received £8626, 17s. 9d. as the net proceeds; what was the rate of commission ?

31. If the rate levied upon a rental of £763, 15s. amount to £133, 135. 1 d., how much is that in the pound?

32. If, when malt costs 63s. a quarter, the price of a quart of ale be 4 d., what should be its price when malt is at 66s. 6d. per quarter?

33. If a train goes 126 miles in 3 hrs. 5 min. 58 sec., in what time will it go 297 miles?

34. If 18 yds. 3 qrs. I nl. of cloth can be woven out of 43 lbs. of wool, how much can be woven out of 235 lbs.?

35. A miller had 1000 sacks of corn to grind; if he could get 175 sacks ground in 36 hrs. 45 min., how long would the remaining corn take?

36. A man having an income of £1000 a year, lays by the fourth part of it, and spends the remainder; how much does he spend every 10 days?

37. If 101 acres of land yielded 334 qrs. 5 bush. 2 pks. of corn, how much was got from 52 acres of it?

38. If 4 ac. 2 rds. are rented for £15, what is the rent for 23 ac. 2 rds. 20 po. ?

39. How long will a field, which has pasture for 6 score sheep for 15 days, graze 4 score and 5?

40. The amount collected by a poor rate in a parish assessed at £2044, 2s. 6d. was £51, 2s. ofd.; what was the rate in the pound?

41. If 29 yds. of material, 14 yd. wide, can be bought for £23, 18s. 6d., how many yards of the same material, 1 yd. wide, can I buy for the same money?

42. If the sun moves through 360° in 365 days 5 hrs. 48 min., how many minutes and seconds will he pass through in a day?

43. The rent of a farm of 39 ac. 2 rds. 20 per. is £148, IIS. 10d.; what ought 6 acres of such land to be rented at? 44. If of a yard of velvet cost 7s. 3d., how many yards can be bought for £13, 15s. 6d. ?

45. Find the cost of 183 yds. of cloth when 2 yds. cost a guinea.

46. A man, after paying an income tax of 7d. in the £, has £248, 10s. 8d. left; what was his gross annual income?

47. Find the annual income of a man who spends 12 guineas in 35 days, and saves £100 per annum.

48. If a person's annual income be 650 guineas, how much will he have saved at the end of a year, after spending £10, 13s. 94d. a week?

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49. How much stuff 3 ft. 9 in. broad will cover a passage 9 in. long and 7 ft. 6 in. broad?

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50. The rateable value of a factory is fifteen hundred pounds; how much will have to be paid when a rate of 1s. 74d. in the pound is laid?

51. A person's salary is £191, 12s. 6d. for 365 days; in how many days will he have a claim for £31, 10s.?

52. If a man spend £152, 10s. every week, what must be his daily income that in 15 years he may lay by £7522, 10s. ?

53. The expenses of the poor in a parish amount to £110, 7s. 6d., and the whole rent is £2000; how much in the must be levied to pay it?

54. If the tax on a rent of £25 is £2, 10s., what will it be on a rent of £10, 9s. 41⁄2d.?

55. The 1st, 3d, and 4th terms of a proportion are 3 cwt. 14 lbs., £1, 75. id., and £5, 1S. 1od. respectively; find the second term.

56. A bankrupt's debts are £535, 10s. 5d., and his assets £321, 6s. 3d.; how much can he pay in the pound?

57. If wheat be 6s. per bushel, what will 7 loads 4 qrs. 3 bush. cost?

58. How many yards of lace can I buy for £228, 125. 7d. at the rate of £1, 15s. for 44 yds. ?

59. If, after paying income tax of 1s. 2d. in the pound, a gentleman has £701, 10s. 1od. remaining, what is his annual income?

60. If I pay 395. per cwt. for lead, how much will it cost to cover the roof of a building with lead that weighs 5505 lbs. ?

61. If £2, 13s. 6d. be the price of 3 yds., how many yards can be bought for £633, 1s. 8d.?

62. How long will a journey of 15 mls. 24 po. 3 yds. take, at the rate of 3 mls. 5 fur. 4 po. 3 yds. in 56 min. ?

63. What weight may be bought for £9, 18s., if 4 tons 6 cwt. 2 qrs. cost £1, 5s. 8d.?

64. A number of men built a wall 50 yards long in 20 days of 12 hours each; in how many days of 10 hours each could they have completed it?

65. At £58, 10s. per hogshead, what are 1 pints of wine worth?

66. (a) How much was paid for half a hundredweight of coals at the rate of 36s. for 1 ton 4 cwt.?

(b) If 12 quarts of wine cost £2, 5s., what will be the cost of 5 pipes?

67. What is the worth of 3 cwt. 2 qrs. 17 lbs. at the rate of is. 7d. for 3 lbs. ?

68. If 3 lbs. of raisins cost 3s. 10d., find the cost of 1 cwt. 84 lbs.

69. If I gained 83d. on the sale of 7 lbs. of sugar, how much did I gain on the sale of 6 cwt. 3 qrs. 7 lbs. ?

70. An income is £120, and taxes are paid out of it to the amount of £3, 4s. 7d.; what should an income of £420 pay?

71. If the carriage of a parcel by railway for 17 miles be Iod., what should it be for 32 miles, and how far should it go for 2s. Id. ?

