper.

PART J.

1. Give clear directions for making bread, and state your opinion of the advantages or disadvantages of home-baked bread.

2. What saving may be effected by the use of barley, oatmeal, Indian corn, and rice, in poor families? State briefly the nutritious qualities of these articles respectively.

Section 2.

(The answers of this Section must be arranged in the form of notes of a

lesson.)

1. Give a full account of milk and its uses.

2. Describe the qualities and uses of vinegar.

3. What is the comparative cost of coffee, tea, cocoa, and porridge; what support and nourishment do they severally give?

4. Describe the tea plant; the mode of preparing the leaf; and state whether tea should be made in earthenware or metal pots, and why.

Section 3.

What advice would you give about the clothing of children, between three and twelve, with regard to health and economy? State how you intend to teach needlework in the first class of girls; and explain clearly how a patch should be made in an old garment.

Section 4.

1. Give directions for preparing linseed and mustard poultices, and for applying leeches.

2. Describe the first symptoms of fever, and the causes which render persons liable to contract eruptive febrile diseases.

3. Describe the symptoms and treatment of croup and hooping cough.

SUPPLEMENTARY.

1. What are the principal nutritive substances? In what kinds of food are they severally found? State their comparative merits.

2. Describe the process and uses of respiration.

3. What effects are produced by the abuse of stimulants?

4. What are the effects of intemperance in eating upon the body and mind? 5. What are the advantages of insuring early?

Enumerate the various

kinds of insurance, and show their comparative advantages.

6. Explain the effects of strikes upon wages.

7. Explain the process of combustion, as in a lesson to a class of students.

ARITHMETIC.

(Three Hours allowed for this Paper.)

Candidates are not allowed to answer more than one Question in each

Section.
Section 1.

1. What is meant by numeration and notation? Multiply 527 by 290, and explain each step in the process.

2. What is the meaning of the terms dividend, divisor, quotient? Divide 3275 by 9, and explain each step in the working.

3. Write out the notes of an introductory lesson on fractions.

Section 2.

1. 1175 casks contain each 3 gallons, 3 quarts, 3 pints, and 3 half pints how much do they all hold?

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Make out a bill for the following articles :-
39 yards of Irish cloth, at
17 yards of muslin,

134 yards of cambric,

27 yards of linen,

2s. 4d. per yard.

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2. Divide 3577. 12s. 2d. amongst 3 men, 4 women, and 6 children, giving to each man twice as much as to a woman, and four times as much as to a child.

What quantity of shalloon that is three quarters of a yard wide, will line 7 yards of cloth that is 14 yard wide?

3. Find, by practice, the value of

371 at 47. 13s. 7d.

31 cwt. 0 qr. 10 lbs., at 17. 17s. 10d. per cwt.

How far will a man travel in 27 days of 10 hours each, at the rate of 3 miles 1 furlong 13 poles per hour?

Section 3.

1. Add together, of, and 9.

Find the sum of of a yard, of a foot, and of a mile.

2. A person has of a coal mine, and sells

is the whole mine worth?

of his share for 1717.; what

If of a yard cost of a £, what will of an English ell cost? 3. Divide 04176 by 713-5. Express 2 decimally. Reduce 10 oz. 18 dwts. 16 grs. to the decimal of a lb. troy.

Section 4.

1. What is the interest of 2847. 10s. for 2 years, 4 months, and 25 days, at 34 per cent. per annum?

2. If the earriage of 5 cwt. 3 qrs. for 150 miles cost 31. 7s. 4d., what must be paid for the carriage of 7 cwt. 2 qrs. 25 lbs. for 64 miles, at the same rate?

3. Three persons make a joint stock: A puts in 1847. 10s., B 967. 15s., C 761. 5s.; they gain by trade 2207. 12s.; what is each person's share of the gain?

Section 5.

1. What is meant by balancing an account? Give an example.

2. Explain the uses, with examples, of the following books:-Day-book, cash-book, invoice-book, bill-book, ledger.

Section 6.

1. Explain the principle by which the mixed number 33 may be reduced to an improper fraction.

2. Show the correctness of the rule for the division of fractions, namely, "Invert the divisor, and proceed as in multiplication."

3. Explain the meaning of the terms, ratio, proportion, and show why in a rule of three sum we multiply the second and third terms together, and divide by the first.

GEOGRAPHY.

(Three Hours allowed for this Paper.)

1.-The supplementary questions are not to be attempted by any candidate of the first year who has not answered one question in each of the preceding sections. No such candidate may answer more than two of the supplementary questions.

2.-Candidates of the second year, and teachers in charge of schools, may not answer more than six questions, but may choose them from any part of the paper.

Section 1.

1. Draw a map of the south-west of England, with names of rivers and chief towns.

2. Enumerate the indentations and rivers on the western coast of Great Britain, with an outline map.

3. Name the coalfields of Great Britain, and give an exact account of the largest, with an outline map of the counties in which it is situated.

Section 2.

1. Draw a map of one of these countries-Hindostan, Canada, Ceylon, or Australia, and give a brief account of the climate, productions, and physical features.

2. Give an exact account of the British possessions in the West Indies.

Section 3.

1. Name the rivers of Germany, and the chief cities on each, their length respectively, and the countries through which they flow.

2. Compare the height, direction, and appearance of the Cevennes, the Pyrenees, Sierra Nevada, and the Appenines.

3. Name in order the principal seaports on the coasts of Holland, Belgium, France, and Spain, and state concisely for what they are severally remarkable. Section 4.

1. Draw an outline map of Asia, or of North America.

2. Name in order the United States, with the chief towns, and characteristic features.

3. Where are the following cities situated--Aden, Tobolsk, Bockhara, Lahore, Shanghai, Port Natal, Tripoli, Valparaiso, Baltimore, and Fredericton? For what are they severally remarkable?

SUPPLEMENTARY.

1. Name the chief table lands on the surface of the globe, and describe carefully the appearance, and climate, of the most remarkable ones in each quarter of the world.

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2. Describe the phenomena of an Arctic winter.

3. What imaginary lines are used by geographers to indicate the comparative temperature of different places? State the mean annual temperature of London, Paris, Constantinople, Calcutta, and New York.

4. What physical causes determine temperature?

5. Account for fog, hoar frost, and dew.

6. Give an account of the atmosphere, and of the effects produced by its movements and increase or decrease of density, &c.

7. Explain an eclipse as in a lesson for a class of girls.

8. Describe the characteristics of the New World as contrasted with the Old.

9. Enumerate the zones of vegetation, with the prevalent form of vegetable life in each.

MUSIC.

(Three Hours allowed for this Paper.)

1.-The supplementary questions are not to be attempted by any candidate of the first year who has not answered one question in each of the preceding sections. No such candidate may answer more than two of the supplementary questions.

2.-Candidates of the second year, and teachers in charge of schools, may not answer more than six questions, but may choose them from any part of the paper.

Section 1.

The length or duration of notes is expressed by variations in their forms. Show these variations by a time table.

Section 2.

1. Instead of the following notes and dots, write rests of equal duration :

2. Place the proper time-signatures before each of the following bars :

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