xciv Agricultural Education — Examination Pajjers, 1874. 



Stock was taken at the end of the month, and was found 



to amount to 1,400Z. 17s. 2d., thus : — £ s. d. 



Stock of Petroleum 189 2 7 



Tallow 779 16 2 



„ Essential Oils 431 18 5 



EXAMINATION IN GEOLOGY. 

 Maximum Number of Marks, 100. Pass Number, 50. 

 ' Friday, April l7th, from 2 p.m. till 5 p.m. 



1. Give the general geographical position in England of the three 

 great divisions of stratified rocks. 



2. State the characters by which the Aqueous and Iqueous-formed 

 rocks are distinguished from each other. 



3. Mention the sub-divisions of the Cretaceous rocks ; state their 

 mineral characters, and the agricultural features of the districts situated 

 upon them. 



4. Name the chief mineral substances used as fertilizers, and state 

 the geological position of the rocks from which they are obtained in 

 England. 



6. State what you know of the geological age, physical features, 

 ^nd agricultural characters of the Wealden formation. 



6. Name the different kinds of granite, and give the general cha- 

 racters of their constituent minerals. 



7. Mention the agencies by which granite and limestone are 

 -disintegrated. State the results. 



'^ 8. Give the geological position of the Old red sandstone and the 

 New red sandstone, and state the mineral and palfeontological cha- 

 racters by which they are distinguished. 



9. What is the boulder clay? Describe its extent and origin. 

 How does it differ from the clays of earlier geological age ? 



10. Give the geological position of the different kinds of soil fuel 

 in Britain. 



11. Name some fossils by which you distinguish the strata older 

 than the Carboniferous period. 



12. Name the rocks and fossils on the table. 



