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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 2ND MARCH, 1872.

3. Supply the words omitted in the following sentences:--

or- -fresh-lakes; but

Most these animals-found-the sea, or attached-rocks washed-the sea, some-them live-land, as the snails-the slugs, so destructive-our gardens. Write in full the Past Tense, Indicative, Potential, and Subjunctive, Active and Passive, of the Verb to teach. 5. Conjugate, creep, drive, flee, fly, go, hold and slay.

4.

6. Why are these sentences wrongô-

1. Let me to do that.

2. Her father and her were present.

3. I have wrote my letter.

4. Each of my brothers in their turn tried it.

5. He is exceeding well.

X. MENSURATION.

(60 marks.)

1. The side of a square court-yard measures 88 ft. 6 in. What will it cost to pave it at 48 cents per yard P

2. What is the side of a square whose area is 945,169 square feet?

3.

The area of a rectangular field is 42 ac. 2 r. 34 p. What is its length,-its breadth being 1,675 links?

A window contains 48 panes, each in the form of a rhombus, whose base measures 10 in., and perpendicular

6f inches. What will it cost to glaze it at 24 cents per square foot ?

4.

5. Required the area of the gable-end of a house, the base, or distance between the eaves, being 24 feet 6 in., and

ft. 4 in. the perpendicular from the ridge to the middle of the base

6.

and

what

will

How many yards of carpet 1 yard wide, will be required to cover a room 48 ft. 4 in. long, and 40 ft. 6 in. wide;

the carpet cost at $1.26 per yard?

XI.

TRANSLATION.

CHINESE INTO ENGLISH.

子 以 以 以

也仕處

(60 marks.)

去齊

以處而處可 非禮也 以久而久可 之託於諸侯 之長亦長吾 以速而速可 諸侯禮也士 之内長楚人 國之道也可 國而後託於 悅者也故謂 行也去父母 敢也諸侯失 也是以我爲 魯日遲遲吾 也孟子曰不 之弟則不愛 接浙而行去 不託諸侯何 則愛之秦人 孔子之去齊 萬章曰士之 告子日吾弟

謂之外也

爲悅者也故

之長是以長

以仕而仕孔

國鄉

五人庶人在 斯友天下之

食六人下食 天下之善士 者然也 食七人中次 一國之善士 以陷溺其心 大食八人中 之善士斯友 爾殊也其所 夫食九人上 之善士一國 非天之降才 畝之糞上農 士斯友一鄉 歲子弟多暴 一夫百畝百 曰一鄉之善 子弟多賴凶 耕者之所獲 孟子謂萬章 孟子曰富歲

是爲差

官者其祿以

善士

1. The stem may be

called

XII. TRANSLATION.

ENGLISH INTO CHINESE.

(60 marks.)

the body of the plant, for it supports the branches, foliage, and flowers. It is either

woody as in our trees and bushes, or fleshy, or hollow, as in grass and corn.

2. Air and light are necessary to plants. If a leaf is deprived of light it loses its colour. The size of the leaf bears

no proportion to the size or strength of the tree, but the number does,

3. What art has done for men, nature has, in many instances, done for those animals which are incapable of using

art. Their clothing of its own accord changes with their necessities.

4. The hare doubles and winds in a most ingenious manner, when she runs from her enemies, in order to conceal her track, which they would follow by the scent. The rabbit pops his little head out of his hole to peer for dan- ger, before he ventures abroad.

5. The planets are celestial bodies which revolve round the sun on the same principle as the earth. They are divided into primary and secondary. Those which revolve immediately round the sun are called primary. The smaller ones which revolve round primary planets are called secondary.

6. Chemistry makes us acquainted with many facts of which, without it, we must have remained in ignorance. How wonderful that the diamond should be made of the same material with coal, and that the most part, by bulk, of water should be an inflammable substance.