2. (a) I bought 50 Queensland 4 per cent. Treasury Bills at 101. I kept them for six months, and received the half-yearly dividend. How much have I received in all, after selling them at 1023, more than I should have received if my money had been lying, for the six months, as a fixed deposit at 4 per cent. per annum? (b) Explain the terms "par," "premium," and "discount" when applied to stocks and shares. 4. A cone is cut from a cube of ivory in such a way that the diameter of the base of the cone, the height of the cone, and the edge of the cube are all equal. The cone weighs 5 oz. What was the weight of the uncut cube? 5. A piece of copper piping, 21 in. long, in. thick, and 2 in. across internally, is sunk in a vessel of water. What is the weight of the water displaced, and what is the weight of the copper? == [Data: T 22. Copper is 89 times as heavy as water. 1 cub. ft. of water weighs 1,000 oz.] 6. There are two tanks, each with a capacity of 1,000 gallons. The first is a perfect right cylinder, 6 feet high; the second is a rectangular parallelopiped, having a square base, a side of the base being equal to the diameter of the base of the cylinder. Give the linear dimensions of the second tank in feet and inches; correct to two places of decimals (the nearest). [= . 1 gallon = 277 274 cub. in.] For Admission as Teacher of the Third Class. (Three hours allowed.) 1. The sum of the L.C. M. and G.C.M. of two numbers is 208 and the difference 176. If one of the numbers be 48, what is the other number? 2. A man requires a net sum in hand of £245 10s. Bank A will negotiate a promissory-note for £100 payable three months hence; in Bank B he raises the balance on a promissory-note payable four months hence. If banker's discount be charged in each case at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum, what is the amount of the promissory-note in Bank B? 3. According to law, a bushel measure shall be a hollow cylinder having a plane base the internal diameter of which shall be double the internal depth. Find the depth of the measure; correct to the nearest tenth of an inch. [31416, and a gallon = 277 274 cubic inches.] 4. If 6 men and 4 boys earn £11 in 4 days, and 4 men and 6 boys £6 15s. in 3 days, how long will it take 2 men and 4 boys to earn £12 10s ? 5. (a) The price of gold is £3 17s. 104d. per oz.: what is the least number of ounces that I must take to the mint that I may receive an exact number of sovereigns in exchange? (b) How many sovereigns should I receive? 6. (a) Quote and prove the rule for converting a mixed circulating decimal to a vulgar fraction, using as an example 734. (b) How can you tell by simple inspection that 7. A fruiterer buys a lot of oranges at 2 a penny, and three times as many at 9 for 6d. He sells them at an average price of d. a dozen. Find what he gained or lost per cent. 8. Two sums of money are to be divided among 3 persons, the first sum equally, and the second in the proportion of 1:12. The first two receive £16 and £19 respectively; what does the third receive? 9. How many silver spoons, each weighing 2 oz. 6 dwt. 9 gr., and having by weight one part in seven alloy, can be made from a lump of pure silver weighing 14 lb. Avoirdupois? 10. A log of wood, in shape a frustrum of a cone, is 21 inches in diameter at one end and 14 inches at the other, and 28 feet long. If it is trimmed just sufficiently to reduce it to a rectangular parallelopiped on a square base, how many cubic inches of wood are removed? [π = 3}.] 11. An oblong sheet of iron of uniform thickness and half as long again as it is broad has an area of 54 sq. ft. If a circular piece weighing one-fifth as much as the piece remaining be cut out of it, find the length of the perimeters of the oblong and the circle. [= 34.] 12. An iron sphere is dropped into a cylindrical vessel partly filled with water. The diameter of the vessel is 14 inches. If the surface of the water rises 1 inch when the sphere is Completely submerged, find the diameter of the sphere. [ = 34.] MECHANICS. For Admission as Teacher of the Second Class. (Three hours allowed.) 1. A cricket ball is thrown vertically upwards and caught again by the thrower. Write "Notes of Lessons" to a suitable class on the various calculations that could arise in connection with the motion of the ball. 2. For 1 minute after starting a train's acceleration is 1 foot per second per second. For the next 5 minutes 17 seconds its velocity is uniform. It then slackens speed uniformly, stopping in 10 seconds. How many miles has the train then travelled? 3. Divide 144 feet into four parts, such that a falling body traverses them in equal times. 4. If a spring balance be graduated to weigh lbs. in London, where g 32 191, what percentage of the mass would have to be added to the mass which weighs 1 lb. in London in order to weigh 1 lb. by the balance at the Equator, where g = 32-091 ? Show clearly how you arrive at your answer. 