how participles partake of the nature both of adjectives and of verbs. 3. Point out all the words in the above which are in the objective case, and show how each is governed. GEOGRAPHY. 1. "Mountains and river systems form the natural divisions of a country. For England and Wales the clearest division is into four, viz., the northern, eastern, southern, and western." What Explain the statement in the first of these sentences, and give the exact force of the word " system." are the limits of each of these sections; and what mountain and river systems belong to each? 2. Describe the course of a ship starting from Gloucester keeping close to the south coast of Wales, crossing over to Queenstown, and then along the coast to Dublin. 3. What traces are still found in this country of its occupation by the Romans? Describe some of them as fully as you can. COMPOSITION. Write the following passage from dictation : "The first place that I can well remember, was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it. Some rushes and water lilies | grew at the deep end, and some old oaks | rose out of the hedge | next the high road. At the top of this meadow was a plantation of fir trees, and a path led down | to a running brook, | where I used to watch young trout | on hot days. | Our house was an old rambling place, half stone, half brick, with all the tints that old moss gives to walls | that have been left alone for centuries." PENMANSHIP. Write, in large hand, as a specimen of copy-setting, the word Geographical. Write, in small hand, as a specimen of copy-setting, Llewellyn as vassal to the English crown had forfeited his fief. MARCH, 1880. (Three hours and a half allowed). ARITHMETIC. Males. 1. If a man's yearly income is £194 17s. 6d., what is due to him for 292 days? 2. If a bicyclist travels 42 miles in 4 hours 30 minutes and 30 seconds, how long will he be going 147 miles ? 3. What will be charged for flooring a room 23 ft. 6 in. long, 16 ft. wide, at 54d. per square ft. ? 4. What will be the cost of conveying 17 tons 11 cwt. 3 qrs. weight of goods at 19s. 7 d. per ton? Females. 1. Make out the following bill:-17 pairs of blankets at 8s. 9d. per pair; 14 pairs of stockings at 1s. 6d. per pair; 4 dozen pairs of gloves at 2s. 34d. per pair; 16 yds. of cloth at 8s. 94d. per yd.; 151⁄2 lbs. of wool at 4 d. perlb.; 19 yds. of lace, at 2s. 7d. per yd. 2. Work by Practice : (a) The value of 6043 lbs. of tea at 3s. 24d. a lb. (b) If sugar be bought at £1 19s. 6d. a cwt., and retailed at 6d. a lb., what is the profit on a cask containing 7 cwt. 1 qr. 14 lbs. ? 3. Find the value of 2037 cwt. of sugar at £1 19s. 8 d. a cwt. "Out then spake King Edward : I may win fair cities, But my Queen she winneth hearts. And mayest thou ever be As dear to all the English As now thou art to me!"" 2. How is the possessive case in nouns generally formed? How is it formed when the noun ends in an "" (like justice): or when it ends in s (like James)? "sound 3. In what instances are adjectives compared (generally) by prefixing "more" and "most"? GEOGRAPHY. 1. Explain, as you would to children, the terms source, spring, watershed, affluent, confluence, estuary; and illustrate them from what you know of any river in your own neighbourhood, or from the River Thames. 2. Describe, in words, the two sides of the Bristol Channel, and of the estuary of the Severn. "bore"? What is the 3. Where are Killarney, Achil Island, Glencoe, the Ochils, Melrose, and St. Abb's Head? Describe each as fully as you can. COMPOSITION. Write from dictation this passage given out by the Inspector "The thick masses of trees on both sides of the vale | were still in their spring freshness, and looked rounder than in summer. The oak trees had still the colour | of amber, and seemed to imprison | the sunbeams in them; | bits of grey rock, with yew trees clinging to them, showed here and there; but all these lines and colours made one broad contrast | with the sea, which was a dull grey as far as the eye could see, with shadows of clouds and a line of white foam | on the sand." PENMANSHIP. Write, in large hand, as a specimen of copy-setting, the word Irascibility. Write, in small hand, as a specimen of copy-setting, Wallace was the son of a Welshman, Walays, who held a farm in Renfrewshire. APRIL, 1880. (Three hours and a half allowed.) ARITHMETIC. Males. 1. 365 pecks of potatoes cost £34 11s. 113d.; find the value of 25 pecks, and also of 3 sacks, each containing 2 bushels. 2. Find the value of a crop on 12 ac. 1 rd. 22 po. at the rate of £19 6s. 8d. per acre. 3. Three fields, of which the second is twice the size of the first, and the third three times the size of the second, contain altogether 113 ac. 3 ro. 25 po. Find the size of each field. 4. If 2 pints of plums cost 5d., how much more ought 19 pints to cost than 5 pints? 5. A dealer bought 9 oxen at £11 17s. 8d. each; one died, and he sold the remainder at a profit upon cost price of £2 28. 2 d. each. What did he gain by the whole transaction? Females. 1. Make out a bill for the following:-40 chests of cloves at 2s. 1d. each; 35 bags of coffee at £2 0s. 6d. a bag; 71 bags of saltpetre at £1 5s. 6d. a bag; 5 casks of sugar at £2 6s. 6d. a cask. 2. Find the value of 343 at £4 16s. 3d. 3. Find the value of 20 lbs. 1 oz. 6 drs. at £4 10s. per cwt. 4. 347 tons 12 cwt. 3 qrs. 18 lbs. at £12 14s. 10d. per ton. GRAMMAR. 1. How can you tell the nominative case to the verb in a sentence? When may the nominative (which generally precedes the verb) come after it? 2. Give the perfect of the indicative, and the past participles of the verbs smite, thrive, win, stand, spring, spin. 3. Point out and parse the adverbs and adjectives in the following passage :— "Brave hearts! to Britain's pride Once so faithful and so true, On the deck of Fame that died Soft sigh the winds of heaven o'er their grave! GEOGRAPHY. CAMPBELL. 1. "If we cross the northern water-parting of this riverbasin, we enter the basin of the Ouse; if we proceed westwards we pass into that of the Severn; while to the south lie the basins of the Medway (which is almost an affluent of the Thames), and of several smaller rivers." What river-basin is here spoken of? Where do you pass out of it into the others that are mentioned? Explain the words printed in italics. 2. Write a short letter, as from a young man who has just returned from a tour in the Western Highlands of Scotland, describing the route he took, starting from Glasgow, and the sights he saw on the way. 3. Where and what are Arran, Boyne, Corrib, Erne, Killarney, Londonderry, Queenstown, Tipperary? Say what you know about each, and if you know more than one of the same name, say so. COMPOSITION. Write from dictation this passage given out by the Inspector : "Far away over the lilac and green waters | rose the craggy peaks of the Isle of Skye, their projections and hollows in the softest light and shadow. As the seabirds rose from their rest upon the billows, opposite the sun, diamond drops fell from their wings. Nearer at hand there were shadows from a cottage over a dull green sward, and from some goats which moved about on the ledges and slopes of the upper rocks. | The cottage was an odd one to look at, with thick walls and a roof of thatch, | part straw, part sods, | tied down to cross poles | by ropes of twisted heather." PENMANSHIP. Write, in large hand, as a specimen of copy-setting, the word Explanatory. |