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English. — Grammar and Composition. 
(1) Give the full analysis of the sentence — ■“ But she had now accomplished 
the capital objects which her own vision had dictated/’ 
(2) Parse every word in— “ Let old Timotheus yield the prize.” 
(3) Write a short piece of composition, paying great attention to spelling 
and punctuation, on “ Beading as a means of mental improvement or, “ Foot- 
ball as a recreation.” [N.B. — Good careful composition tells greatly in the can- 
didate’s favour.] 
Aeithmetic.— First four rules, simple and compound ; vulgar and decimal frac- 
tions, and simple and compound proportion. British and Metrical systems of 
Weights and Measures. 
(1) A man going on a week’s tour takes £20 in his pocket, and spends on 
each day £1 13s. 7d., £1 2s. 9d., £2 Is. 4d., £1 16s. 5d., £1 17s. 6d., £2 2s. 10d., 
and £1 Is. 5d. How much has he left at the end of the week ? 
(2) Find value of § £ + ^ £ — A £. 
3 5 + 2- 5 1t£t 
(3) Simplify and reduce your answer to a decimal. 
(4) How many times can a length of ^ths of an inch be cut olf from a rod 
4 feet long ; and what will be the length of the remaining piece P 
(5) 2370 men have provisions for 57 days, and after 17 days 120 men go 
away : how long will the remaioing provisions last the men who are left ? 
(6) Suppose that 100 litres = 22 gallons, and that a gallon weighs 160 ozs. 
avoirdupois, find how many lbs. avoirdupois there are in 5 kilolitres. 
Major Examination, 6th and 7th September, 1886. 
Questions in Practical Pharmacy. — Examiners, Messrs. Francis and Owen. 
Time allowed, one hour. 
Division I. — Dispensing — Practical Wore. 
(1) Bead five autograph prescriptions. 
(2) Dispense : — R : Mist, amygd., §iv ; syr. scillse, 5iii ; tr. opii, gtt. xl. 
Misce. Quod uncial sumatur tussi admodum ingravesc. 
(3) R Pulv. jalapas, 3i ; scammon., 9i ; hydrarg. subchlor., gr. xii. Misce, et 
in pulv. xii divide quorum capiat i vel ij ut necesse sit ad sedes. 
Written Work. 
Time allowed, two hours. 
(1) Write out fully in Latin, using words instead of signs for the 
quantities, the following : — 
R Ext. coloc. co. 3i. Hyd. subchl. gr. xii. Ft. mas. in pil. xii divid. 
Cap. sum. mane iii et post ii si alvus hor. vi, non sat. dejec. 
(2) Write the quantities of iodide of potass. — arsenic — perchloride of 
mercury — chloroform and chiretta contained in each dose of the following 
mixture : — R Pot. iodid. 3i ; liq. arsenical 3ifs ; liq. hyd. perch. 3iB ; spt. 
€hlor. 3iv ; inf. chirettse ad. Jviii; M. 3B ter die. 
(3) What is an emulsion? JName five emulsifying agents, and state with 
what substances each should be employed. 
(4) Give the doses of, and antidotes to, atropia, ol. crotonis, tinct. 
eanthar des, opium, tr. aconiti. 
(5) With what are the following incompatible ? — Argent nit. ; ext. 
hasmatoxyli ; pot. iodid. ; liq. strychnia. ; potass, permangan. 
(6) What excipients should be used — 
(1) For vegetable powders containing fibrous and mucilaginous matters ? 
(2) For vegetable powders deficient in the above characteristics? 