5. A body is projected up a smooth inclined plane, whose height is one-fourth of its length, with a velocity of 80 feet per second, and just reaches the top; and then returns. Find (i.) the length of the plane; and (ii.) at what point on the plane, while returning, it will have acquired a velocity of 40√2 feet per second. G. At the bottom of a mine 500 feet deep is an iron cage weighing 4 cwt., with 10 cwt. of stone in it. The wire rope by which it is hauled up weighs 6 lb. per yard. Find the horse power of the engine which draws up the cage in 623 seconds. 7. Find where a particle O must be placed inside a triangle ABC so that it may be in equilibrium under forces to the vertices represented by OA, OB, OC. 8. Three movable pulleys, each of weight w, are arranged as in the First System. With their aid a weight W can be supported by a power of 7 lb. If a fourth pulley, similar to the first three, be added, the weight W can be supported by a power of 4 lb. Find the weight of W and w. 1. Describe the general form and structure of the Larynx. Are the vocal cords really cords? What use would you make of a bullock's larynx in giving lessons on this organ? 2. Describe the interchange of gases between the pulmonary air and the blood, and that between the blood and the tissues. 3. Distinguish between Acids and Salts, and write brief explanatory notes on the following:-Lime Water, Iodine Solution, and Carbon Dioxide. 4. Draw up Notes of a Lesson for an upper class on The Eye. (Describe clearly the various experiments and illustrations you would employ.) 5. Describe the Knee Joint. Make a sketch of the Right Knee Joint, as seen when the outer half of the femur and patella have been sawn away. 6. Of what two distinct parts is the Skin made up? How do they differ from each other in structure, and what are the chief uses of each part? 7. Describe, with the aid of diagrams, the nature and function of a Valve in a blood-vessel. Which blood-vessels have no valves? Explain a simple method of showing, on your own body, how the valves act. 8. If a man receives a violent blow on the head he will "fall in a heap." Why? 9. Explain the advantages of a Mixed Diet. 10. Under the following heads, write concisely some "Rules for Teachers suggested by your study of Physiology :-(a) Ventilation of Schoolroom; (b) Lighting of schoolroom; (c) Positions and Attitudes of Pupils; (d) Length of lessons, and of daily study-time. 11. Explain the chemical composition of Saliva, and describe the experiments by which you would demonstrate its digestive action. Bulb. 12. Give a concise account of the functions of the Spinal BOTANY. For Admission as Teacher of the Second Class. (Females.) (Three hours allowed.) 1. (a) How does a rhizome differ from a root? (c) What is the structural difference between a prickle 2. Give an account of the structure of the stem of the Sunflower plant (as seen by using a hand-lens), and compare it with the structure of the stem of the Maize plant. 3. What is Symbiosis? How is it applied in modern agricultural practice? 4. What are the combustible elements of a plant? State the results of a chemical analysis of the ash of a plant. How may the relative importance of these elements to the life and growth of plants be experimentally ascertained? 5. How do (1) Water, (2) Elaborated Sap, travel in plants? 6. Explain the relation of the following kinds of inflorescences to each other, and mention a well-known example of each-Spike, Raceme, Panicle, Head, Umbel. 7. What do you understand by hypogynous, perigynous, and epigynous flowers? Give two examples of each. 8. Give a description of the successive stages of the development of the embryo-sac in any plant. 9. For what reasons is Cross-pollination preferable to Selfpollination? State the principal arrangements by which the cross-pollination of flowers is brought about. 10. Describe the general structure, position, and placentation of the ovary in the Umbelliferæ, the Leguminosa, and the Labiatæ, respectively. 11. Describe the essential characteristics of the Cruciferæ, and mention the uses of plants of this order. 12. Write explanatory notes on the following:-Endodermis, Cambium, Phellogen, Stoma. 13. Mention the principal things to be noted in examining, externally and in section-(1) A ripe cherry; (2) A strawberry. 2. Draw a map of Ireland showing its chief physical features. 3. What natural advantages have helped to make the British Isles the home of a powerful nation? 4. Name the chief manufacturing industries of the British Isles in the order of importance. 5. Give the position, and some account of-Stirling, Hull, Galway, Maynooth, Oxford, Paisley. 6. Write a short description of the rivers-Mersey, Clyde, Shannon. For Admission as Pupil-Teacher of the Fourth Class. (One hour and a half allowed.) 