Agricultural Education — Examination Papers, 1880. cv 
1878. £ s. d. 
Jan. 23. — Sold 50 qrs. Com and received cheque .. 102 10 0 
„ 2(5. — Paid by cbe(iuc to Thomas Moxon .. .. 305 0 0 
„ 27.— Sold to Henry James Live Stock .. .. 1020 0 0 
„ 28. — Sent Henry James for his accept- 
ance draft for £560 0 0 
Eeceived back from him di-aft 
for £5C0 duly accepted and 
cash 400 0 0 
960 0 0 
Paid from Petty Cash for labour 51 11 6 
31. — Interest accrued to date on loan 
from P. Squire at 5 per cent. 
on £500 for half-year .. £12 10 0 
On £1500 for 26 days .. .. 6 5 0 
18 15 0 
Depreciation of Dead Stock at 5 per cent, per 
annum 214 2 
Estimated value of Corn unthrashed at this 
date 4.50 0 0 
Ditto ditto Live Stock 1330 0 0 
Ditto ditto Maize on hand . . . . 5 0 0 
Ditto ditto Linseed Cake .. .. 53 0 0 
EXA.MINATION IN GEOLOGY. 
Maximum Numbee of Marks, 100. Pass Number, 50. 
Friday, April 16th, from 2 p.m. till 5 p.m. 
1. Give the physical characters and approximate chemical com- 
position of six of the chief rock-forming minerals. 
2. By w-hat agencies are rocks disintegrated or weathered ? Give 
some examples of the decay of rocks. 
3. Tabulate the sub-divisions of the Cretaceous rocks and place 
alongside their general lithological characters. Name some of the 
characteristic fossils. 
4. What is Boulder clay ? Explain its origin. How does it differ 
from the ordinary clay deposits of the regular stratified rocks '? 
5. Mention the principal economical substances obtained from thc- 
Carboniferous locks of Great Britain. 
6. Upon what formations are the chief clay vales of England 
situated ; and what are their distinctive ao-ricultural characters ? 
7. What is peat ? How has it been formed ? Mention the 
principal occurrences of peat in the British Islands. 
8. Define, conglomerate, flagstone, warp, pan, septaria, and explain 
their origin. 
