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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH JANUARY, 1890.
CLASS I. A.--HISTORY.
Tuesday, January 7.—2—4,30.
1. William I made only four great earldoms. Which were they and why did he make the exception? 2. What do you know of Domesday Book, Peace of Wallingford, Constitutions of Clarendon,
Interdict?
3. Describe the death-bed scene of William I.
4. Give some account of the First Crusade, the name of its promoter, and its connexion with English
history.
5. From what sources was the king's revenue derived during the Norman monarchy?
6. What do you know of the following? Arthur, Bishop Roger, Gregory VII, Odo, Ranulf Flambard,
and Strongbow.
7. Describe the murder of Thomas a Beckett, and the circumstances that led up to it.
8. When did England lose Normandy?
CLASS I-DICTATION AND TRANSLATION FROM ENGLISH.
Wednesday, January 8.-9-12.
His manner was sedate and dignified, but warmed by the glow of natural enthusiasm. Ile enumerated the several islands which he had visited, expatiated on the temperate character of the climate and the capacity of the soil for every variety of agricultural production, appealing to the samples imported by him as evidence of their natural fruitfulness. He dwelt more at large on the precious metals to be found in these islands, which he inferred less from the specimens actually obtained, than from the uniform testimony of the natives to their abundance in the unexplored regions of the interior,
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CLASS I. 4.--TRIGONOMETRY.
Wednesday, January 8.-2-4.
1. Express the other Trigonometrical ratios in terms of the cosine..
2. Find Trigonometrical ratios of an angle of 60°.
3. Find values ofsin 225°, cos 270°, tan 330° and cot 360°.
4. Prove the following relation,
cot 2b+tan 2b-sec 2b cosec *b-2.
5. Find the value of tan (A + B).
6. Find a value of a which will satisfy
2 tan 2a-4 sin 'a—3.
7. Prove the following relation,
cos 6 A-cos 8 A-2 sin 7A sin A.
prostrate commemoration
8. What processes in Arithmetic are performed more rapidly by the aid of Logarithms? Is there
any process that can only be effected by Logarithms?
Explain the terms base, characteristic, mantissa. Prove that log 1-0 whatever the base may be.
Given log 2=30103 find the values of log 125 log 2·5 and log ·625.
PUPIL TEACHERS. Friday, January 10.—2-4.
1. What is the object in articling Pupil Teachers?
2. Describe carefully the position and attitude a teacher should take during a lesson.
3. Why in most schools is corporal punishment inflicted only by the Head Master or his deputy?
4. Set as a copy in Round Text. Caterpillar.
5. Which words in the following passages are liable to cause most trouble to Chinese boys? Spell
the wrong pronunciation in each case.
Silver is white and shining
This made his master angry
6. Write notes of how you would give a lesson on Simple Subtraction to beginners.
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GEO. H. BATESON WRIGHT, M.A.,
Head Master.
GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION.-No. 35.
The following Returns from the Acting Registrar General are published for general information.
By Command,
Colonial Secretary's Office, Hongkong, 18th January, 1890,
F. FLEMING, Colonial Secretary.
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DISTRICTS.
RETURNS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS FOR THE 4TH QUARTER OF 1889, ENDED 31ST DECEMBER.
BRITISH AND 'OREIGN COMMUNITY.
CHINESE.
GRAND TOTAL.