(6) Give the plurals of notre plume. ce bon cheval, mon nouveau livre.

(c) Decline in full elle, lequel.

(d) Write out the third person singular and plural of the past definite of être, aimer, concevoir, s'en aller; and of the imperfect subjunctive of avoir, fournir, répondre; also the past participles of acquérir, mourir, mettre, prendre.

(e) Write out some of the prepositions derived from participles. Bateaux, villes, palais, cieux, enfants (old-fashioned form, enfans), blanche, belle, méchante, cruelle, complete, jalouse. (b) Nos plumes, ces bons chevaux, mes nouveaux livres. (c) N. elle elles, lequel, laquelle lesquels ou lesquelles

(d) Il fut, ils furent; il aima, ils aimèrent; il conçut, ils conçurent; il s'en alla, ils s'en allèrent.

Qu'il eût, qu'ils eussent; Qu'il fournit, qu'ils fournissent; qu'il répondit, qu'ils repondissent.

Acquis, mort, mis, pris.

(e) Pendant, durant, joignant, touchant, suivant, moyennant (from old French verb moyenner) non obstant (from non obstante).

III. Translate into French-(a) The father loves the son. (b) The sun shines (briller). (c) It is you who have done this. (d) The child has lost (perdre) her mother. (e) Have you ever seen this lady before? (f) Who has done this? I, replied the child. (g) Has your brother come? (h) The letters you sent (envoyer) me were badly written. (2) I have written eleven letters to-day. (j) It is of consequence (importe) that you should go.

(a) Le père aime le fils. (b) Le soleil brille. (c) C'est vous qui avez fait cela. (d) L'enfant a perdu sa mère. (e) Avez vous jamais vu cette dame auparavant. (f) "Qui a fait cela?” "C'est moi," repliqua l'enfant. Votre frère, est-il venu? Les lettres, que vous m'avez envoyées étaient mal écrites. écrit aujourd'hui onze lettres. Il importe que vous alliez.

J'ai

DOMESTIC ECONOMY.

Candidates are not permitted to answer more than one question in each section.

GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR ANSWERING.

To answer these questions fully, space must be carefully economised. Bear in mind that questions should be fully answered in the smallest possible number of words.

Do not use superfluous words for the sake of filling up the paper; this detracts from the force of what is said.

Read each question over carefully; see into how many points it is divided, and answer each.

If you are not sure regarding any point, do not hazard an answer.

SECTION I. (Household Work.)

1. Describe the duties of an under nurse; and explain clearly the difference in work and in responsibility upon promotion to head nurse.

2. State the materials required for cleaning and keeping in thorough order for daily use the following articles: mahogany furniture, silver plate, glass, brass and copper vessels, marble mantelpieces. And explain the method in which they should be used.

ANSWERS.

(1.) The under nurse, or nursery maid, is assistant to the head nurse, and must work under her direction. The duties of the under nurse are to keep clean the nurseries, make the nursery fires, and keep them up during the day; to bring the nursery meals and clear them away; to prepare the children's baths, morning and evening; to help the head nurse to wash and dress the children; to attend them in their daily walks ; to help and guide them to their games; to nurse the baby

when the head nurse is attending to her own particular duties; and to help in mending and making the children's clothing. When promoted to the position of head nurse her responsibilities increase. She then directs and guides the under nurse, takes sole charge of the baby, whose washing and dressing must be her special charge; she presides at the nursery meals, teaches the children proper behaviour at table, trains them to be orderly in their habits, kind to each other and all around them, and polite to strangers and those older than themselves; she checks what is wrong and commends what is right in their conduct, reports to their parents when they show symptoms of illness, takes charge of their wardrobe, cutting out, making and mending their undergarments; she also superintends the children in their daily walks, and attends to them in sickness.

This question appeals to the experience of the candidate, and is a fair test of her intelligence, since it refers to daily life rather than school book knowledge.

