2. A person starting from York intends to make a circular tour, taking the following places in order :-Carlisle, Glasgow, Portree, Inverness, Oban, Edinburgh, York. Describe his most probable route, mentioning the counties through which he will pass, the rivers, towns, and other objects of interest which he will see. 3. Draw an outline map of the British Dominions in North America, and mark upon it the principal rivers, lakes, and mountains; also the provinces into which it is divided, and a few of the largest towns. Give some approximate distances between places which will afford a notion of the size of the territory. 4. Select four large rivers-two in Europe, and two in Africa. State their approximate length, where they rise, into what seas and through what countries they flow, and the principal towns on or near their banks. 5. What are the subjects treated of under the head Physical Geography ? Explain and give examples of the following terms: plateau, delta, watershed, lagoon, and monsoon. 6. Mention the chief seaports in France, Russia, and Spain, and the articles exported from each. 7. Name ten of the largest islands in the world, and compare them in magnitude with England and Scotland. Describe their geographical situation, and mention the names of the straits which separate them from the mainland, if they are contiguous to it. 8. Fill up the accompanying outline map of Asia, by marking on it the names and courses of the chief Asiatic rivers, and showing the position of the following towns:-Mecca, Tiflis, Teheran, Herat, Yarkand, Irkutsk, Tobolsk, Lassa, Khiva, Rangoon, eight towns in Hindustan, and three in China. Insert in their right position the lakes Baikal and Balkash, and the Himalaya, Hindu-Kush, Thian-Shan, and Ural mountains. Instructions INDEXING.-Time allowed, 2 hours. 1. Continue the index to the letter or inclosures printed below,* on the forms supplied to you, in a style similar to that of the subjoined specimen. 2. The subject-matter of each letter should be stated in as brief a compass as possible; rarely exceeding two spaces of the form supplied or ten lines of writing. 3. Write the indices to the first 12 letters in one book, and those to the last 12 letters in another book. * These were letters and inclosures extracted from Papers presented to Parliament entitled "Slave Trade, Zanzibar (No. 1, 1879)," and occupied about 14 pages. DIGESTING RETURNS INTO SUMMARIES.-Time allowed, 2 hours. N.B. (a) The work should be done correctly, neatly, and quickly; but in the assigning of marks more importance will be attached to accuracy than to quickness. (b) The paper put before you must not be mutilated in any way. Mistakes should be corrected, but no erasure is to be made. Calculations may be made on waste paper, which will be provided for that purpose, but no rough copy of any part of the form is to be made. Rule a form (which may be as wide as your paper will admit) like the subjoined specimen, and fill up the several columns from the particulars given, observing carefully the following instructions: 1. That the counties are to be entered in the form in alphabetical order. 2. That all capitals and stops given in the specimen of form are to be exactly reproduced. 3. That under "number of head of cattle" in the fourth column of the form are to be included both "milch cows" and "other cattle" from the returns on page 3. 4. That the three Ridings of York are to form but one entry "York." 5. That the figures in the last five columns, as well as the totals at the foot of four of the columns, are to be supplied by you. 6. That in calculating the column of per-centages as well as in the last two columns of averages fractions are to be neglected, but the calculations in the other two columns of averages must be carried to two places of decimals. Total area of counties in acres-Lincoln, 1,767,962; York, W. Riding, 1,716,389; Devon, 1,655,161; York, N. Riding, 1,361,664; Lancaster, 1,207,926; Essex, 1,055,133; Somerset, 1,049,815; Hants, 1,032,105; Kent, 1,004,984; Suffolk, 949,825; Wilts, 859,303; York, E. Riding, 804,798; Chester, 705,493; Hereford, 532,898; Berks, 450,132. Acres under permanent pasture-York, W. Riding, 767,548; Somerset, 606,015; Lancaster, 560,387; Devon, 544,350; York, N. Riding, 460,014; Lincoln, 451,253; Wilts, 361,544; Chester, 360,380; Kent, 336,621; Hereford, 263,101; Essex, 209,467; Hants, 207,080; York, E. Riding, 183,290; Suffolk, 168,148; Berks, 129,934. Number of milch cows in the given counties-Lancaster, 118,557; York, W. Riding, 106,993; Somerset, 100,839; Chester, 91,564; Devon, 84,696; Lincoln, 52,512; Wilts, 49,155; York, N. Riding, 48,288: Hants, 37,085; Kent, 29,010; Hereford, 26,885; Essex, 24,668; York, E. Riding, 23,846; Suffolk, 20,220; Berks, 16,812. Other cattle-Lincoln, 151,376; Devon, 150,275; York, W. Riding, 119,240; Somerset, 113,450; York, N. Riding, 99,847; Lancaster, 95,850; Chester, 58,199; York, E. Riding, 54,984; Hereford, 52,388; Essex, 47,617; Kent, 39,890; Suffolk, 38,153; Wilts, 36,816; Hants, 26,952; Berks, 18,343. Sheep-Lincoln, 1,235,894; Kent, 956,073; Devon, 781,701; Wilts, 598,729; York, N. Riding, 573,937; York, W. Riding, 542,255; Somerset, 513,876; Hants, 454,460; York, E. Riding, 439,604; Suffolk, 390,871; Essex, 299,318; Lancaster, 266,561; Hereford, 240,077; Berks, 226,786; Chester, 68,791. ENGLISH HISTORY.