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4. Name and describe the situation of the highest chains of mountains in Asia and North America. Whereabouts are Chimborazo, the Peak of Teneriffe, Mont Cenis, Snowdon, Atlas, Egmont, Tongariro, Mount Cook? Which of them are volcanoes?

5. From what countries does Great Britain import wool, silk, timber, rice, sugar, coffee, spices?

6. What are the principal rivers of South America? Where are Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Ayres, Valparaiso, and Lima situated, and of what countries are they respectively the capitals?

7. Write a geographical description of Australia, describing its divisions, chief towns, climate, and natural productions.

8. Whereabouts are the islands of Cuba, Mauritius, the Azores, the Auckland Islands; the Sea of Aral; and the lakes Wener, Erie, Wakatip, Rotorua?

9. Suppose a person travelling from Blenheim to Invercargill, what towns will he pass, and what large rivers will he have to cross?

10. What are the two principal rivers in Tasmania, and what towns are situated on them?

SACRED AND BRITISH HISTORY

1. What were the principal events in the life of Moses?

2. Give some account of the reigns of Uzziah, Ahaz, and Hezekiah.

3. Whose son was John the Baptist? How was his birth foretold? On what occasions is he mentioned in the Gospel history in connection with Christ?

4. How were the following prophecies fulfilled:—
   Out of Egypt have I called my son.
   He shall be called a Nazarene.
   Behold thy King cometh unto thee, meek and sitting upon an ass,
   And they took the thirty pieces of silver ... and gave them for the potter's field.

5. What events are recorded in the Acts of the Apostles as having occurred during St. Paul's stay at Ephesus?

6. Who were the Normans, and what led to the invasion of England by them?

7. Explain the circumstances that led to the deposition of Richard II.

8. Write a list of the Sovereigns of the Tudor and Stuart families, giving the dates of the accession and death of each.

9. Describe the state of Scotland, and the events there, during the reign of Elizabeth.

10. Give the dates of the accession and death of each of the English Sovereigns named William; state how each acquired the throne and his relationship to his predecessor.

11. State briefly what you know of Simon de Montfort, Margaret of Anjou, Perkin Warbeck, Sir T. Moore, Prince Rupert, Titus Oates.

12. What circumstances in English history are connected with the following places:— Alnwick, Barnet, Shrewsbury, Sedgmoor, Londonderry, Copenhagen?

ART OF TEACHING

1. Prepare the Notes of a Lesson on a Common Pump.

2. Also the Notes of a First Lesson on the Animal Kingdom.

3. Give in one Tabular form without dividing your table into days of the week, a Time Table for a Mixed School of 80.

4. What Registers are required for a District School?

5. State how to find the "average daily attendance."

6. Also, the average number of days attended per scholar per week.

7. Give any exceptions to the above rules.

8. What is the use of keeping the amount of each scholar's attendance?

9. State the best method of conducting a Dictation Lesson.

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