1. Draw a map of the Mediterranean Sea, indicating the countries bordering on it, the chief islands, and coast features. 2. Give the position, and some account of-The Dead Sea, Khyber Pass, Giant's Causeway, Mont Cenis, Steppes of Russia, Plains of Lombardy. 3. Write an account of the Japanese Empire under the following headings:-Islands, towns and for what noted, exports, imports, people, and government. 4. Prove the existence of air-(a) by sense of touch, and (b) by sense of sight and inference. 5. State the chief effects of the earth's rotatory movement. 6. Give what information you can regarding a civil day, a mean solar day, a sidereal year, and a leap year. GEOGRAPHY. 17th December-Afternoon, 2 to 5. Sketch maps must be drawn on as large a scale as the foolscap page will admit. For Admission as Pupil-Teacher of the First Class. (One hour and a-half allowed.) 1. Write in small hand The mountains look on Marathon, And Marathon looks on the sea. 2. Draw a map of Queensland, showing its chief gold, tin, copper, and coal centres. Mark and name their ports, and the railways connecting them with their ports. Put in the tropic of Capricorn and any specified meridian. 3. Contrast the climate of Cairns with that of Cunnamulla. Account for the differences. 4. Give the following particulars as to Queensland, Cape Colony, India, and the Dominion of Canada, respectively :(i.) Area, (ii.) Population, (iii.) Chief Industries, and (iv.) Six Largest Towns. 5. Name ten of the great seaports of the world. Give four essentials that a seaport must possess to make it great. 6. In what towns of England are the following manufacturing industries principally carried on:-Hardware, woollen, cotton? Give reasons for the special development of these industries in the localities mentioned. 7. An Orient liner proceeds from Pinkenba to England. Name (a) the principal items of cargo from Queensland; and (¿) the ports of call, in order. 8. Give the situation of each of the following:-Samarai, Sourabaya, Suakin, Trieste, Simla, Mafeking, Levuka, Khartoum, Port Arthur, Simon's Town. For Admission as Teacher of the Third Class. 1. Draw a vertical section across the middle of Australia from E. to W., and explain the differences in rainfall along the line. 2. Explain and illustrate the increase in temperature which accompanies the varying height of the midday sun. 3. Sketch the Pacific, showing the position of the more clearly defined basins. 4. "Mountain ranges run in the direction of the greatest length of the continent on which they are raised." Account for this peculiarity. delta at its mouth, while the Thames has an estuary? 5. What explanation can you give for the Nile having a 6. Draw a map of the Indian Ocean, and mark on it the principa currents. 7. How do you explain the delay in the appearance of high tide on successive days? Illustrate by a diagram. 8. Two bodies, A and B, are in mass as 2:6. B is three times as far from a third body C as A is. Compare the force of attraction that A and B exert on C respectively. 9. How do you account for the formation of capes along the Australian coast? 10. What causes determine the direction and force of wind in a cyclone? Illustrate. For Admission as Teacher of the Second Class. (Three hours allowed.) 1. What causes have made Manitoba and Assiniboia excellent wheat-producing districts? 2. Describe the physical divisions of the Transvaal, and name the products of each of these divisions. 3. Comment on the importance of the Canadian Pacific Railway to the British Empire in time of war. 4. Set down in tabular form the principal facts in the physical geography of the Austrian Empire. 5. Draw a map of Asia to illustrate its ethnology. 6. Name concisely the portions of Africa claimed by Spain, France, Britain, Germany, and Portugal respectively; and the States that are under perfectly independent rulers. 7. Write teaching notes of a lesson on British South Africa. 9. Draw a map of the West Indies, naming the principal islands and showing their ownership. 9. Explain the cause and duration of twilight. 10. How are the meridians on Mercator's Map obtained ? 11. Tabulate the various zones of vegetation, show their range in latitude, and in altitude at the Equator, and name the principal plants of each zone. ENGLISH. 18th December-Morning, 9:30 to 12:30. NOTE FOR EXAMINEES OF ALL CLASSES.-In detailed analysis the special word or phrase affected by other words or phrases must be clearly stated. In parsing there must be given (a) the relations shown by prepositions, (b) the exact nature of the objects of transitive verbs, (c) the words, phrases, or clauses for which pronouns stand. Rules of syntax need not be quoted unless specially asked for. For Admission as Pupil-Teacher of the First Class. (One hour and a-half allowed.) 