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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH JANUARY, 1890.

4. Write a grammatical note on each of the following

a. making the green one red

b. retire we to our chamber.

c. always thought that I require a clearness

d. if much you note him you shall offend.

e. messenger turns me his back

f. returning were as tedious as go o'er.

5. What is the force of the following prefixes and suffixes ?

aboard

affluence

beyond

certify

committee

distract

lambkin

linger

mirth spinster sympathy theorise

6. Analyse

Noble Banquo,

That hast no less deserved, nor must be known

No less to have done so, let me infold thee.

7. Parse fully the words in italics

There's

's one did laugh in's sleep and one cried “ murder!" That they did wake each other I stood and heard them

But they did say their prayers and addressed them

Again to sleep.

CLASS I.-COMPOSITION.

Monday, January 6.—9–12.

THE LIGHTHOUSE.

OLASS I. TRANSLATION.

Monday, January 6.-Chinese to English.

而報鑿 天閱

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重未

逮所由便也哭之民方

者爲魏之私人周公之

之是時以中大永撫吳

哀者衆不能堪柣而小

三緹駒按劍而前問誰為

陳懼褻也.

連光景之辭皆略而不 功者勒諸貞珉他若留 記欲上推宵旰圖治之 而興耶臣不敏奉旨撰 報上之心其有不油然 鑿之功同一罔極忠君 天蕩蕩難名與神禹疏 開斯江者當思聖德如 二逢掖之士有登斯樓而

致志鼓饞可也

而用之阻礙可也麗盛 用也金鼓以聲氣也利 毛則如服焉三軍以利 重傷則如勿傷愛其二 未及死如何勿重若愛 一明恥教戰求殺敵也傷

痛心焉

利利

1. The sides of a triangular field

CLASS I. MENSURATION.

Tuesday, January 7.–9–12.

measure 400, 585, 697 links respectively. Find the area in acres, &c.

2. Find the length in yards, &c. of the perpendicular let fall from the opposite vertex, on the longest

side of the above field.

3. Find the cost of turfing, at 1 dollar 5 cents the square yard, a road 10 yards wide round a circular

field a mile in circumference.

4. From A a corner of a cube, distances, AB, AC, AD are marked off on the adjacent edges. BC,

CD, and DB being joined, find the volume of ABCD, if AB 7 in. AC 5 in. AD 5. Compare the areas of a square and an equilateral triangle that have equal perimeters.

9 in.

6. The chord of halfran arc is 2.4 feet and the diameter of the circle is 16 ft.; find the chord of the

arc.

7. Find the weight of a lead pipe 96 ft. long, in. thick and 1d in. bore; given a cubic inch of lead

weighs 7 oz.

8. Draw a plan and find the area of a field from the following notes in which lengths are expressed

in links,

"4

To D

440

360

180 E

C 115

210

150

120 F

B 75

0

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