1. What is meant by the terms sierra, pampas, selva, cañon, moraine, and atoll? Name examples, with the localities in which they are found.

2. Describe the coast of England from Dungeness to Land's End.

3. Mention the position of any eight of the following places, and state any facts which you know about them :-Cape Hatteras, Cape Comorin, Cape Finisterre; the Aleutian Islands, the Loffoden Islands, the Bermudas; Lyons, Cordova, Bahia, Smyrna, Benares, Bangkok, San Francisco, Quito, Montreal.

4. In what countries are the following lakes :Balaton, Como, Garda, Ilmen, Ladoga, Thun, Trasimene, Wener, Zurich; and in what counties are Loch Awe, Loch Katrine, Loch Lomond, Loch Maree, and the Lakes of Killarney?

5. In what does the commerce of the Malay (East Indian) Archipelago consist? By what nations and at what ports is it chiefly carried on ?

6. Enumerate some of the principal oceanic currents, with the seas in which they are found. Describe in detail the course, temperature, and other physical peculiarities of the Gulf Stream, and its effects on the climate of the European seaboard, and more particularly on the British Isles. 7. What are the political divisions of Australia, and what is the capital of each division ?

8. Give a brief account of Turkey in Europe, mentioning its boundaries, mountains, rivers, political divisions, and the character of its inhabitants; or, draw a map of Turkey.

1. It is said that there are in the Old Testament twenty-three thousand two hundred and fourteen verses; and in the New Testament seven thousand nine hundred and fifty-nine. Write in words by how many the former number exceeds the latter.

2. The profits of a business, amounting to £904 11s. 4d., are divided equally among the partners. If each receives £56 10s. 84d., what is the number of the partners?

3. Find the area of a field equal to a third of the united areas of three fields, containing respectively 30 ac. 2 ro. 17 po.; 17 ac. 3 ro. 38 po.; 22 ac. 1 ro. 27 po. 4 yds.

4. Simplify:

(i.) 4% -3 + 17 − 1 + 2.

4+7

(ii.)

11

2+3

8-17%

5. How many grains of gold are there in a cup weighing 8 oz. 4 dwts. ?

6. Multiply 1.08 by 0007, and 453 45 by 200000. Divide 23.065 by 035. Find the value of 24215 of £5 3s. 6d.

7. A road 3 mi. 4 fur. 32 po. 3 yds. long is repaired at a cost of £52 14s. 2d. a furlong. What is the whole expense?

8. Determine the whole cost of a fence inclosing a rectangular field 347 yards long and 152 yards wide, at 2s. 10d. a yard.

9. Obtain the Square Root of 1951609, and the Cube Root of 2248.091.

10. Find the difference between the simple and the compound interest on £2718 15s. for 2 years at per cent.

3

1. Find the value of

a2b— c2d — (ab + cd)(ac — bd) — bc (ac2 — bd2), when a = 2, b = 3, c = 4, d=

= 0.

p2) (x2 + p2x2 + p*) by

(x —p).

x +22

4. Extract the square root of

37xy-30xy + 9x-20xy3 + 4y*.

8. A bill of £50 is paid by 190 coins, consisting of sovereigns and half-crowns; find the number of each.

Books I.-IV.

1. Write out the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth Axioms.

2. Show how to bisect any given rectilineal angle.

3. Draw a straight line from a given point, either without or in the circumference, which shall touch a given circle.

4. Show that the lines which join the middle points D, E, F, of the three sides of a triangle ABC, divide it into four equal triangles

5. Draw a straight line at right angles to a given straight line from a given point in the same.

6. Describe an isosceles triangle, having each of the angles at the base double of the third angle.

7. o is the centre and BOC any diameter of the circle ABC. The tangents at B and C cut the tangent at A in the points D and E. Show that DOE is a right angle.

EZRA, NEHEMIAH, AND JEREMIAH Xxvi.—lii.

1. Give the names of the Persian kings mentioned in the Book of Ezra, with the date of their accession, and the names by which they are known in secular history.

2. State and illustrate from Scripture the prominent points in Nehemiah's character.

3. Give a summary of the prophecies of Jeremiah respecting Egypt, Moab, and Ammon.

4. Give one incident connected with each of the following persons and places:-Sheshbazzar, Ahava, Ebed-melech, Geshem, Riblah, Ishmael, Achmetha, Coniah. Give the geographical position of the places.

5. Write a brief account of the building of the second Temple, from its foundation to its dedication. 6. Sketch briefly the personal history of Jeremiah during and after the reign of Zedekiah.

7. State the connection in which the following passages occur :

(a) The people are many, and it is a time of much rain.

(6) Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

(c) I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down.

(d) Thou hast broken the yokes of wood; but thou shalt make for them yokes of iron.

(e) Jonadab the son of Rechab shall not want a man to stand before Me for ever.