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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH FEBRUARY, 1891.
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4. What was the immediate cause of Henry VIII separating himself from the Papal authority; and
when was this authority finally broken off.
5. What was the chief objection that the people of England had to Mary's marriage and the restoration
of catholicism?
6. What was the cause of the war between England and Spain in Elizabeth's reign and what the
results?
7. Explain: Subsidies, Benevolences, the Statute of Promunire, Bill of Attainder, Royal Supremacy,
Protestants, Poor Law, Monopolies.
8. Describe briefly the State of England in the latter years of Queen Elizabeth, and the chief causes of
that State.
CLASS I B.-HISTORY.
2-4.30.
1. State the cause and effect of the civil war in Charles I.'s time; in what manner were the people as
a whole divided? Give the names and results of the chief battles fought.
2. Give the names of the various religious sects that are mentioned in your period, giving the reason
for their being so called.
3. State briefly the state of England under Cromwell's rule. What Colony was gained during his
rule?
4. What right had William of Orange to the throne of England?
5. Say what you know of The Test Act, Rye House Plot, Declaration of Indulgence.
6. What two great calamities befell London in Charles II.'s time? Give the dates of each.
7. What well known books were written after the Restoration, and by whom?
8. What two names, still extant, defining Political parties came into use in Charles II.'s reign?
Give briefly the character of Charles II.
CLASS I-EUCLID.
9-12.
1. To draw a straight line perpendicular to a given straight line, of unlimited length, from a given
point without it.
2. Triangles on the same base, and between the same parallels, are equal in area.
3. Find a point in a given straight line such that its distances from two given points may be equal.
4. A is the vertex of an isosceles triangle ABC, and BA is produced to D, so that AD is equal to
BA; and DC is drawn shew that BCD is a right angle.
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5. If a straight line is divided into two parts, the square on the whole line is equal to the sum of the
squares on the parts, together with twice the rectangle contained by the parts.
6. In an obtuse-angled triangle the square on the side opposite the obtuse angle is greater than the sum of the squares on the sides forming the obtuse angle, by twice the rectangle contained by either of these latter sides, and the projection of the other upon it.
7. (A.) If a straight line touch a circle, the radius drawn to the point of contact must be perpendi-
'cular to the touching line.
8. (A.) If two circles cut one another, they shall not have the same centre.
9. (A.) To inscribe a square in a given circle.
7. (B.) In any right-angled triangle the square on the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares
on the other sides.
8. (B.) To describe a parallelogram which shall have the same area as a given rectilineal figure,
and have an angle equal to a given angle.
CLASS I-ARITHMETIC.
9-12.
1. Shew that '08 is equal to and that '67 is equal to §.
2. A piece of calico measured by a yard-wand an inch short was computed to be 360 yds. long;
what was its true length?
3. The dollar being worth 4s. 2d., a person remits $5,000 to England, and when the $ is at 3s. 4d. receives the same amount (got in sterling in the first instance) from England. What is his gain or loss per cent.?
4. I receive $125 a month as Interest on a mortgage bearing Interest at the rate of 7 per cent.;
what money have I invested?
5. The length of a side of the base of the great Pyramid, which is square, is 500 Egyptian cubits; find the area covered by it in acres, roods, etc.; an Egyptian cubit being equal to 1.52 English feet.
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