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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. 25TH APRIL, 1885.

FIRST CLASS. GEOGRAPHY.

1. Name the political divisions of India distinguishing the States under British protection from those

under British Governinent.

2. Name the foreign possessions in British India,

3. Describe the principal forms of religious belief prevailing in India.

4. Name the 5 Laurentian Provinces and mention the chief towns.

5. Mention the principal Capes and Peninsulas of Australia.

6. Describe accurately the position of the following:----

Aden,

Port Louis, Colombo, Wellington,

Sierra Leone, Falkland Islands, Malacca, Hobart's Town,

Transvaal, George Town, Fiji Islands.

7. Explain carefully the causes that contribute to the progression of the seasons.

FIRST CLASS.

HISTORY.

1. What do you know of the following persons:-GUY FAWKES, Sir WALTER RALEIGH, Archbishop LAUD, RICHARD CROMWELL, JOHN BUNYAN, Earl of RUSSELL, von TROMP, Earl of DERWENT- WATER, Lord CLIVE, SHERIDAN, SHAKESPEARE.

2. What events happened in 1642, 1666, 1689, 1715 and 1815.

3. Who fought the following battles and which side won?

Naseby, la Hague, Culloden,

Aboukir Bay,

Sedgemoor,

Blenheim, Plassey, Acre,

4. What do you know of the following Acts of Parliament?

Boyne, Dettingen, Minden, Trafalgar.

"Grand Remonstrance," "Habeas Corpus Act," "Test Act," "Riot Act," "Bill of Rights." 5. Describe the chief events of the Commonwealth under Cromwell.

FIRST CLASS.

Translation into Chinese.

The mason waits on the carpenter for his mallet, and the carpenter on the smith for his saw; the smith on the smelter for his iron, and the smelter on the miner for his ore.

Each, moreover, needs the help of all the others ;-the carpenter the smith, as much as the smith the both the mason, as much as the mason both. This helplessness of the single craftsman is altogether

carpenter;

and

they

have

never

peculiar to the human artist. The lower animals are all polyartists, amongst whom there are no degrees of skill; and

heard of such a doctrine as that of division of labour.

Translation

into

English.

悟也哉

和由是而簞食豆羹爭端不起鼠牙

以贍兵兵務恤其財則兵與民交相 兵出力以衛民民務其力民出財 和訓練相習況守相助則兵與兵和 一家農商相資工賈相讓則民與民 火老子弟聯爲一體安樂憂患視同

本源則一故人之待其宗族也 有分枝雖遠近異勢疏密異形要其

KKNEKSEKNIRSKN 宗故收族明人道必以睦族爲重也

以睦族示教也禮日尊祖故敬宗敬 書日以親力族九族旣睦是帝堯首

雀角速訟無因豈至結怨耗財廢時

失業甚至破產流離以身殉法而不

Government Central School.

GEO. H. BATESON WRIGHT, M.A.,

Head Master.