4. Define any genera of Fossils peculiar to the Devonian Period.

5. How are the Paleozoic Carboniferous Rocks distinguished from those below and from those above them?

6. Name and characterize the genera of Mammalia occurring in the Mesozoic Formations. Which is the most ancient?

7. Define the more common genera of Mollusca confined to Mesozoic rocks.

8. What portions of the sections of the Paris basin, and those of the South and the North-West of the Isle of Wight, are referred to the Oligocene Tertiary period? Define the genera of Mammalia confined to this epoch. Why are the strata at Schnapper Point in Port Phillip Bay referred to this instead of to the Eocene system?

9. What geological formations would be indicated by (a) Clymene, (b) Dinotherium, (c) Turrilites, (d) Hippurites, (e) Encrinus, (ƒ) Platysomus ? Define each of these.

10. By what palæontological characters would you recognise strata as of (a) Permian, (b) Triassic, (c) Lias, (d) Lower Greensand, (e) Upper Chalk, (f) Miocene Tertiary age?

BIOLOGY.-PART I.

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All answers must as far as possible be illustrated by rough sketches.

1. Give some account of the anatomy of the earth

worm.

2. Describe the brain and spinal cord of a frog.

3. What parts are present in a fully-formed flower? Describe the latter in the bean.

4. Give some account of the structure of hydra.

5. Compare amoeba, paramecium, protococcus, and torula with one another with regard to their

structure.

6. Describe the structure of the ear in a typical vertebrate animal.

7. Describe and briefly compare the respiratory systems of a frog and a shark.

8. Give some account of a fibro-vascular bundle in a fern, comparing it with that of a bean.

BIOLOGY.-PART II.

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All answers must be illustrated by rough sketches. 1. Give some account of the chief variations to be met with amongst the Sporozoa.

2. Describe the anatomy of any rotifer.

3. What are the essential structures common to the various members of the group Echinodermata? Describe carefully the anatomy of any one example you choose to take.

4. Give some account of the principal variations in structure met with amongst the Plegepoda.

5. Give some account of the organisms known as Bacteria, including the complete life history of one particular form. What are the main divisions of the group, and how are they characterized?

6. Describe briefly the organization of any three of the following plants, and refer them to their proper position in the kingdom:-Acetabularia, Vaucheria, Ophioglossum, Calamites, Lycopodium, Agaricus.

BIOLOGY.-PART II.

(LABORATORY WORK.)

The Board of Examiners.

1. Identify and refer to its proper zoological position the specimen labelled A.

Dissect it so as to

show as much of its structure as possible, and make a rough sketch of your dissection, naming the parts shown.

2. Make preparations illustrative of the structure of the specimen labelled B. Illustrate your answer by rough sketches.

3. Identify and describe briefly the specimens labelled C, D, E, F, G.

CHEMISTRY.-PART I.

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N.B.-Describe all reactions in words, and also, when you can do so, by means of equations.

1. Describe the action of strong nitric acid on each of the following elements :-Sulphur, iodine, phosphorus, tin, copper.

2. What are the factors that determine the coefficient

of solubility of a substance? Tell what you know concerning the solubility in water of each of the following salts:-Sodium chloride, sodium sulphate, calcium chloride, calcium sulphate.

3. Assuming that sodium hydroxide and potassium hydroxide are sold at the same price per pound, which of them would you prefer (on the ground of economy alone) for the neutralization of acids? Explain the reason for your answer.

4. In what forms of combination do the heavy metals most frequently occur in nature? Give one example of each kind of ore; and describe briefly the nature of the reactions by which the metals may be extracted from each kind.

5. Describe the action of heat on each of the following ammonium salts :-The chloride, the nitrate, the nitrite, the bichromate.

6. What reasons are there for describing phosphine (PH) as a basic hydride? Compare it, from this point of view, with ammonia and arsine (AsH3) respectively.

7. Given bottles containing separately the three following gases, how would you distinguish between them?-Hydrogen chloride, hydrogen bromide, hydrogen iodide.

8. Explain and exemplify the phrase nascent action.

DEDUCTIVE LOGIC.

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1. Compare Keynes's definition of Formal Logic with any definitions of Logic given by Jevons. Are the latter intended to cover the whole of Logic? And can they be accurately so applied?

2. It is sometimes said that as the intension (or connotation) of a term is increased its extension (or denotation) is decreased. Explain clearly the meaning of this statement, and discuss its accuracy.

3. Give (where possible) the converse, obverted converse, and contrapositive of each of the following propositions :