Express 0735 of a bushel in pints and the decimal of a pint. Add together 239 of £1. 5s. and 1·15 of 3s. 6d., and give the answer in pence and the decimal fraction of a penny. Subtract 031 of a day from 1.035 of an hour, and give the answer in minutes and the decimal fraction of a minute. Multiply 40 987 by 3·0065. Divide 148 73 by 69500. Reduce 7oz. 1dwt. to the decimal of a lb. troy. ATTACHÉ IN THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE. GEOGRAPHY. Time allowed, 2 hours. 1. On the accompanying outline map delineate, with names, the chief mountains of Italy, Austria, and Turkey, and the chief rivers with their most important tributaries, as distinctly and as completely as you can. 2. Write a geographical description of Georgia, Switzerland, and Peru. 3. Describe as fully as you can the course of the Thames, Tweed, and Blackwater; mentioning in proper order the chief tributaries of each, the counties through which it flows, and any remarkable places on its banks. 4. Where are the following places; to whom do they belong; and for what are any of them remarkable ?-Stornoway, Oviedo, Bologna, Djedda, Upsala, Agra, Valparaiso, Ostend, Riga. 5. Give an account of some of the principal ocean currents. 6. Where are Dalmatia, Alaska, Fezzan; the rivers Yenisei, Tornea, Colorado; Lakes Baikal, Tanganyika; Cape Leeuwin, Cape Agulhas ? 7. Draw a map, as large as your paper will permit, of South America ; trace the course of the chief rivers which flow through it, and (with dotted lines) the boundaries between the different states which compose it; and mark the position of the chief town of each state. LATIN GRAMMAR. 1. In what senses is ut used with the indicative mood? Give examples. 2. Give the perfect indicative, present infinitive, and supine of the following verbs :-percello, fido, nubo, alo, fateor, nitor, meto, lino, sino. 3. Mention Latin verbs which govern two accusatives, and give examples. 4. State and illustrate the use of the supines in um and u. 5. Give the meaning and derivation of bustum, celsus, fulmen, præcipuus, sella, luna, retrorsum, vortex, versutus. I 447. M M ATTACHÉ IN THE DIPLOMATIC FRENCH GRAMMAR. Time allowed 2 hours. 1. Ecrivez le pluriel des substantifs-le succès, le neveu, la voix, le nez, le bijou, le clou, le canal, le bal, le détail. 2. Donnez le féminin correspondant aux substantifs masculins-Dieu, héros, ambassadeur, gouverneur, chanteur, pécheur, pêcheur, compagnon. 3. Dans quel sens doit-on employer les substantifs suivants tantôt au masculin et tantôt au féminin: aigle, couple, enfant, foudre, hymne. 4. Expliquez la règle concernant le mot quelque, selon qu'il est suivi d'un verbe ou d'un adjectif, et citez des exemples de chaque cas. 5. Donnez par des exemples la distinction qu'il faut établir entre les prépositions vers et envers, avant et devant. 6. Rendez en Français la phrase suivante :— Your country house is one of the best situated that I have seen; it reminds me of that beautiful place where I stopped and the delightful gardens I have passed through. 7. Donnez les temps primitifs des verbes suivants: vouloir, boire, valoir, ouvrir, envoyer. EUCLID, BOOK I. Time allowed, 1 hours. 1. Define a circle, a rhombus, parallel straight lines, and write out Euclid's postulates. 2. From a given point draw a straight line equal to a given straight line. 3. Describe a triangle having its sides equal to three given straight lines. What condition is required in order that this may be possible? Show how the construction will fail if the condition is not observed. 4. Parallelograms upon the same base and between the same parallels are equal to one another. 5. In any right-angled triangle the square which is described upon the side subtending the right angle is equal to the squares described upon the sides which contain the right angle. CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY (BLACKSTONE AND HALLAM). 1. What were the chief provisions of Magna Charta? What evils was 2. When was the first Parliament in a complete form summoned? What traces of a representative system are to be found previously? 3. Show the importance in constitutional history of the reign of Richard the Second. 4. How is the present liberty of a British subject protected? 5. Give a brief sketch of the English law regarding aliens, denizens, and naturalised subjects. 6. Notice any occasions on which the two Houses of Parliament came into collision in the 17th century. 7. Give a history of villenage. 8. What purpose was served by impeachments? How are impeach ATTACHÉ IN THE ments conducted? Notice some of the contested points in the DIPLOMATIC law regarding impeachments. 9. How is the independence of judges and juries secured? 10. Describe the machinery and political consequences of local selfgovernment in England. POLITICAL HISTORY (1815-1860). Time allowed, 3 hours. 1. Give an account of affairs in France from the Second Peace (1815) to the death of Louis XVIII. (1824). 2. What was the origin of the Greek insurrection (1820)? Under what circumstances was the battle of Navarino fought (1827), and what were the motives and objects of the protecting powers in the settlement they made? 3. Give an account of the war between Russia and Turkey which terminated in the Peace of Adrianople (1829). 4. Describe the military operations of Espartero which preceded and led to the convention of Vergara. 5. Compare the policy, foreign and domestic, of M. Thiers with that of M. Guizot. 6. What causes led to the collapse of the National Movement in Germany in 1848 ? 7. When and how was Belgium made a separate kingdom? 8. What were the chief incidents of the Polish insurrection (1830-32) ? 9. Write a biography of the Emperor Nicholas. POLITICAL ECONOMY (ADAM SMITH AND MILL). Time allowed, 3 hours. 1. What conditions must an article fulfil in order to have an exchange value? 2. Notice some of the effects of converting circulating into fixed. capital. 3. Is the profit arising from capital spent in improving land properly spoken of as rent? 4. What are the causes which determine the price of agricultural produce? 5. Which is more profitable, production on a large scale or production on a small scale, and why? 6. Under what circumstances and to what extent is there a premium on bills of exchange? 7. What would be the effect if the issue of bank notes were discontinued in England? 8. Is it true that a nation the imports of which greatly exceed the exports must be living on its capital? 9. How is equality of taxation best secured? 10. What was meant by the Mercantile Theory? In what particulars was it erroneous? SERVICE. THIRD SECRETART IN THE DIPLOMATIC IX.-PAPERS SET TO A THIRD SECRETARY IN THE PUBLIC LAW.* PAPER I. 1. Is the tendency of the authority of International Law to grow stronger or weaker? 2. A recent Act of Parliament has given English Tribunals jurisdiction over all ships passing through English territorial waters. If a foreign State protested against this Act as infringing International Law, what books and documents would it be proper to study in order to frame a reply on behalf of England? 3. In what ways does the constitution of the German Empire affect its international relations? 4. Examine the origin, history, and consequences of the capitulations with the Porte and its Tributaries. 5. Give instances showing when a government ought, and when it ought not, to interfere to protect its subjects abroad. 6. Give a summary of the present English Law with regard to naturali zation. 7. What steps must a Frenchman who wishes to be married in England take in order that his marriage here may be treated as valid in France? 8. If an Englishman residing in Paris made there a holograph will, would his property in England pass under it? PAPER II. 9. What is the rule of International Law as to the position of neutral vessels sailing under an enemy's convoy? 10. Are there any recognised limits to the right of a belligerent to levy contributions and requisitions on the inhabitants of an invaded country? 11. Give examples of cases in which the local jurisdiction prevails over a foreign ship of war. 12. What is now recognised as the proper mode of treating Prisoners of War? 13. What are the chief points which a competent tribunal has to consider 15. What is meant by setting forth a ship as a vessel of war? 17. Was the detention by Napoleon of the English who happened to be *For syllabus of subjects and text books, see p. 72. |