shaken. As there were no fatal results there will be no inquiry into the matter, but there is none the less need for a searching investigation of the circumstances under which the children were allowed to occupy the platform, which was evidently in an unsafe condition. Structures of this nature require careful testing by competent persons before they are used, yet their erection is too often left entirely in the hands of some village carpenter.

(b.) They are an athletic and by no means bad looking race, 25 with brown complexion, flat noses, and high cheek bones. They are brave and warlike, treacherous and vindictive. Their dress consists of a dark blue or black kilt, ornamented with rows of cowrie shells, and a thick cloth of home manufacture thrown over the shoulders. As ear ornaments, they wear tusks of wild boar : but the most coveted decoration is a neck collar of goat's hair dyed red, and fringed with the long scalps of slain enemies. Above the elbow are worn armlets either of ivory or plaited cane, prettily worked in red and yellow. Between the calf and the knee are bound pieces of finely cut cane dyed black, the calves being encased in leggings of cane similar to the armlets. The hair is, generally, cut square in front, and tied into a knot be. hind, with a plume of eagle or toucan feathers. The national weapons are a spear, a shield, and a dao or bill-hook. In recent years many have succeeded in obtaining guns or muskets, and the possession of fire-arms is the supreme desire of every Nágá.

HISTORY-MORNING.

(MR. A. THOMSON.

Examiners {DR. C. BAUMANN.

N. B.-The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

1. When were the Constitutions of Clarendon passed, and what was their object?

2. Describe the attempts of Edward III to conquer France. 3. What changes were made by Henry VIII. in the doctrines and government of the Church of England?

4. How was the power of the English nobles gradually reduced, and what Acts of Parliament were passed to limit the power of the king?

5. What led to the "War of the Spanish Succession"? Name the most important battles, and give the date of each.

6. What changes were introduced by the Reform Bill of 1832 ?

7. What parts of India were visited by the Greeks, and why are the Greek accounts of the country so very valuable?

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Trace the rise of the Sikhs.

Describe the two wars carried on against Tippu Sultan, giving the most important dates.

10. Name the Provinces added to the British Dominions by Lord Dalhousie. What were the reasons for annexation in each case ?

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N. B.-The figures in the margin indicate full marks. 1. Explain by examples what is meant by observation and experiment. Describe experiments showing "the formation of dew,' ," "the cause of winds," and " the phenomena of day and night."

2. Distinguish between spring and neap tides, indicating by means of diagrams the positions of the sun, earth, and moon at each of these. Why does the tidal wave originate in the Southern Ocean?

3. Contrast the cause of floods on the Mahanadi and Indus rivers. Why does the former not dry up after the rains are over? What evil consequences attend the construction of bunds to restrict the channels of rivers flowing through plains?

4. Give a brief account of the Monsoons. What is their effect on the currents of the Bay of Bengal? In the month of December, why will a ship sail faster from Calcutta to Ceylon than from Ceylon to Calcutta?

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5. (a.) P and Q are at opposite ends of a telegraph line. P 3 despatches a telegram at noon, it reaches Q at 10h. 30m. A. M. Is Q east or west of P, and how many degrees?

(b.) A and B are on the equator in 60° and 90° east longi. tude respectively. Each travels 60° of latitude directly North. Are they any nearer each other? What will happen when they each travel another 30° North ?

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6. (a.) What lands are joined by the is thmuses of Suez, Corinth, Perekop, Panama, and Kraw, respectively?

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(b.) What waters are connected by the following straits :Ormuz, Gibraltar, Dover, Malacca, Bosphorus ?

7. Name one large city, giving some interesting fact about it, on each of the following rivers :-Seine, Irrawaddy, Mississippi, Rhone, Tiber, Clyde, Jumna, Nile, Tagus, Rhine.