-Time allowed, 2 hours. 1. Enumerate the kingdoms formed in the course of the Saxon conquest of Britain, and sketch briefly the history of their gradual reduction under one ruler. 2. What possessions outside the British Isles belonged to the English kings in 1165, in 1265, in 1365, in 1465, in 1665 ? 3. What were the limitations on the royal authority imposed by Magna Charta, by the Confirmatio Chartarum, and by the Bill of Rights respectively? 4. On what occasions in the 14th and 15th centuries were the Kings forcibly overthrown? Point out the significance of the action of Parliament in relation to any of them. 5. Make out a table of the descendants of Henry VII. who were concerned in any question of succession to the English crown, down to George I. 6. Describe the relations of Elizabeth at the beginning of her reign to Spain, France, and the Papacy, and show how they arose from the peculiarities of her position. 7. Give an account of the proceedings of the first Session of the Long Parliament. How far is it true that all real grievances had therein been redressed? 8. Where are Blenheim, Dunbar, La Hogue, Plassey, Quatre Bras ? Give shortly the date, parties engaged, and result of the battle fought at each place. 9. Explain what is meant by party government, and trace the steps by which it became established in England. BOOKKEEPING BY DOUBLE ENTRY.-Time allowed, 3 hours. On the 31st December, 1881, the affairs of John Norman stood as follows J. Gibbons, for rent of office due at Xmas. Acceptance due 18th Jan. The books were re-opened on the 1st January, 1882. 40000 Jan. 1882. 1. Discounted with County Bank T. Wigram's acceptance £ s. d. ... 2. Paid J. Gibbons in cash for rent due at Xmas., 1881 ... وو 2. Bought of A. Simmonds, goods 3. Received and paid into County Bank M. Stoke's cheque 252 15 دو 6. Sold A. West, goods... 121 6 6 090 10. Received from G. Holder our acceptance to him (can 15. Paid into County Bank for collection J. Bone's accept- 346 8 9 17. Received account of sales from C. Westmoreland (New 18. J. Bone's acceptance, due this day, paid at County Bank 346 8 284 6 693 ... 28. Received of C. Westmorland (New York) a draft on the 1. In the form of Cash Book enter all the cash transactions and, if you are able to do so, all the Bank transactions also. You may employ one or both sets of money columns. 2. Carry all the transactions through the Journal, using one of the two forms provided. 3. Post all the transactions into the Ledger, inserting the proper folio references. 4. Balance and close the Ledger, showing the Trial Balance and opening a Balance account. The goods on hand may be valued at £700. 5. Have I gained or lost in the month? By how much? 6. Was I solvent or insolvent on Jan. 31? By how much? The following should not be attempted until you have done all that you can of the above. 7. What Journal entries should be made in the books of (1) W. Marsden, (2) J. Jones, (3) T. Webb, for the following transaction entered in the Waste Book of W. Marsden? Paid in cash, on the order of J. Jones, To T. Webb £100, and charged £2 10s. for commission. 8. The assets and liabilities of a Government Department, when the books were closed on the 31st March, 1882, were as follows: The books were re-opened on the 1st April, and on the same day the Treasury notified to the Department that £10,000 had been "voted on account for 1882-3. At the end of the month the books showed that Orders had been drawn on the Paymaster-General as follows: Give the Journal entries necessary to record- (2.) The notification of the "Vote on Account." LOWER DIVISION-MEN CLERKS. Papers set at an examination held in May, 1883. DICTATION (1).-Time allowed, hour. The need of the most searching changes in the system of the public ser vice as well as in the social order of the Prussian State had been brought home to all enlightened politicians by the disasters of the war; and a commission had been appointed which had sketched large measures of reform. The chief minister was a leader unrivalled in patriotic zeal, in boldness, and in purity of character. His first great measure was the Edict of Emancipation published on the 8th of September, 1807, and framed on the report of the commission. It did nothing more than bring Prussia up to the level of the least advanced of the Western Continental States. It is not as an achievement of individual genius, but as the most vivid expression of the differences between the old and the new Europe, that the measure deserves close examina |