(2.) Mahogany furniture, if not French polished, should, when very dirty, be washed with a little weak beer, applied with a flannel; when this has been thoroughly dried by rubbing with a soft duster, apply beeswax and turpentine on a piece of cloth; having rubbed this well in, polish with a soft cloth, and finally with a dry chamois leather. If the furniture is French polished, wash with lukewarm water and soap, taking care not to make it too wet; dry with a soft cloth, and polish with a mixture of boiled linseed oil, vinegar, and spirits of wine in equal quantities; apply this on a piece of flannel; after rubbing it well in, polish with a soft cloth, and finally with a leather. To clean silver plate.-Wash well in warm water with a little soda, rub dry, and polish with a leather; if very dirty, after washing, rub all over the articles a little whiting sifted through a muslin and made slightly damp; then polish with a chamois leather, using a plate - brush for the parts that are chased. To wash glass.-Use a clean wooden tub, lukewarm water and soda; then rinse in clear cold water, dry with a glass cloth, and polish with a leather. To clean brass and copper.-Apply a mixture of rottenstone and sweet oil on a piece of cloth, rub well, and polish with a leather. To clean marble mantelpieces.Cover the marble with a paste made by melting yellow soap in a jar with as much water as will cover it, adding an equal quantity of oxgall, half the quantity of spirits of wine, and dry pipeclay;

leave this on the marble for two days; wash it off and apply another layer; after two or three days, wash this off clean, and polish with a leather.

SECTION II. (Investment.)

1. Describe any safe building or other investments with which you are acquainted. Explain the principles which secure safety; mention the interest given and the price of the original shares.

2. Write out rules, simple and practical, for young persons with regard to investment, and show the benefit of putting by, year by year, some small amount against illness and age.

ANSWERS.

(1.) A building society was commenced in a town in the North of England in the year 1870. Its paid-up capital was fixed at £40,000 in 2,000 shares of £20 each, to be paid in one sum or by monthly instalments of 5s. per month per share. As the population and trade of the town was increasing, so that there was likely to be a steady demand for dwelling-houses, and as land could be purchased at a fair price, the shares were soon taken, chiefly by respectable working-men; moreover, the promoters and directors of the scheme were all men of good standing and high character, which gave the townspeople confidence that the funds would not be misappropriated or spent unwisely. After £5,000 had been subscribed, chiefly by instalments, the society bought several large plots of ground, parcelled them but into building sites, and allotted them to shareholders who had paid up £60 and over. The holder of the site might sell it or build upon it; in the latter case the society advanced him the necessary funds, on condition that he gave the title-deeds of his land as security for repayment, and that he repaid the loan, with interest at 6 per cent., by monthly instalments, in a given number of years. The house being built, its rent paid the monthly instalments, and in this way many working-men became possessors of house property which paid them at the rate of 7 per cent. for the money invested.

(2.) Make a point of putting away a certain sum, in some safe investment, each time the income is received. Do not wait until you have seen what you can spare, after purchasing this or that. Make a beginning as soon as possible.

Having once put money away, consider it as capital, not to be broken in upon unless under very special circumstances.

Invest the sum that is laid aside at once; do not keep it on hand, because the temptation to spend it is thereby increased. Until a good sum is saved, invest in the Post-office Savings Bank, because sums from 1s. and upwards may be deposited there; and though the interest is small, the principal is safe, and by the regular addition of small sums soon accumulates. Take one or two shares in a building or investment society, if you are sure the one you select is well managed. Pay the shares by monthly instalments; this is equal to investing so much each month, and the necessity of paying punctually makes the setting aside a certain sum for the purpose a matter of course. Avoid investing your savings in companies that promise a higher rate of interest than is generally paid; from 5 to 6 per cent. is as much as can be expected with safety to the principal. Avoid mining speculations, as great risk attends them. Building, investment, gas, water, or railway companies are generally the safest kinds of joint-stock companies, but the Post-office Savings Bank is safer.

When a good sum is saved, it may be used in purchasing Government Stock, or, in other words, it may be placed in the Funds. Buy stock when it is at from 93 to 95, in which cases you only pay £93 or £95 for £100 worth of stock. The interest is 3 per cent., and the funds are perfectly safe.

Putting by something for old age or sickness renders working people independent of their friends, who may not be in a position to spare the means of helping. It relieves from anxiety as to the future.

Should sickness come, it allows the invalid to leave work in order to recruit so as to be able to resume it again.

SECTION III. (Cooking.)

1. State clearly any inexpensive method for cooking fish and rice, fish and potatoes, butcher's meat and vegetables of different kinds, eggs and rice. Name the expense of such dishes per head. State the present current price in your neighbourhood of butcher's meat, of bread, of bacon.

2. State different ways in which the following may be prepared so as to be economical and palatable :-sheep's head, breast of mutton, pig's feet, and estimate the cost per head for 6 persons.