HISTORY.

G. W. DASENT, D.C.L.

1. Write a short sketch of the History of England before the Norman Conquest.

2. What were the causes of the discontent which existed in King John's reign? What measures were taken for the reformation of abuses?

3. In what reign do we first hear of a Parliament in England? What was the constitution of Parliaments in early times?

4. Explain the meaning of the terms "subsidy," "benevolence," and "monopoly," under the Tudors.

5. Write a short life of Mary Queen of Scots. 6. Mention briefly the causes which led to the Revolution of 1688.

7. Enumerate the chief events which occurred during the reign of George I.

8. Write a short life of Sir Robert Walpole. 9. Sketch briefly the history of the East India Company during the 18th century.

10. Describe the political and social condition of England at the Peace of Amiens.

HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.

W. STEBBING, ESQ., M.A.

1. Describe the chief features of the feudal system, as established by the Normans in England.

2. By what important laws, or charters, is the personal liberty of the subject secured?

3. State the grounds on which Edgar Atheling, Robert of Normandy, Mary Queen of Scots, and Charles Edward Stuart laid claim to the English throne.

4. What circumstances occasioned the wars, in which were fought the battles of Lewes, Pinkie, Cape Passaro, Camperdown, Navarino?

5. Account for the success of Henry V. against the French, the Yorkists against Henry VI., and the Parliament against the Cavaliers.

6. Give the names and dates (nothing more) of the actions, in which the Earl of Stair, Lord Howe, Sir John Jervis, Admiral Russell, Admiral Blake, and General Burgoyne (in the reign of George III.), respectively, commanded..

7. Name the statesmen who had the chief part in bringing about the dissolution of the monasteries, the restoration of Charles II., the Triple Alliance, the treaties of Utrecht and Amiens, and the American Stamp Act. Give the dates of those events.

8. State the circumstances in which the Pilgrimage of Grace, the Catholic Association (in Ireland), and the agitation connected with the

Darien Settlement, and with the South Sea Bubble, respectively, originated.

9. State the circumstances which led to the expedition into the Netherlands, under the last Duke of York; to Sir Arthur Wellesley's first expedition into the Peninsula; and to the Walcheren expedition.

10. Describe briefly the great events, of which Mooltan, Assaye, Sobraon, Laswarree, Bhurtpoor, and Ghuznee have been the scene.

GEOGRAPHY.

G. W. DASENT, D.C.L.

1. Explain the meaning of climate. Can you mention any facts which show that climate has an influence on the history of nations?

2. Explain fully the meaning of the following terms, peninsula, continent, island, estuary, watershed, delta, archipelago, and isthmus. Give instances of each in various parts of the world.

3. Mention ten great foreign seaports, stating the country to which each belongs, and the products in which it trades with Great Britain.

4. What are the principal products of Scotland? Mention the chief seaports of Scotland.

5. On the accompanying map of England insert the names of the chief bays, islands, headlands, and rivers, and mark by name twelve principal

towns.

6. Mark on the map the course of any great

railway line, inserting the names of the great towns near which it passes.

7. Describe the course of any great river on the continent of Europe, mentioning the countries through which it flows, the principal towns on its banks, and the sea into which it falls.

8. Draw a map of New Zealand. Give any information in your power as to the aborigines, colonization, and products of those islands.

9. Mention briefly the advantages which Great Britain bestows on, and derives from, her Colonial possessions.

GEOGRAPHY.

W. STEBBING, Esq., M.A.

1. How far do geographical considerations explain the commercial prosperity of Belfast, Liverpool, London, Hamburg, Rio Janeiro, New York?

2. What special advantages does the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland derive from its geographical position?

3. Mark on the map of Europe, by an asterisk (*), with the name written near it, the situation of the capital (no other towns) of each empire and kingdom.

4. Mark on the same map, by lines, the direction of the several mountain ranges which bear the common name of Alps. Write, near the lines, the special name of each range.

5. To what mountain ranges do the following passes belong, and between what districts do they serve as the means of communication ? The Khyber, Bolan, and Derbend passes, Fontarabia, Thermopyla, the defile of Dariel (or, the Caucasian Gates), and the Iron Gate.

6. Enumerate the principal districts, which lie around the North, Yellow, Caspian, and Caribbean Seas, and the Sea of Okotsk.

7. Where are the vine, maize, wheat, rice, cotton, tobacco, and the sugar-cane principally cultivated? What conditions of soil and climate seem most favourable to the growth of these plants?

8. Draw, on your writing-paper an outline of the map of India, continuing it as far north as the source of the river Indus. Mark, by lines, the course of the Indus, Ganges, and Godavery, and, by asterisks, the situation of Delhi, Lahore, Patna, Pondicherry, Goa, Seringapatam.

9. Draw, on your writing-paper, an outline of the map of North America. Mark on it, by lines, the course of the St. Lawrence, Missouri, and Mississippi, and, by asterisks, the position of the great lakes, and of New Orleans, Richmond, Boston, Charleston, Washington.

10. Whence come the chief supplies of saltpetre, quicksilver, copper, cochineal, indigo, coffee, currants, sulphur?