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The questions for the examination were as follows :— 
BOTANY. 
1. What are the characters by which Ferns, Lycopodiums, Mosses, Lichens, Seaweeds, 
and Fungi are distinguished from each other ? 
2. Describe the structure of the fruit in Umbetliferce. 
3. Describe, in botanical terms, the fruit of Myristica officinalis, L. 
4. What are the botanical differences between a strawberry and a raspberry ? 
MATERIA MEDICA. 
1. What articles of the Materia Medica are yielded by the order Hamamelidece 
(Liquidambaracece of Pereira’s Elem. of Mat. Med.)? Describe the more im¬ 
portant, naming its place of production, and other particulars. 
2. Lobelia inffata is usually imported in rectangular cakes, consisting of the chopped and 
compressed herb. By what characters may its genuineness be recognized ? 
3. Where is Wood Oil produced? By what tree, and by what process? How does it 
differ from Copaiba ? 
4. By what characters would you judge of the purity of the following substances, viz. 
Lard, White W r ax, Cayenne Pepper, Powdered Aniseed, and Arrow Root / 
CHEMISTRY. 
1. Give the properties of Oleic, Margaric, and Stearic Acids; name and describe some 
of the most important compounds they form ; state whether the pure acids 
undergo any change by distillation, and, if so, the nature of the new products. 
2. What are the metals generally associated with Platinum in nature ? Name the dis¬ 
tinctive characters of Platinum and the other metals of the group, together with 
methods for their separation from each other, and the most important or dis¬ 
tinctive compounds of each of them. 
3. Describe the laws of Chemical Combination, both by weight and by volume; 
name any important changes that have been made in the more recently 
accepted theory of Chemical Notation, giving the reason on which such changes 
are based. 
The medal was awarded to 
Hermann Woolley. 
JACOB BELL SCHOLARSHIPS. 
Six candidates presented themselves for the Junior Scholarship. The Scholar¬ 
ship was awarded to 
Alfred Neobard Palmer. 
The Senior Scholarship was awarded to 
Joseph Bemrose. 
The questions for the Written Examinations were as follows :•— 
Junior. 
LATIN. 
1. Decline—Duo, Hie, and Viridis. 
2. What are the gerunds of Eo, Fero, Fio, and Nolo? 
3. Translate the following passage from Caesar, liber i.:— 
“ Caesar singulis legionibus singulos legatos et quaestorem praefecit, uti eos testes 
suae quisque virtutis haberet. Ipse a dextro cornu, quod earn partem minime 
firmam hostium esse animum adverterat, preelium commisit. Ita nostri acriter in 
hostes, signo dato, impetum fecerunt: itaque hostes repente celeriterque procurre- 
runt, ut spatium pila in hostes conjicieudi non daretur. Kejectis pilis, comminus 
gladiis pugnatuin est.” 