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8. Tell the localities of the following places, giving some historical event in connexion with each: Seringapatam, Bosworth, Dunbar, Meerut, Hastings, Waterloo, Quebec, Sobraon, Thaneswar, Vittoria

9. Describe, as fully as you can, an imaginary voyage along the coast of India from Karachi to Calcutta.

10. On the basis of the following construction draw an outline map of South America, and insert in it the names of the different countries, with their capitals, the rivers, mountains, and capes:

Construction.-Draw the length required for the map, the vertical line, AB, A being the North point. Bisect AB in C, and bisect AC in D. Through D draw a horizontal line FDE, from West to East, such that DE = = AC, and DF one third DE. Join AF, FC, BE, EA.

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ARITHMETIC AND ALGEBRA-MORNING. MR. F. J. BIDEN, M. A. Examiners- REV. FATHER VAN J. IMPE, S. J.

N. B.-The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

N. B.-Algebraical symbols are not to be employed in solving the first six questions.

1. Express each of the figures composing the number 2 128 456 as a multiple or sub-multiple of 10.

What fraction must be added to

2. (a.) What fraction of

annas 8?

of Rs. 187 annas 5 is Rs. 28

(b.) Of what sum of money will 325 be 131. ?

(c.) Extract the square root of 7 0225.

3. Divide 1271. 8s. among 2 men, 3 women, and 7 boys, giving each of the boys one-third of what a woman receives, and each of the men twice as much as a woman.

4. A leaky cistern is filled in 5 hours with 30 pails of 3 gal lons each, but in 3 hours with 20 pails of 4 gallons each, the pails being poured in at intervals. Find how much the cistern holds, and in what time the water would waste away.

5. A race-course is half a mile long: A and B run a race, and A wins by 10 yards; C and D run over the same course and C wins by 30 yards; B and D run over it and B wins by 20 yards; if A and C run over it, which should win, and by how much?

6. A tradesman puts two prices on his goods: one for ready money, the other for 6 months' credit, interest being calculated at 12 per cent. per annum. If the credit price of an article be Rs. 26 annas 9, what is its cash price?

8. Find the highest common factor and the least common multiple of

3x2 10ax+7a2 and x3 5αx2 + 7a2x

9. Solve the equations

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ma + nc : mb + nd : : (a2 + c2) 3 ; (b2 + ď2) 1.

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12. A boat goes up stream 30 miles and down stream 44 miles in 10 hours: it also goes up stream 40 miles and down stream 55 miles in 13 hours. Find the rate of the stream and of the boat.

GEOMETRY AND MENSURATION-AFTERNOON.

Examiners— {

MR. J. H. GILLILAND, M. A.

MR. M. MOWAT, M. A.

N. B.-The figures in the margin indicate full marks.

1. Enunciate and prove I. 6. Hence show that equiangular triangles are equilateral.

2. The side BC of the triangle ABC is produced to D, show that the angle ACD is greater than the angle ABC without showing that it is greater than the angle BAC.

3. Give the particular enunciation and the construction only of the following propositions:

(a.) I. 48.

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(b.) II. 9. If a straight line be divided into two equal, and 14 also into two unequal parts, the squares on the two unequal parts are double, &c.

(c.) II. 11. To divide a given straight line, &c.

4. Prove that if two circles touch one another internally the straight line which joins their centres being produced shall pass through the point of contact.

5. If two straight lines cut one another within a circle, the rectangle contained by the segments of the one of them shall be equal to the rectangle contained by the segments of the other. Prove this only when one of the lines passes through the centre and cuts the other which does not pass through the centre, but not at right angles.

AOC and BQD are two triangles having the angle AOC equal to the angle BQD and the angle ACO equal to the angle DBQ; show that the rectangle contained by AO and QB is equal to that contained by CO and QD.

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6. Describe a circle about a given triangle, and show that the square on the side of an equilateral triangle described about a circle is four times the square on the side of an equilateral triangle inscribed in the same circle.

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7. The radius of a circle is 12 feet; find the length of the 44 side of a regular polygon of sixteen sides inscribed in it. Calculations to be carried to three places of decimals only.

8. Draw an accurate plan, and find, in acres, roods, and poles, the area of a field from the following notes in which the lengths are given in links:

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9. A small object is floating on a tank; show how to find its distance from a given point on the edge of the tank, the ground about the tank being smooth and on a level with the surface of the water.