A dog had stolen a piece of meat out of a butcher's shop, and was crossing a river on his way home, when he saw his own shadow reflected in the stream below. Thinking that it was another dog, with another piece of meat, he resolved to make himself master of that also; but, in snapping at the supposed treasure, he dropped the bit he was carrying, and so lost all.

Those who grasp the shadow lose the substance.

SECOND (OR THIRD) YEAR.

Arithmetic.-MALES.—1. Find the simple interest of £1,465 for 7 years at 3 per cent. per annum.

2. What (a) decimal, and (b) percentage, of 1 lbs. Troy is 1 dwt. ?

3. In how many years will £417 10s. gain £125 5s. at simple interest 4 per cent. per annum?

4. If a man lends a friend £1,250 at 4 per cent. simple interest, and directs him to keep it till the principal and interest amount to £1,666 13s. 4d., how long will the friend have the money?

5. If I gain 11 per cent. on every egg which I sell for Id., what sum shall I gain on 413 dozen sold at that rate?

Answers.—(1) £371 145. 10d. (2) 004; per cent. (3) 7 yrs. (4) 8 yrs. (5) 4s. 84d.

FEMALES.--
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3. The sum of two numbers is 33, and their difference is equal to of the greater; what are the numbers?

4. If it take 1 oz. of shot for a charge of a gun, how many shots can a boy have for one shilling's worth of shot at 24d. a lb. ? How much will be left in his bag after the last shot?

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Answers.—(1) (a) 351⁄2 ; (b) 72. (2) £53 8s. 9od. (3) 12; 21. (4) 68; 1 oz.

Grammar.-1. Point out the conjunctions in the following passage, and show what sentences they connect :

"And so loud these Saxon gleemen
Sang to slaves the songs of freemen,
That the storm was heard but faintly,
Knocking at the castle gate,

Till at last the lays they chanted

Reached the chamber terror-haunted,

Where the priest, in accents holy,

Whispered at the baron's ear."-LONGFELLOW.

2. Give three instances in which the subject of a se neither a noun nor a pronoun.

3. In regard to their structure, conjunctions may be div simple or compound; give examples of each kind.

Geography-Answer two questions. Do not omit the 1. Give "Notes of a Lesson" to a Second Standard on " Night;" and show how you would explain and illustrate(a) The general cause.

(b) The reasons for the different amount of light a ness at different times of the year.

2. Draw a full map of the British possessions in Sout and the territories adjoining them. Mark the chief town you can) the spots memorable for events in the recent war

3. What are the British possessions in Further India and the seas between them? Say what you know of the each.

History.-1. How did Canute come to be King of E What was the extent of his continental dominions?

2. What French provinces were lost to England und Explain how each of them came to be attached to the Crown.

3. What efforts were made by Edward I. to extend h within this island? How far were they successful?

Penmanship.-(Same as for Candidates.)

Composition.-Write full notes of a lesson on fruit trees. Euclid. (All generally understood abbreviations for w be used, but not symbols of operations, such as, +, x.) 1. Define line, superfices, right angle, parallel lines. Wh distinction between a postulate and an axiom? What are cipal parts of every proposition?

2. Euc. I. 8. What is the hypothesis in this proposition 3. Prove that two straight lines cannot have a commons

THIRD (OR FOURTH) YEAR.

Arithmetic.-MALES.-1. Bought 18 cwts. 3 qrs. 24 lbs. petre at £1 6s 1od. per cwt.; sold half of it at 3d. per lb. other half at £1 3s. 4d. per cwt. What sum, and how m cent., did I gain or lose on the whole transaction?

2. A debt of £734 is to be paid; £300 two months hend six months hence, and the rest at the end of the twelve what is the present worth of the whole, interest at 4 per cer

3. Selling oysters at 3d. each I gain 5 per cent.; ho actual money, and how much per cent., should I gain or selling 1,000 of the oysters for LI?

4. A man coming into an income of £1,000 a year dete

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from the day on which he first begins to receive the income, to spend only of it, and to invest the remainder at the end of each year in annuities, giving £90 for each annuity of £3. What will his income be at the end of the fourth year?

5. Two brigands, A and B, robbed a traveller of £370; if A had taken £25 more, and B £25 less, A would have had of what B took. How much did each take?

Answers.-(1) Loss £1 2s. 1d.; 4 per cent. (2) £719 1S. 107d. (3) Loss 6s. 5d.; 24'4 per cent. (4) £1092 14s. 61d. (5) A L123; B £247.

FEMALES.--I. Divide 2'5 by 32; and 1 by '013.

2. Find the value of 375 of a guinea + ·1875 of a crown + .3 of 7s. 6d. 875 of 2d.

3. If 1 lb. of sugar cost 0703125 of 16 shilings, what is the value of '0625 cwt.?

Answers. (1) 7·8125; 76923076. (2) 75. 10дd. +111d. +25. 3d. - Id. = IOS. IId. (3) 7s. 10 d.

Grammar.-1. Give not more than three examples of noun sentences as objects to the word remember.

2.

"My God, my land, my father, these did move

Me from my bliss of life, that nature gave,
Lowered softly with a threefold cord of love
Down to a silent grave.'

