V1. DRAWING

(Mechanical and Free Hand.)

(Time: 4 hours.)

1. To construct any regular polygon of which a line AB is the given side.
2. Describe an ellipse, its transverse and conjugate diameters being given.
3. Trisect a right angle.
4. Inscribe three circles in an equilateral triangle, each circle touching two of its sides.
5. To construct a regular undecagon, the circumscribing circle being given.
6. Free hand from copy.

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VII. GEOGRAPHY

(Time: 3 hours.)

1. Give as many proofs as you can of the rotundity of the Earth.

(50 marks.)

1. Give a short description of the Pacific Ocean.

(50 marks.)

1. Starting from Hongkong, and going in a straight line right round the Globe, over what seas and rivers; through what countries and islands; and near what cities would you have to pass?

1. Give an outline of Australia and New Zealand, defining the Colonies of the former and the Provinces of the latter.

1. Draw a Map of China Proper, defining the XVIII Provinces; showing the courses of the Yellow River and the Yangtsze; and marking the positions of the principal Lakes.

1. Give a short account of the productions of China.

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VIII. GEOMETRY

(Time: 3 hours.)

1. Define a Semicircle and a Parallelogram.

1. From the greater of two straight lines to cut off a part equal to the less.

1. To bisect a given finite straight line, that is, to divide it into two equal parts.

1. Any two angles of a triangle are together less than two right angles.

1. To draw a straight line through a given point parallel to a given straight line.

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IX. GRAMMAR

(Time: 3 hours.)

> "Sun and moon and stars shine o'er thee;

> See thy surface ebb and flow;

> Yet attempt not to explore thee

> In thy soundless depths below."

1. Write this in simple sentences.

1. Paraphrase it.

1. Conjugate all the verbs in the stanza.

1. Write the Perfect Indicative and Pluperfect Potential, Active, of shine.

(50 marks.)

(40 marks.)

1. How many meanings of the word sound do you know? Construct short sentences to show how the word is variously used.

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X. MENSURATION

(Time: 4 hours.)

(60 marks.)

1. Find the area of a triangle whose base is 42 feet and perpendicular height 14 feet.

1. The parallel sides of a courtyard are 80 feet and 120 feet respectively, and the perpendicular height between them is 60 feet. Find the cost of turfing at 18 cents per square yard.

1. The side of a hexagonal plot of land in a city is 10 yards. What would be rent of it at 19 cents per square yard per annum? (The multiplier is 2.6.)

1. The diameter of the planet Venus is 7,510 miles. Find its area, supposing it to be a disc.

1. The arch of a circular bridge is 24 yards' span, and the chord stretching from the key-stone to the pediment of the arch is 15 yards. Find the length of the arch.

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XI. TRANSLATION

Chinese into English.

(Time, for this and following paper together: 3 hours.)

(60 marks.)

[Chinese text severely damaged by OCR; original vertical columns read horizontally. Reconstruction not possible from this scan.]

為拾蘿而山與殮病為昔 
此 
後何 
子 
與子舁尸上 
殮而用大豆 
蘿咕火日爾 
而返子則拾 
穢子雞 
之中 
学者謂之化 
外地球萬國 
申讀書識字 
之人亦有多 
有少少者 
民必貧窮國 
必衰弱 
有一 
爲不孝其背 
病死不以 
愛赶回家以 
髙頻現急舁 
滿面羞慙天 
樣其愛閱讀 
從老可如祖 
爲子日待後 
尸 
標殯葬 
有不讀書識 
禮義之俗其 
之文墨之邦 
識字之人謂 
國中有讀書 

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XII. TRANSLATION

English into Chinese.

(Time. See preceding paper.)

(60 marks.)

"The three different kinds of animals above-mentioned, viz., the reindeer, the blue and white foxes, and the white bears, were the only food these wretched mariners tasted during their continuance in this dreary altitude. We do not at once see every resource; it is generally necessity which quickens our invention, opening by degrees our eyes, and pointing out expedients which otherwise might never have occurred to our thoughts. The truth of this observation our four sailors experienced in various instances. They were for some time reduced to the necessity of eating their meat almost raw, and without either bread or salt, for they were quite destitute of both."