1. (a) Give the root, with its meaning, from which each of the following words is derived, and compose sentences to show that you understand the meaning of the words-Receptacle, obviate, culprit, unstable, incredulity, insinuate, avert, invulnerable. (b) Reverse the meaning of each of the following words by the use of a prefix:-Material, satisfied, noble, sense, passable. 2. Answer either (a) or (b), not both (a) Write a letter to a friend, giving an account of the arrival of a steamer in port, or of a day's work on a farm, or of an imaginary conversation by wireless telegraphy between two ships at sea, or of a day in a shearing shed. (b) "For sale, a farm of 200 acres on the Darling Downs. Low price and easy terms. For further particulars, apply to James Brown and Sons, Land Agents, Toowoomba." William Mason answers this advertisement. He lives at Maryborough. Write his letter, and write a reply from the Land Agents. 3. Punctuate the following passage, and substitute capital for small letters where necessary : pray sir read on farther said sancho perhaps you may find something to satisfy us don quixote turned over the leaf and said this is in prose and seems to be a letter a letter of business sir demanded sancho by the begin. ning it seems rather to be one of love answered don quixote. 4. Classify the clauses in the following extract, and state their relationship to each other :— A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been 5. Parse the words in italics in the following extracts :- Of scores out with all men, especially pipers; And whether they pipe us free from rats or from mice, 6. Correct the following sentences, and quote the rules of syntax that are violated in the third sentence : (i.) To man has been given the power of speech only. (ii.) No one never learned me to play cricket. (iii.) He told my brother and I that he could swim better (iv.) Nature has denied to us the power of closing our For Admission as Pupil-Teacher of the Second Class. (One hour and a-half allowed.) 1. (a) What is meant by the Passive Voice? How is it formed? (6) Turn the following sentence into one in which the Passive Voice only is used:-The boys enjoyed their holiday, although the rain damped the ardour of a few, whose parents kept them at home. 2. Write an essay on any one of the following subjects:Harvesting, Shearing, Cane-cutting, Timber-getting, A Flower Garden, A Biographical Sketch of your Favourite Hero or Heroine, A Thunderstorm. 3. Classify the clauses in the following extract, and state their relationship to each other : The crow doth sing as sweetly as the lark, The nightingale, if she should sing by day, 4. Parse the words in italics in the following extracts :- (b) Whatever can be known of earth we know, No! said one man in Genoa, and that No 5. Correct the following sentences, and give your reasons for the corrections you make : (i.) Carlyle has taught us that silence is golden in thirty volumes. (ii.) The Thames is derived from the Latin "Thamesis." (iii.) I do not know as I need say anything more. (iv.) Our manager knows as much, if not more, than we do. (v.) There is no fun in going out with a shooting party unless you shoot yourself. 6. Give the root, with its meaning, from which each of the following words is derived :-Predominant, secession, succumb, circuitous, contemporary, derision, confiscated, facilitate, auriferous, duplicate. For Admission as Pupil-Teacher of the Third Class. (One hour and a-half allowed.) 1. (a) Give two nouns that have double plurals; two that are used in the singular number only; and two that are used in the plural number only. (b) Give the declension of the feminine gender of the nouns hero, actor, and nephew. 2. Write an essay on any one of the following subjects:(a) A library. (b) The good and the evil aspects of sport. (c) Australia as it was a hundred years ago, and as it is As the cur, Pluck't from the cur he fights with, ere his cause (a) Classify the clauses in the above extract, and state (b) Parse the words in italics. 5. Amend the following sentences :— (i.) Being his sole companion, he naturally addressed himself to me. (ii.) His style is characterised with verbiage. (iii.) He was first stable boy, then groom, then coachman ; and he did not do well in either capacity. (iv.) A timid, nervous child like Martin was should not have been put to such work. (v.) Who did you expect to have met there? (vi.) Experienced members of the feathered tribe are not entrapped with husks of wheat. 6. Explain, as to a class, the following extracts from the Fifth Reading Book :: (i.) The ancients, had they known it, would have located (iii.) 'Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, For Admission as Pupil-Teacher of the Fourth Class. (One hour and a-half allowed.) 1. Explain the meaning and true significance of each of the following extracts : (i.) "But to act that each to-morrow (ii.) "Life is a sea where storms must rise: (iii.) "When man would do a deed of worth, (v.) "The Genius smiled upon me with a look of com- 2. Give the derivations of the words of Latin origin in (iv.) and (v.) of the above. Write two or more derivatives from each of the following Greek roots :-Agon, crypto, ethnos, chrusos. 