9. Explain the military importance of Cherbourg, Cronstadt, Ehrenbreitstein, Mantua, Vicksburg, Verona.

10. Name the States of Central and South America, and the capital of each.

EXAMINATION PAPERS

USED AT THE

Examination of Candidates for

APPOINTMENT TO THE

Commissariat,

HELD

IN MAY, 1864.

London

HARRISON, 59, PALL MALL,

BOOKSELLER TO HER MAJESTY AND H.R.H THE PRINCE OF WALES.

EXAMINATION PAPERS.

MAY 1864.

COMPOSITION.

G. W. DASENT, D.C.L.

N.B.-Two only of the following Questions to be attempted.

1. Write an Essay on any subject which you may prefer to select.

2. Compare the influence that cotton, coal, and iron have respectively had on the history of the world.

3. Write an Essay on Free Trade.

MODERN BRITISH HISTORY.

G. W. DASENT, D.C.L.

1. Give a sketch of the foreign and domestic policy of Mr. Pitt.

2. Describe the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

3. Describe the general features and the results of the war with France after the rupture of the Peace of Amiens.

4. Sketch the chief domestic occurrences which took place during the Regency of the Prince of Wales.

5. What great political changes occurred at home and abroad during the reign of William IV.

6. Enumerate the Prime Ministers of the Crown since the battle of Waterloo, and state the measures which have made any of them famous.

7. Show how the British Empire in India has progressively increased since the year 1784.

8. Enumerate the colonies which have been added to the British dominions since 1784, and state how and when each of them was acquired.

9. What do you understand by the terms"Corn Laws," "Sliding Scale," "Slave Trade," "Right of Search," "Navigation Laws," and "National Debt."