72. If I lend £313, 13s. 4d. for 6 months, how long ought £235, 5s. to be lent to me in return?

73. Find the price of 1 ton 8 cwt. 8 lbs. of sugar at 74d. per I lb. 8 oz.

74. The annual poor rates on a net rental of £365, 7s. 3d. amount to £36, 8s. 9d.; what should be the net rental of an estate for which the poor rates amount to £24, 5s. 1od. per annum ?

75. If a person can perform a journey in 24 days of 10 hours each, what time will it take him to do the same when the days are 12 hours long?

76. A wedge of gold weighing 14 lbs. 3 oz. 8 dwts. is valued at £514, 4s.; what is the value of an ounce ?

77. If 4 yds. cost £5, 14s. 4 d., what would 20 yds. cost? 78. If 2 cwt. cost £22, 8s., what will be the cost of 5 lbs. ?

79. The chain for measuring land is 66 ft. long, and divided into 100 links; what is the length of a wall which measures 2456 links?

80. If the pence in a school amount to 16s. 1d. weekly when the children pay itd. each, what will it amount to if they pay 2 d. each?

81. If 39 men can do a piece of work in 168 days, in how many days can 72 men do it?

82. If 17 cwt. 3 qrs. 14 lbs. of barley cost £8, 18s. 9d., how much may be bought for £5, 12s. 6d. at the same rate?

83. A and B divide the profits of a business in the proportion of 210 to 195; A's share is £547, 15s.: what is B's share?

84. If 450 tiles, each 12 in. square, would pave a court, how many tiles would be required if the tiles were 9 in. long and 8 broad?

85. A canal 10 miles long is on the average 7 yds. wide and 5 ft. deep; how soon would the excavation of it be completed by 800 men, each removing 15 c. yds. per day?

86. A girl who wrote 36 letters in a line, took 15 lines in writing a piece of dictation; how many lines did another girl, who wrote 30 letters in a line, take in writing the same piece?

87. 34957 lbs. of tea were sold for £2439, 14s. 1d.; at what rate was that for 1020 lbs.?

88. After paying an income tax of 5d. in the £, a person had £137, 1s. 8d. left; what was the amount of his income?

89. If a box 2 ft. square and 3 ft. deep contain 100 oranges, how many should there be in one 2 ft. long, 3 ft. broad, 7 ft. deep?

90. If 4 cwt. 2 qrs. 24 lbs. of sugar may be had for £8, 11s. 8d., how much sugar may be obtained for £3, 15s. 11d.? 91. If the consequent be 3 ac., and the value of the ratio 1609 what is the antecedent?

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92. A farmer sold 5 loads of barley, each containing 34.

bush. 2 pks., for £40, 7s. 11d.; how much ought 100 qrs. of the same barley to be worth?

93. Complete the proportion of which the first, second, and fourth terms are, 35, and 2.

94. If 69 yards of carpet 3 qrs. wide cover a room 8 yds. 2 qrs. 2 nls. long, find the width of the room.

95. If 27 men can perform a piece of work in 15 days, how many men must be added to the number that the work may be performed in three-fifths of the time?

96. If 14 cwt. 2 qrs. 21 lbs. are carried 88 miles for £3, 10s., how far should 23 cwt. 9 lbs. be carried for the same money?

97. If a person can walk 300 miles in 8 dys. of 7 hrs. 30 min. each, in how many days can he do the same when 10 hours of each day are available for the purpose?

98. If the carriage of 3 cwt. 2 qrs. 14 lbs. for 51 miles come to 18s. 54d., what will be the charge for carrying 10 tons 3 cwt. the same distance?

99. If the carriage of 5 cwt. 7 lbs. for 84 miles cost £3, 18s. 4d., what will it cost to have 21 cwt. I qr. 14 lbs. carried the same distance?

100. If £23, os. 3 d. pay the carriage of 15 tons 16 cwt. 11 lbs. of goods for 240 miles, what weight should be carried 180 miles for the same sum?

101. If to men and 15 boys reap a field in 6 days, in how many days will 7 men and 12 boys reap it, if 2 men do as much work as 3 boys?

102. If two men, A and B, together can perform a piece of work in 10 days, and A by himself can do it in 18 days, what time will it take B to do it?

103. If 144 cwt. be carried 100 miles for 36s., how many lbs. may be carried 36 miles for the same money?

104. A fisherman bought a salmon for £1, 13s. 3d., and by selling it at 1s. 6d. per lb. he lost 4s. 9d.; what was the weight of the salmon ?

105. What would be the purchase money for an estate producing a rental of £3228, 3s. 4d., at the rate of 83 per cent.?

106. If 4 men with 7 women earn £5, 9s. in a week, and 5 men and 2 women earn £4, 9s. in the same time, in what time will 3 men and 3 women earn £6, 6s. ?