3. Parse, syntactically only, the italicised words in the following passages :— (a) "I have ventured, Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, (b) "What with the roquelaure, and what with the weather, it will be enough to give your honour your death." (c) "He points to Greece, and turns to tread, So sanctioned, on the tyrant's head." And the thoughts of men are widened by the process of the suns. (b) "Loan oft loses both itself and friend, (c) And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry." "To thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, (d) "Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers." 5. Give the derivation of-Concealment, theatre, convalescent, surgeon, premature, synopsis. sycophant, sarcasm, schism, detriment. 6. What are "Figures of Speech," and for what purpose are they used in composition? What Figure is exemplified in cach of the following extracts? : Looks chidingly down on the mirth of the billow." (ii.) "But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flower, its bloom is shed." (iii.) "Rivers of blood, and hills of slain." (iv.) "Silver and gold have I none." (v.) "Here the sun loves to pause with so fond a delay, That the night only throws a thin veil o'er the day." 7. Write the second person singular of each tense-simple and compound-of the subjunctive mood, active voice, of the verb "know.' 8. Write a brief essay on the following topic:-"Studies serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability." For Admission as Teacher of the Second Class. 1. Explain the following extracts from "A Tale of Two Cities," and comment suitably on either of them : (a) "Projectors who had discovered every kind of remedy (b) 2. Answer one of the following questions: (i.) Write brief character notes of Sydney Carton, Madame Defarge, Mr. Stryver; or (ii.) Relate, briefly, the circumstances connected with Doctor Manetti's imprisonment in the Bastille. 3. Speaking of the early training of the younger Pitt, Macaulay writes:-"The debate in Pandemonium was, as it well deserved to be, one of his favourite passages, and his early friends used to talk, long after his death, of the just emphasis and melodious cadence with which they heard him recite the incomparable speech of Belial." What book is here referred to? What was the subject of the debate in Pandemonium? Who was Belial? Give two or more points of the arguments used in Belial's famous speech. 4. Explain the following allusions in Macaulay's Essay, and say under what circumstances each was used :— (i.) "If this ill-omened and unnatural marriage be not yet consummated, I know of a just and lawful impediment; and in the name of the public weal I forbid the banns." (ii.) "After what I have seen and heard to night, I really feel strongly tempted to venture on a Ben competition with so great an artist as Jonson, and to bring on the stage a second 'Angry Boy.'” 5. "It is not easy to compare him (Pitt) fairly with such men as Ximenes, Sully, Richelieu, Oxenstiern, and John de Witt." Who were the great statesmen here referred to? 6. Explain the following extracts from the Midsummer Night's Dream, and say by whom and under what circumstances each was used:Dark "From yielders all things catch." apprehension makes." night that from the eye his function takes, the ear more quick of "Like a double cherry seeming parted, but yet an union in partition.” 7. Explain the italicised parts in the following passage:— "That very time I saw, but thou couldst not, Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all armed: A certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loosed his love-shaft smartly from his bow In maiden meditation fancy-free; Yet marked I where the bolt of Cupid fell: Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound." What celebrated personages in Shakespeare's day are A little symbolized by "Cupid," "The imperial votaress, western flower"? 8. (a) Sketch, briefly, the social conditions of life in the village of Grand Pre. Who were Father Felician and Basil the blacksmith? (6) Explain the meanings of the following passages, and say in what connection each was used. Describe the metre of Evangeline, and scan any one of the lines: (i.) "From the black shores of the sea to the land where the Father of Waters Seizes the hills in his hands, and drags them down to the ocean, Deep in the sands to bury the scattered bones of the mammoth." (ii.) "Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted; For Admission as Pupil-Teacher of the Third Class. (One hour and a-half allowed.) 1. The reign of Edward III. was a great time of positive reform, in which he was the leader. Comment on this statement, and give a brief sketch of the king's character. 