xc Agricultural Education. — Examination Papers, 1873. 
4. A straight flight of stairs rises altogether 14 feet, each riser is 
7 inches high, each tread 11 inches wide ; how many yards are needed 
to carj^et it, allowing a foot at each end ? 
5. In a common hipped roof, the eaves are 32 feet and 50 feet long 
respectively ; the pitch is 2 horizontal to 1 vertical ; how many squares 
of slate will cover it ? 
6. A cubic inch of iron weighs 4 oz. ; what is the weight of the 
tire of a wheel 5 feet in diameter, 3 inches wide, and ^ inch thick ? 
7. Two trees are at opposite sides of a pond ; there is plenty of 
open ground about the pond, and you can freely approach the trees ; 
you are provided with ropes, pickets, and tape ; explain how to deter- 
mine the distance between the trees by any method that does not 
involve the measurement or prolongation of a short line. 
8. A road 3 miles long slopes up at an angle of 3° 15' 21" ; find 
the vertical height of the upper above the lower end of the road. 
9. A base AB is measured 371 feet long ; P is a point in the same 
horizontal plane with the base ; the angle PAB is 62° 18', and PBA 
is 97° 43' ; find the distance PA, and distance from A of the point 
where a perpendicular drawn from P cuts AB or AB produced. 
EXAMINATION IN BOOKKEEPING. 
Maximum Number of Marks, 200. Pass Number, 100. 
Friday, April 25i7j, from 10 a.m. till 1 p.m. 
Journalise and post into a ledger, in proper technical form and 
language, the following series of facts and transactions ; and from 
such ledger make out a Trial Balance, a Profit and Loss Account, 
and a Balance Sheet : — 
Liabilities and Assets of A. Briant, Seed Merchant, 81st December, 
1872. 
Liabilities. £ s. d. 
Amount due P. Taylor 135 14 6 
Eent (one quarter) 25 0 0 
Bills payable — 
Due 28th Jan., 1873 .. .. 160 0 0 
„ 4th Feb., 1873 .. .. 210 0 0 
370 0 0 
Assets £ s ct 
Stock in hand 1345 13 8 
Carts, horses, &c 150 0 0 
Cash in hand 20 4 9 
Stock of hay 20 0 0 
