Wednesday, June 21st, 1911.-Afternoon, 3 to 5.30. Work neatly. 1. Give a brief account of two of the following topics:The Death of Sir John Moore. 112 (b) The Conspiracy against Caesar. (c) Boswell's first Meeting with Johnson. (16) 2. State by whom, and on what occasion, the following expressions were used: (a) "I am glad that he thanks God for anything." (c) "I killed one man to save a hundred thousand." "A well educated gentleman may not know many languages; but, whatever language he knows, he knows precisely." (12) 5. Summarize Ruskin's views on the use and the understanding of books. (15) 6. Write an Essay, of not more than 300 words, on one of the following subjects: (a) Wireless Telegraphy. (b) Competition. The Destructive Force of Winds. (d) The Hardships of a long Winter. The Character and Exploits of Wellington, or of Nelson. (30) HISTORY (Intermediate Grade). A.D. 1603-1901. Monday, June 19th, 1911.-Morning, 9.15 to 11.15. Answer six questions only. The questions are of equal value. All candidates must attempt either Question 1 or Question 2, but not both. 1. Enumerate, with approximate dates, ten or twelve very important events (including Treaties) in the history of Newfoundland. 2. Describe the system by which Newfoundland is now governed, and state when it was introduced. What are the powers of the Governor ? Candidates may attempt any FIVE of the following questions, but not more than five. 3. State some of the chief reasons why Parliament went to war with Charles I. 4. Explain the following, and state what were the good effects or the bad effects of each :-the Navigation Act, the Five Mile Act, the Bill of Rights. 5. Give an account of one of Cromwell's military successes in England, Ireland, and Scotland respectively. What wars with foreign powers were fought during the Commonwealth ? 6. When, and how, did Great Britain obtain possession of Bengal, of Cape Colony, and of Gibraltar? Explain the importance of Gibraltar, illustrating your answer by a map of its position. 7. Briefly state to what different causes you attribute our quarrel with the American Colonies, and our final defeat. 8. With what date or period do you connect each of the following ?the Union with Scotland, the Chartists, the introduction of Railways, the Peninsular War, the Boer War. Give particulars of two. 9. For what are the following memorable ?—the Duke of Wellington, the Prince Consort. Sir Rowland Hill, General Gordon, Lord Beaconsfield. GEOGRAPHY (Intermediate Grade). Tuesday, June 20th, 1911.-Morning, 11.15 to 1.15. Work neatly. Only Two questions may be attempted in each Section of the Paper. SECTION A. 1. Describe the mountain system of the United States of America. Give the names, sources, and directions of the five longest rivers, with the names of the seas or gulfs into which they flow. Among these rivers include the St. Lawrence, and give the names of the lakes which it drains passing from west to east. (40) 2. Give, in order, the names of the countries and principal river mouths passed in a coasting voyage along the southern coast of Europe from the Straits of Gibraltar to Constantinople. Add the name of the capital of each country passed. (40) 3. Describe the exact situations of five of the following: - Bern, Bucharest, Cuba, Grampians, Pamirs, Siam, Tibet, Vosges Mountains. Give also a short description of those selected. (40) 4. Draw an outline map of Africa, and insert, with names, the following: the four longest rivers, the four largest lakes, the Atlas Mountains, Abyssinia, Algeria, German East Africa, a delta, and a table land. The positions of the countries can be indicated by (40) crosses. SECTION B. 5. Write a short description of the physical features, climate, and vegetable productions of Canada, indicating clearly how the climate and productions vary as we pass from the Atlantic to the Pacific seaboard. (30) 6. Give the exact situations of Calcutta, Hong-Kong, Johannesburg, Singapore, Sydney (N.S.W.). How has each become of such importance, and how far is this due to position? (30) 7. Give a short geographical description of two of the following:-Cape Colony, Ceylon, Cyprus, Bermudas. (30) Point out 8. Describe shortly the climate and productions of India. what parts are specially deficient in rainfall. How do the monsoons affect the rainfall ? (30) SECTION C. 9. Locate one large manufacturing centre in each of the following countries, state the chief manufactures carried on, and give the names of the chief towns engaged in them:-Ireland, Scotland, France, or Germany. (30) 10. What countries or districts produce the following in large quantities ?— petroleum, tin, wine, sulphur, logwood, palm oil, flax. Give two localities only for each. To what uses can the last four be applied? What kinds of climate do the last two require? (30) 11. What three quite different articles are manufactured in England in very large quantity? Where is each produced? Give the names of the towns engaged in, and the suitability of the district for, that particular manufacture. (30) 12. Make a list of the chief raw products (mineral, animal, and vegetable) of South America, mentioning the principal localities for each. State to what country each is chiefly exported and what is done with it, or, if used for manufacture in the country of its origin, state this. (30) COUNCIL OF HIGHER EDUCATION, NEWFOUNDLAND. ARITHMETIC (Intermediate Grade). Tuesday, June 20th, 1911. Morning, 9 to 11. Work neatly. 1. Reduce 30000 lb. to tons, cwt., qr., lb. [1 cwt. = 112 lb.] 2. Reduce and to decimals. (7) Express the difference between them as a percentage of the greater of them to two places of decimals. (10) 3. A man having a draft for $2000 changes it into English money, and receives £410. 138. 7d. Find, to the nearest cent, the rate of exchange for £1. (10) 4. In one month's working of a mine, 50829 tons of rock are crushed and yield 9535.091 Troy ounces of fine gold, which are worth $194402-86. Find, to two places of decimals, the number of pennyweights of gold in 1 ton of rock, and find to the nearest cent the value of 1 ounce of fine gold. [1 oz. Troy = 20 pennyweights.] (12) 5. Six houses are sold for $13000. They let for $180 each per annum. If 4 of them are occupied for the whole year, but 1 is empty for 6 months and another for 3 months, and the landlord has to spend $295 on repairs for the 6 houses, what percentage does he get on his capital? (14) 6. A cyclist starts at 12 miles an hour. After doing 30 miles, he rests for a quarter of an hour and then goes on at 11 miles an hour. A motor starts 1 hours later than the cyclist at 20 miles an hour. At the twenty-fifth mile it breaks down for 20 minutes, and then goes on at 15 miles an hour. Where will it overtake the cyclist? (16) 7. What is the difference between the Simple and Compound Interest on $16680 for 3 years at 3 per cent. ? (Answer to the nearest cent.) (16) |