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(2) Parse every word which is in italics in the following 
But knowledge to their eyes her ample page 
Rich with the spoils of time did ne’er unroll; 
Chill penury repressed their noble rage 
And froze the genial current of the soul. 
(3) Write a short piece of composition, with careful spelling and punctuation, 
on “ The climate of Victoria or, “The evil of selfishness in character.” 
Q-ood careful composition tells greatly in the candidate’s favour.] 
Arithmetic. — 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 farmer sold at a fair 320 sheep, at £3 13s. 6d. each, and bought 54 
cows, at £15 11s. each : how much money did he take home ? 
(2) Find value of f £ + f of £2 16s. — rV of £4. 
(3) Reduce to lowest terms and express as a decimal 
2\ — 11 of 2\ + lj 
(2| - 1*) of (2| + 15 ) 
(4) If J of a ton is worth £5 12s., what is the value of f of a cwt. 
(5) The railway fares in Prussia are two-thirds of those in England : if it 
costs £1 2s. 6d. to travel 180 miles in England, what will it cost to travel 160 
miles in Prussia. 
(6) A metre being = 39371 inches nearly, find how many miles there are 
in 50 kilometres. 
Examination for the Certificate of the College of Pharmacy, Melbourne. 
2nd and 3rd December, 1886. 
Materia Medica. 
Time allowed, two hours. 
(1) Mention the geographical and botanical sources of the following drugs : — 
(a) Cinchonine, (b) Strychnine. ( c ) Cevadilla. ( d ) Jaborandi. ( e ) Cocaine 
(/) Chrysophanic acid. 
(2) Define fully Eamala, Galls, Spanish Juice, Indigo, and Elaterium. 
(3) Why is cold water ordered to be used in making the Infusions of 
Calumba and Quassia? 
(4) What are the physical characters and chemical tests of— (a) Guaicum 
resin. ( b ) Aloes. ( c ) Copaiva. 
(5) Mention the habitat , characters, and use of the genus “ Sanguisuga.” 
(6) Which official drugs are obtained from the natural orders Leguminosse 
and Composite? 
(7) Name the official parts — preparations, their composition and doses — of 
Prunus laurocerasus ; Conium maculatum ; Atropa belladonna ; Artemisia maritima. 
Botany. 
Time allowed, two hours. 
(1) Define, and illustrate, the following terms : — Corm, Bulb, Tuber, Rhizome, 
Prickle, Spine. 
(2) Contrast exogenous and endogenous growth, and mention examples of 
each kind. 
(3) Describe the functions and structure of a leaf. 
(4) Describe, and illustrate, the various kinds of Placentation and of 
Dehiscence. 
(5) Sketch the life history of the “ Aspidium filix-mas ” and of the 
“ Claviceps purpuren.” 
