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He spends 800Z. for his personal expenses. 
He pays 30^. Insurance. 
He sells to John Sharp, Corn Dealer, Cereal Produce 960Z., 
Hay 600/., and is paid in cash (1482Z.), allowing 5 per 
cent, discount. 
He sells live-stock to Murdoch for 2950Z. and is paid 950Z. 
cash, and receives two bills for lOOOZ. each ; one due in 
October, 1883, and one due in January, 1884. 
He buys beasts for grazing of Williams for 1350/., for 
which he pays in cash. 
He purchases seeds, cake and guano from Sutton for 350/, 
and pays him 540/., being allowed 10 per cent, discount. 
He gives Eobey & Co. a bill for 1300/., due August 10th, 
1883. 
He pays M'Leod 150/. 3s. &d. for the fencing. 
He sells milk and butter to Hancock for 350/. and receives 
300/. cash. Then Hancock fails and his estate is esti- 
mated to realise only 5s. in the /., so 37/. 10s. is written 
ofif as a bad debt. 
He pays the interest on his mortgage (less income tax 
at 6ti.) up to 2!)th December, 1883, by two cheques, 
195/. and 97/. 10s. 
He writes 5 per cent, off plant and machinery for deprecia- 
tion. 
He spends 200/. cash for ordinary repairs. 
At the end of the year his live stock is valued as follows : — 
9 horses at 50/. each, 60 cows at 20/. each, 200 sheep at 
3/. each, hay, corn and straw 3100/., growing crops 750/. 
EXAMINATION IN GEOLOGY. 
Maximum Number of Maeks, 100. Pass Number, 50. 
Friday, May l^th, from 2 p.m. till 5 p.m. 
1. What is Gravel? Describe in detail any examples which you 
know, with the circumstances of their origin, places of occurrence, 
and the nature of the surface of the ground composed of them, 
whether cultivated or otherwise. 
2. Mention and describe the chief Clay districts of England. 
What do they produce in the natural, and in the cultivated state, 
respectively ? 
3. What are Shale, Slate, and Schist ? Describe their charac- 
teristic differences ; and explain the causes that have produced these 
differences. 
4. Give some account of the processes concerned in the disintegra- 
tion and decomposition of Granite, and of the ultimate disposition of 
the resultant materials. 
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