TENNYSON, Dream of Fair Women. (a) Point out the extension of the predicate in the above. (b) Parse the words in italics. (c) Give (so far as you can) the meaning of this passage, supposed to be spoken by Jepthah's daughter, in your own words.

3. Give six examples of words containing the Latin prefix "inter," and give the exact meaning of each word.

Geography.-Answer two questions.-1. Give "Notes of a Lesson" on Climate, showing particularly what parts of the earth's surface are hottest, which are coldest, and the reason why.

2. Draw a full map of the British possessions in South Africa, and the territories adjoining them. Mark the chief towns, and (if you can) the spots memorable for events in the recent war.

3. Where are Calcutta, Bombay, Simla, Jellalabad, Herat, Khiva, Astrakhan, Elburz, Ararat, and Novgorod? Describe four of them as fully as you can..

History.-1. Give the name and date of the first Queen who reigned in England. Show that at this period all the persons nearest in blood to the throne were females.

2. In 1652-4 what interests of Holland in English affairs led to the first Dutch war? Mention the leading actions between Blake and Van Tromp.

013. How did it happen that in the eighteenth century: between England and France affected the Empire o Sketch the career of Robert Clive.

Penmanship.-(Same as for Candidates).

Composition.-Write from memory the substance of the read to you by the Inspector:

During the Seven Years' War, on a night in October, French officer of the Auvergne Regiment was sent out to rec and advanced alone into a wood at some distance from Suddenly he found himself surrounded by a number of soldiers, whose bayonets pricked his breast, and a voice w in his ear: "Make but the slightest noise and you are man!" In one moment he understood it all. The ene advancing to surprise the French army, and would be up when night was far advanced. That moment decided He shouted as loud as his voice would carry the words Auvergne! Here are the enemy!" By the time the cry the ears of his men, their captain was a senseless corpse death had saved the army. The surprise had failed, and th retreated.

2. In the base BC of an isosceles triangle take any poi CA make CE equal to CD, and let ED cut AB in F. T three times the angle AEF be greater than four right angle angle AFE.

3. Describe a square upon a given straight line.

Algebra.-1. What is an expression? When are terms be like? What is meant by the nth root of a quantity? E

Arithmetic.-MALES.-I. What amount of profit, and w centage on the outlay, would accrue from the sale of 50,000 purchased at d. each, and sold at 03125 of a shilling each

2. A sum of money amounts in ten years, at 3 per c annum, simple interest, to £506 15 1d. In how many ye it amount to £703 16s. 62d.?

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3. If £1 = 10 florins, I flor. = 10 deniers, I den. 10 mils, what decimal of the English coin nearest in value would each of the above the "florin," the "denier," and the "mil"-be respectively?

4. An acre is sometimes roughly said to be 70 yards square. What would the error amount to, if we adopted this statement, in calculating the area of Ireland (32,450 square miles)? Give answer in decimals of square miles.

5. Three clerks, A, B, and C, in a London house, are paid at the rate of 9 guineas per calendar month. A goes to New York, where he gets to dols. 50 cents. per week; B to Paris, where his pay is 7'75 francs per day; while C remains in London. Compare the yearly incomes (i.e., for 365 days) of the three, taking the dollar =4s. 2d., and 25 francs = £1.

6. What is meant by "buying at so many years' purchase"? An estate is bought at 25 years' purchase for £3,400; % of the purchase money remains on mortgage at 4 per cent. per annum ; the cost of repairs, etc., averages £9 6s. 8d. a year. What percentage of interest does the purchaser make on his investment? Answers.(1) £26 os. 10d. ; 50 per cent. (2) 25 yrs. (3) Mil 96 of a farthing ; den. 8 of 3d.-piece; flor. 8 of half-crown. (4) 402-27 sq. m. (5) A, £114 1s. 3d.; B, £113 35.; £113 8s. (6) £2 7s. 41d.

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FEMALES.-I. What sum of money put out to interest for 4 years at 3 per cent. will amount to £259 7s.?

2. A grocer mixes 13 lbs. of tea, at 3s. 4d. a pound, with 5 lbs. of tea at 4s. Iod. a lb. ; at what price must he sell the mixture so as to gain id. on each lb. ?

3. If the sixpenny loaf weighs 3 lbs. when wheat is at 6s. a bushel, what ought it to weigh when wheat is at 6s. 9d. a bushel?

4. If 21 men mow 72 acres of grass in 5 days, how many must be employed to mow 460 acres 3 roods 8 perches in 6 days?

Answers.-(1) £227 10S. (2) 35. 10 d. per lb. (3) 2 lb. 10 oz. (4) 112 men.

Grammar.-1. "It wil be acknowledged, even by those who practize it not, that cleare and round dealing, is the Honour ot Man's nature; and that mixture of Falsehood, is like Allay in Coyne of Gold or Silver; which may make the metall worke the better, but it embaseth it."-LORD BACON.

(a) Point out any old-fashioned words or spellings to be noticed in the above. (b) Give the sense of the passage in your own words. (c) Point out the adverbial and the noun sentences. (d) Parse the words in italics. 2. Give examples of names of rivers and of hills that are of Keltic origin. Account for the fact that few towns in our country bear Keltic names.

Geography.-Answer two questions.-1. What are currents,