Mr. Enclosure. Order of Examination. having been nominated to the junior situation of messenger in the Record Branch of the Paymaster of Civil Services Office in Dublin, It is ordered that he be examined at the office of the Queen's University, Dublin Castle, by Robert Ball, Esq., LL.D., on Tuesday the 13th of January 1857, at 11 o'clock precisely, in the following prescribed subjects: 1. Writing from dictation. 2. The first four rules of arithmetic. It is also ordered, at his own request, that he be examined in the following extra subjects: Civil Service Commission, Dean's Yard, Westminster, 7th January 1857. (Signed) HORACE MANN SPECIMEN OF EXAMINATION PAPERS. These Papers contain easy questions intermixed with others of greater difficulty. The object has been to enable candidates moderately acquainted with the subjects to show sufficient knowledge, and at the same time to afford an opportunity for the display of better acquaintance with the subjects where it has been acquired. QUESTIONS IN GEOGRAPHY Set to candidates for Clerkships in the Customs. No. 1. 1. Name the six northern counties of England, and the twelve counties of Wales, and state what is the capital town in each county. 2. Mention the most important towns on either the Great Northern or Great Western Railway, stating in what counties they are, and for what they are famous respectively. 3. On the accompanying map of England insert the names of the seas, bays, and principal harbours of England; trace the course of the rivers Tyne, Mersey, Trent, and Severn; and mark the position of the counties of Devon, Cardigan, Norfolk, Monmouth, Cheshire, and Cumberland. 4. Name the principal lakes in Ireland and Scotland, and describe their situation as accurately as you can. 5. Describe as minutely as you can the position of the following places: Kertch, Sebastopol, Sweaborg, Shumla, Bomarsund, Kars, Varna, Silistria, Scutari. 6. Where are the following islands, and to whom do they belong respectively Jamaica, Ceylon, Mauritius, Cuba, Corfu, Malta, Trinidad, St. Helena ? 7. Describe the course of four rivers either of France, Germany, or Spain. 8. Which are the highest mountains in Europe? Give approximately the height of some of them, and of any of the Scotch or English mountains. No. 2. 1. Name in order the counties which a ship would pass in sailing from Liverpool to Southampton, and state what is the capital town in each county. 2. Mention the most important towns on either the Eastern Counties or the London and North-western Railway, stating in what counties they are, and for what they are famous respectively. 3. On the accompanying map of England insert the names of the seas, bays, principal harbours, and headlands of England; mark the position of Cambridge, York, Birmingham, Swansea, Bangor, Keswick, Plinlimmon, The Peak, and the Malvern Hills; and trace the course of one of the main lines of railway from London, marking the most important stations on it. These Papers contain easy questions intermixed with others of greater difficulty. The object has been to enable candidates moderately acquainted with the subjects to show sufficient knowledge, and at the same time to afford an opportunity for the display of better acquaintance with the subjects where it has been acquired. 4. Where are the following islands, and to whom do they belong respectively? Bermuda, Borneo, Isle of France, Van Diemen's Land, Alderney, Sicily, Zante, Hong Kong, Corsica, Arran. 5. On the accompanying map of France place Paris, Havre, Rouen, Marseilles, Bordeaux, Avignon, Lyons, Agincourt, Caen, Pau, and trace the course of the Soane, Loire, and Rhone. 6. State as nearly as you can the greatest length of England, Ireland, and Scotland, the number of square miles, and the population in each according to the last census. 7. Explain as accurately as you can the terms latitude and longitude, and what advantage arises from the use of them. No. 2*. The same with the following addition : 8. On the accompanying map of Ireland insert the names of the places marked; trace the course of any 4 great rivers; and insert the names of the chief bays, harbours, and headlands. No. 3. (Time allowed 2 hours.) 1. On the accompanying map of England mark London, Dover, Cheltenham, Stafford, Plymouth, Carlisle, Falmouth, Portsmouth, Scarborough, Bristol, Yarmouth, Ingleborough, Manchester, Brighton, Windermere, Lincoln, Chester, Hull, Beachy Head, Great Orme's Head, Portland Bill; trace the course of the Severn, Ouse, Tyne, Trent, and Wye, and insert the names of the counties of which the boundaries are delineated. 2. Name the counties which would be crossed by a straight line drawn from Bristol to Carlisle. 3. Mention any spots in England or Wales celebrated either for beauty of scenery, or for historical associations; and describe minutely any one. 4. Describe any one of the routes from London to Edinburgh ; naming the chief towns through which you would pass, and the chief objects of interest in each. 5. Mention the most important colonial possessions of Great Britain, and describe their position. 6. Write a geographical description of any one county of Scotland or Ireland, stating (as accurately as you can) its boundaries, physical features, chief products, and manufactures ; its divisions (if any), principal towns and railways. 7. On the accompanying map of France insert the names of the places marked *, and of the principal bays, harbours, and headlands. 8. Enumerate the independent states of Europe, and their capital towns. |