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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH JANUARY, 1890.
CLASS I-GENERAL INTELLIGENCE.
Saturday, December 28.—9–12.
1. Is it absolutely impossible for a wrong answer to satisfy the test of proof by casting out nines ? 2. What abstract nouns correspond to the following verbs?
absorb allow ally
assume
contain destroy detain
fly
receive refuse
restrain
seek
3. Describe the various operations necessary to the erection of a house, giving the names of the
different classes of workmen employed.
4. The Chinese Imperial Customs Commissioners report heavy losses on taxes on opiuin. What are
the causes of this?
5. Distinguish reward, recompense, punishment, retaliation, revenge.
6. Correct the mistakes in the following, making a Table of Errors with correction against each. There men were in the boat and too of then where catpurep wlle the other escaped by jumpin
into the. Waterwon of the prisners is a coolly hwo saw employed on board the japan.
7. Explain the following terms,
封朕蠻甌四不
建荆越嶽穀
CLASS I.-ARITHMETIC.
Tuesday, December 31.-9-12.
1. Find the sum of 17·75 +9·6+ 4·02 + 11·134 + 6·012+7·2349.
2. How many dollars and cents must be given for £300 when the dollar-3s. 2ğd.
3. Find the cost of papering the walls of a room 22 ft. 4 in. long, 17 ft. 8 in. wide and 10 ft. 6 in.
high with paper yard wide at 6d. the yard.
4. Find by Practice the value of 2 cwt. 3 qr., 18 lb. 11 oz. at £7 the quarter.
5. What sum of money will amount in 5 years to £153. 6s. 8d. at 3 p.c. Simple Interest.
6. A father leaves £10,000 among four children so that twice the second share, three times the third,
What did each receive ? and four times the fourth shall each equal the first share.
7. A grocer buys three kinds of tea at the rate per lb. of 1s. 9d., 2s. Od., 2s. 3d. respectively and mixes them in the ratio of 3: 2: 1. At what price per fb. must be sell the mixture to gain
25 p.c.
8. At what price did a man invest £276. 5s. in 4 p.c., if by selling at 84 he loses £21. 5s.?
9. What rate of discount does a man allow who accepts £183. 6s. 8d. in payment of £210. 12s. 1d.
due in 3 years (True Discount).
10. At what rate p.c. Compound Interest will £671 amount to £850 in 8 years.
CLASS I.-LATIN.
Tuesday, December 31.—2-4.30.
1. Decline tu, idem, qui, duo.
2. Give the genitive plural of crus, deus, dens, domus, lex, liber, mare, opus, puer, senex.
3. Give rules for the comparison of Adverbs. Compare sæpe, diu, and the adverbs corresponding to
the adjectives bonus, celer, dignus gravis.
4. How is the Imperfect Subjunctive formed? Illustrate from regular and irregular verbs.
5. What is a deponent verb? Give examples.
6. Translate into Latin.
Cæsar was informed by scouts, that the Helvetii had led three quarters of their forces across the Arar.
The result of these circumstances was that they could less easily make war on their neighbours. There were altogether two routes by which they could leave their home.
They endeavoured to cross in spite of his objection.
They were called friends by the Roman people. They send ambassadors to ask for help.
7. Translate into English.
Cæsari renuntiatur Helvetiis esse in animo per agrum Sequanorum et Æduorum iter in Santonum Id fines facere, qui non longe a Tolosatium finibus absunt, quæ civitas est in Provincia.
si fieret, intelligebat magno cum Provinciæ periculo futurum, ut homines bellicosos, Populi Romani inimicos, locis patentibus maximeque frumentariis finitimos haberet.
S. Parse words in italics in above passage, giving grammatical comments, where necessary.
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