1875 — Page 208

TABLE XII.

NUMBER of UNEDUCATED CHILDREN in the Colony in 1875.

Number of Children in the Colony under Sixteen Years of Age, as per last Census,.............. 20,66L Deduct, as being under Six Years of Age, say... . . . . . Deduct, as attending Schools of all denominations, say,

7,561

3,800

11,304

9,300

Total Number of Uneducated Children,.................

APPENDIX II.

CENTRAL SCHOOL EXAMINATION PAPERS FOR 1875.

1. 11-13.

2. § (x−9) + † (x−5)

=

} (x−7) + 14.

FIRST CLASS.

I. ALGEBRA. (Time: 4 hours.)

3. Find the G. C. M. of Gư3—6.x2 + 2x-2 and 12-15x + 3.

(60 marks.)

4. I bought a certain number of gallons of wine for £94. I used 7 gallons, and sold of the remainder for £20. ☛ many gallons did I buy?

5. One day I employed 4 men and 8 boys and paid them 401. Another day, I had 7 men and G boys, and gave them

What were the daily wages of each?

6. A, B and C divided a sum of money among themselves in this way: the shares of A and B amounted to $900; shares of A and C to $800, and those of B and C to $700. What was the share of cach?

II. ARITHMETIC. (Time: 4 hours.)

(60 marks.)

1. I transfer £1,000 stock from the 4 per cents at 90 to the 3 per cents at 72. What is the decrease in my income? 2. The cost price of a book is 6/5d., the expense of sale 5 per cent upon the cost price, and the profit 25 per cent upon Bwhole outlay. Find the selling price.

3. A, B and C rent a field for £11.6%.: A puts in 70 cattle for 6 months, B 40 for 9 months, and C 50 for 7 mouths. hat ought C to pay?

4. A cube contains 56 solid feet, 568 solid inches; find its edge.

5. The height of a tower on a river's bank is 50 feet; the length of a line from its top to the opposite bauk 65 feet. hat is the breadth of the river?

6. What degree Centigrade corresponds to 80° F.; and what degree Fahrenheit corresponds to 40° C. ?

III. CHEMISTRY.

(Time: 4 hours.)

(80 marks.)

I. CALCIUM:-

(a) Describe the manufacture of Lime.

() Give some account of Mortars aud Cements.

(c) Give the causes of the hardness of water, and state how it may be removed.

II. ALUMINIUM —

(a) Where does it occur naturally, and how is it prepared?

(6) Show how Alum is prepared from Shale.

(c) Give the properties of clay, and some necount of its principal varieties.

III. MAGNESIUM —

(a) What are its properties?

(2) Where does Sulphate of Magnesium occur naturally? What are its properties and uses?

(c) How is Magnesia Alba prepared? Show the result in symbols.

IV. Zisc:-

(u)

What are its chief ores, and bow are they reduced ?

() What are its chief uses?

(c) What are the properties and uses of Oxide of Zine ?

V CADMIUM:—

(a) How is it obtained?

(b) What are its properties?

(e) To what practical purposes have the metal and its compounds been applied?

VI. IRON-

(a) What are the principal ores of iron?

(V) Describe the Blast Furunce.

(e) Distinguish Cast Iron, Malleable Iron and Steel, and give some account of how they are manufactured.

IV.

COMPOSITIÓN.

(Time: 4 hours.)

The Great Earthquake of Lisbon.

(100 marks.)

V. DICTATION.

(50 marks.)

*One of the most interesting phenomena connected with earthquakes is the great sea-wave which rolls in upon the Ind with such destructive effects. This wave is observed only when the origin of the shock is at the bottom of the sea. Then the shock bas its origin on land, and the earth-wave approaches the sea, it first causes the water to retreat for a short 5, and then to return with considerable force, but seldom beyond the point at which it had previously stood. The fret areat in this case is caused by the rising of the beach with the swell of the earth-wave; and its immediate subsidience, File the edge of the water is in its turn elevated, causes the return-wave, which then flows back upon the shore."