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VI. MATHEMATICAL DRAWING.

1. Bisect any given angle.

2.

Find the contro of any given circle.

3.

(10 marks.)

From a given point; let fall a perpendicular upon a given straight line,-the point to be nearly opposite the end

of the given line.

4. Construct an ellipso, the transverse diameter being 6 inches, the conjugate 4 inches,

5. Upon any straight line draw a regular pentagon.

6. Upon any straight line construet a regular octagon.

VII. GEOGRAPHY.

(60 marks.)

1. If you were asked to tako a ship from Calcutta to St. Petersburg, through what scas, straits, &c., and past what

countries would you sail ?

Give the principal Volcanoos in Europo, Asia, and Afrien.

3. Name tho three great Rivers of Chinn, the Provinces through which they flow, and the principal cities on thoir

banks.

4. Give the principal Rivers in the North and Wost of Afrien.

5. Give a short account of Soudan or Nigritia.

6. Give the principal mountain Ranges in Africa.

7. Describe the Sahara, or Gront Desort.

8. Draw as full and correct a Map of Africa as you can.

VIII. GEOMETRY.

1. Defino a Circle, un Isosceles Triangle, a Rhombus, and a Parallelogram,

2. From the gronter of two straight lines to ent off a part oqual to the less.

3. To bisect a given rectilineal angle, that is, to divide it into two equal angles,

(50) marks.)

4. To make a triangle of which the sides shall be equal to three given straight lines, but any two whatever of theso

must be groator than the third.

5. To draw a straight line through a given point parallel to a given straight line,

6. To describe a square upon a given straight line.

IX. GRAMMAR.

(40 marks.)

1.

Part single or with mate

Graze tho sen-weed, their pasture, and thro' groves

Of coral stray, or sporting with quick glanco

Show to the sun their waved conts dropt with gold.

Purso the words in italics,

2. Analyse into simple sentences :-

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If they eat up our food, and worry our skin and cars, we must remember that they also themselves supply abundant food both to birds and fish, on which we ourselves partly subsist, uml that to three of their tribos we owe much.

3. Supply the words omitted in the following suntences :—

Most these animals-found-the sea, or attached-rocks washed-tho sea, or-fresh-lakes; but some-thom livo-land, as the snails-the slugs, so destructive—our gardens.

4. Write in full the Past Tenso, Indicativo, Potential, and Subjunctive, Active and Passive, of the Verb to fuch. 5. Conjugate, creep, drive, flce, fly, go, hold and slay.

6. Why are these sentences wrong ?—

1. Let me to do that.

2. Her father and her were present.

3. I have wrote my letter.

4. Each of my brothers in their turn tried it.

5. He is excoeding well.

X. MENSURATION.

(60 marks.)

1. The side of a square court-yard measures 88 ft. 6 in. What will it cost to pave it al 48 cents per yard ? 2. What is the side of a square whose area is 945,169 square feet?

3. The area of a rectangular field is 42 ac. 2 r. 34 p. What is its length,—its breadth being 1,675 links?