(b) Show that the subordinate sentence in the above is an adjective sentence, and give other examples of sentences of the same kind.

(c) Give, in your own words, the meaning of the first four lines (from "Ye" to "Heaven ").

2. What is the force of the Latin propositions in the following words compounded with them--succour, supplant, depart, despise, differ, transfer. State what the preposition is in each case.

3. Parse each word in the following :— "England has had many heroes, but never one who so entirely possessed the love of his fellow-countrymen as Nelson."

GEOGRAPHY.

(Answer either Q. 2 or Q. 3, not both.)

1. Give notes of a lesson on "The Overland Journey to India," by Brindisi and the Suez Canal. Illustrate your lesson by a map of the Red Sea.

2. Name the chief rivers of Africa, and describe the sources and course of each, so far as they are known.

3. Name four important towns in Hindostan, not including Calcutta, Bombay, or Madras; and describe minutely the position and character of each.

HISTORY.

(One hour allowed for Females.)

(Two hours and a half allowed for Males.)

1. What do you understand by Cavaliers and Roundheads? Explain the leading principles of the two parties. 2. Give some account of the wives of James II. and their issue.

3. When and under what circumstances was the battle of Inkerman fought?

PENMANSHIP.

Same exercise as for Candidates.

COMPOSITION.

Write from memory the substance of this passage read to you by the Inspector :

"There came a strange woman to Tarquin, king of Rome,

and offered him, for a certain price, nine books of the prophetess called the Sibyl. When the king refused them, the woman went and burnt three of the books, and came back and offered the six at the same price which she had asked for the nine; but they mocked at her and would not take the books. Then she went away, and burnt three more, and came back and asked still the same price for the remaining three. At this the king was astonished, and asked of the diviners what he should do. They said that he had done wrong in refusing the gift of the gods, and bade him by all means to buy the books that were left. So he bought them; and the woman who sold them was seen no more from that day forwards. Then the books were put into a chest of stone, and were kept underground in the Capitol; and two men were appointed to keep them, and were called the two men of the sacred books."

EUCLID.

[All generally understood abbreviations for words may be used, but not symbols of operations, such as−, +, ×.] 1. The sum of the angles of every figure is equal to an even number of right angles.

2. The opposite side and angles of a parallelogram are equal to one another, and the diameter bisects it, that is, divides it into two equal parts.

3. To describe a square upon a given straight line.

ALGEBRA.

1. Divide x3- 8y3+125z3 +30xyz by x-2y+5%.

FOURTH YEAR.

JANUARY, 1880.

(Three hours and a half allowed.)

ARITHMETIC.

Males.

1. A sum of money amounts in 10 years, at 3 per cent. simple interest, to £506 15s. 13d.; in how many more years will it amount to £703 16s. 63d.?

2. A pipe (126 gals.) of wine being eight-ninths full, has 15 gals. drawn off. (a) What percentage of the contents is thus drawn off? (b) What fraction of a pipe of wine is still left?

3. A and B engage in business, their capitals being as 7: 11. At the end of three months A withdraws of his capital, and one month afterwards B adds twice what A had withdrawn. How should a profit of £337 7s. 6d. be divided at the end of the year?

4. What is the least number of years for which simple interest must be reckoned at 4 per cent. on £145 78. 6d., so that the interest may be an exact number of pounds sterling?

5. Reduce

001369 to the decimal of √2.7.
Females.

1. If 24 oxen require 6 acres of turnips to supply them for ten weeks, how many acres would supply six score of sheep for 15 weeks, on the supposition that 3 oxen eat as much as 10 sheep?

2. In what time will £1,210 19s. 6d. amount to £1,225 19s. 6d. at 3 per cent.?

3. A owned of a farm of 300 acres; he sold of his share to B, and B sold of his share to C. What is the value of C's land, at £50 an acre?

4. If 12 horses consume 4 qrs. of corn in 16 days, how much will 20 horses require for a week?

GRAMMAR.

"Lastly came Winter, clothed all in frieze,

Chattering his teeth for cold that did him chill ;

Whilst in his hoary beard his breath did freeze.
In his right hand a tipped staff he held,
With which his feeble steps he stayed still;
For he was faint with cold, and weak with eld
That scarce his loosed limbs he able was to weld."
SPENSER.

(a) Point out any old-fashioned words, spellings, or idioms that you notice in the above.

(b) Which is the most unlike the English we speak now -Spenser's language or Shakespeare's? Account for the style of one being more ancient than that of the other. (c) What are the adverbial sentences in the above? Analyse them.

(d) Parse the words in italics.

GEOGRAPHY.

1. Give full notes of lessons to a First Class on the "Atlantic Ocean; its boundaries, shape, size, currents, islands," and anything else that you know about it. How many lessons should you require to teach it fully?

Draw an outline map in illustration, showing the two coast-lines, but not marking names.

2. Describe fully the basin and course of the Amazon. HISTORY.

1. Explain how land was held under the Feudal system, and point out any traces of that system still existing.

2. What circumstances led to the calling of the first House of Commons? The king and his eldest son were then at variance; compare their character or the character of their wives.

3. How did freedom of conscience fare under the Commonwealth? Under what circumstances were Roman Catholics excluded from and readmitted to the Legislature? When were Jewish disabilities repealed?

PENMANSHIP.

Same exercise as for Candidates.

COMPOSITION.

Write an essay on Poetry.

EUCLID.

1. If two triangles have their areas equal, and one side

and an adjacent angle equal, each to each, they shall be equal in all respects.

2. If a straight line be divided into any two parts, the square on the whole line is equal to the squares on the two parts, together with twice the rectangle contained by the parts.

3. To divide a given straight line into two parts, so that the rectangle contained by the whole and one of the parts shall be equal to the square on the other part.

ALGEBRA.

1. A man invests half his property at 5 per cent., a third at 2 per cent., and the remainder at 4 per cent. His income being £360, find his capital.

1. Find the area of a triangle whose sides are 319 ft., 444 ft., 455 ft.

2. Given two contiguous sides of a parallelogram, and one of its diagonals; show how the other diagonal may be found.

FEBRUARY, 1880.

(Three hours and a half allowed.)

ARITHMETIC.

Males.

1. The working expenses of a certain company average £62 10s. per day, and their weekly expenses amount to 3