determining the mechanical equivalent of heat by compressing gases.

or 5. Describe and explain Hopkins' method of shewing the raising of the melting point by pressure of solids which obey the ordinary law of dilatation.

dp

6. Establish the equation = J.C.M., and interpret

dt

each symbol of number in it.

or 6. Establish the Thermodynamic relation

7. Describe the construction and mounting of the great Melbourne Equatorial Telescope, and shew by a diagram the course through it to the eye of a pencil of light from a distant point.

or 7. Apply Stokes' principle of reversion to determine the two relations which exist between the numbers by which the amplitude of a vibration must be multiplied to represent the effect of reflexion and of refraction at the faces of the common surface of two transparent media.

8. In using Fresnel's Mirrors two sets of fringes are seen. What is the cause of each? How are they distinguishable? Explain how the central fringes may be used to determine wave-lengths. or 8. Give a general explanation of the colours displayed by a film of oil on water and by the surface of mother of pearl, briefly describing any experiments confirming your answer.

ASTRONOMY.

9. Describe a method of determining the maximum flexure of the axis of the telescope of the Transit Instrument and its effect at any elevation of the tube.

or 9. Describe the construction of the Altazimuth and the method of determining its index error in altitude. For what purpose is the instrument specially used at Greenwich?

10. Describe the construction and use of the sextant, and shew how the mirrors and telescope are adjusted.

or 10. Explain the methods employed to illuminate the field and the circle in the Transit Circle, and the mode of determining the positions of the zenith and polar pointers.

Give a general account and explanation of the phenomenon of aberration. What is the effect of annual and of diurnal aberration on the R.A. of a star?

or 11. State Cassini's hypothesis for mean astronomical refraction. Explain the phrase in italics. Define terrestrial refraction, and state how it is allowed for in making observations for altitude

at sea.

12. Write brief notes on the measurement of time and on the Calendar.

or 12. The longitude of Melbourne is 9h. 39m. 55s. E.; the R.A. of the mean sun at Greenwich mean noon on Nov. 16th was 15h. 40m. 58s. Find, by the help of the accompanying table, the siderial time for the beginning of this examination, viz., 1887, Nov. 17th, 2 p.m. Civil Time.

ANCIENT HISTORY.

The Board of Examiners.

1. Give some account of the nature, the objects, and the supposed origin of Lares worship among the

Romans.

2. In some communities and under certain conditions the rule of succession was not to the eldest son but to the youngest. Cite and explain one or two instances.

3. Distinguish between Community and Immunity as terms expressive of social relations.

4. Explain the nature of the reciprocal duties and rights of Patron and Client. What is the probable origin of the Roman Clientes?

5. What were the various means by which a meeting of Comitia might be peremptorily closed at Rome?

6. In what respects did the Tribunitia Potestas of the Emperors differ from the power of the Tribune under the Republic?

7. Give the date and the circumstances under which Marius first sought the Consulate. State clearly by whom and for what reasons his candidature was thought irregular. Was it really irregular?

Give your reasons.

8. Give the date and the circumstances under which

Caesar first sought the Consulate. If there was anything irregular in his candidature state how the irregularity was met.

9. Give an outline of the great campaigns of the Second Civil War, mentioning the main results of each.

10. Gibbon observes that "in elective monarchies the vacancy of the throne is a moment big with danger and mischief.” Illustrate this statement

from your reading.

11. Explain the general system of taxation adopted by Constantine and his successors.

12. Trace the rise and the fall of the Lombard Kingdom of Italy.

HISTORY OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE.-PART I.

The Board of Examiners.

1. "As the blood-bond gave its first form to English justice, so it gave their first forms to English society and English warfare."-Green, vol. I., p. 10. What is meant by the blood-bond? Explain the passage carefully.

2. Trace the means by which before the Norman Conquest the various races of Teutonic origin in England were formed into a single people.

3. What provision does the Great Charter contain for summoning the Great Council of the King?

4. State precisely the services rendered by Simon de Montfort in connection with the rise of the English Parliamentary system.

5. Give some account of the legislation of Edward the First in reference to land.

6. Give some account of the influence exercised upon their times by the brothers of Henry the Fifth.

7. Shew how the Reformation affected the political relations between England and Scotland.

8. Trace the origin, the objects, and the results of the Statute of Uses.

9. On what occasions, on what questions, and with what results was Sir Edward Coke brought into direct personal opposition to the King?

10. Sketch the chief phases in the career of the Long Parliament.

11. Trace the influence of Louis XIV. on English History.

12. On what occasions, for what purposes, and with what results did Charles the Second assert “the royal prerogative of suspending the execution of the law"? Is there any such prerogative?