2. Describe, in detail, the battle of Poitiers. 3. State, fully, the causes that led to the rising in the early part of the reign of Richard II. 4. Give an account of Warwick the Kingmaker, and the part he played in the Wars of the Roses." 5. Write brief explanatory notes on each of the following:(a) The Statute of Gloucester; (b) The Ordinances; (c) The Model Parliament; (d) The Treaty of Troyes; (c) The Treaty of Brétigny. For Admission as Pupil-Teacher of the Fourth Class. (One hour and a half allowed.) 1. The reign of Henry VII. has been said to be the beginning of modern history. Upon what is this statement founded? 2. State, briefly, the causes that led to the downfall of Somerset in the reign of Edward VI. 3. Write brief biographical notes of Mary, Queen of Scots; or of Sir Walter Raleigh. 4. (a) State, briefly, the causes that led to the Gunpowder Plot, and its results. (b) What were the "Bye" and "Main" plots? 5. Give an account of England's foreign possessions at the close of the reign of Charles II.; and, as far as possible, the date when each was acquired. 6. Give the dates of the following battles, the contending parties, and the results :-Pinkiecleugh, Edgehill, Naseby, Worcester, and Dunbar. For Admission as Teacher of the Third Class. (Give dates when you can. Avoid the use of irrelevant matter in your answers.) 1. On a rough sketch-map of Europe locate the following places mentioned in your history:-Aix-la-Chapelle, Camperdown, Copenhagen, Elba, Finisterre, Fontenoy, Heligoland, Herzegovina, Missolonghi, Moldavia, Navarino, Oporto, Passaro, Quatre Bras, Salamanca, San Sebastian, Texel, Torres Vedras, Trafalgar, Walcheren. 2. Name some of the distinguished men in the reigns of William and Anne, and sketch the life of one of them. 3. Trace the descent of George I. and of the old Pretender from James I. Show which had the better claim to the throne by birth. Who was the last male heir of the Stuarts? 4. Give an account of the causes of the War of American Independence, and mention, in order, the chief incidents of the 5. Write an outline essay on the Indian Mutiny; or— Summarize the work accomplished by Clive in India, and point out what great change was made in India after the Mutiny. 6. Select either (1) a statesman, (2) an author, (3) an inventor, or (4) a discoverer who lived during the Nineteenth Century, and describe his character and explain his importance. 7. Write Notes of a Lesson on the Battle of Trafalgar; or on the War of the Spanish Succession. 8. Mention, with dates, twelve of the chief subjects that occupied the public mind during the Era of Reform. For Admission as Teacher of the Second Class. (Give dates when you can. Avoid the use of irrelevant matter in your answers.) 1. Draw a map of England and Wales to illustrate the history up to 1066; or Write Notes of a Lesson (matter only) on the Vikings or the Crusades. 2. Narrate the progress of Christianity in Britain from the landing of Augustine to the death of Dunstan, making special reference to Penda of Mercia, the Synod of Whitby, Theodore, and Dunstan. How did Christianity affect the condition of the more helpless of the Anglo-Saxons? 3. Point out how the Roman, Saxon, and Norman conquests differed in character. Describe the events of the year 1066, from the arrival in England of Hardrada to the Battle of Hastings. Do not describe the battle. 4. Name three persons famous in English Literature during the Fourteenth Century. Say what you can of their writings, and what you know of one of them; or Explain the terms Chivalry and Tournament and describe a Feudal Castle. 5. What were the principles upon which Elizabeth dea't with religious difficulties throughout her reign? State what you know of (1) the Jesuits and (2) the Puritans. Explain Elizabeth's long detention of Mary, Queen of Scots, her reluctance to order her execution, and her final consent. 6. Give an account of the career of Strafford, and state the considerations which made him first support and afterwards oppose the claims of the Commons; or Write Notes of a Lesson (matter only) on any one of the following:-The Character of James I. of England, the Civil War in the Reign of Charles I., the Trial of the Seven Bishops, the War of the Spanish Succession. 7. What do you know of the Struggle for Home Rule? orGive some account of the Expansion of South Africa. Include in your answer a brief account of the recent South African War, and the steps taken to establish a lasting peace. 8. Give a brief account of the matters with which the following men are intimately associated :-Cobden, Lord John Russell, Rowland Hill, Mr. Chamberlain; or What are the principal reforms which have taken place since 1820 regarding religious toleration, child labour, education, freedom of trade? Name the persons to whose advocacy they were chiefly due. |