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PHARMACEUTICAL MEETING. 
ARITHMETIC. 
1. If a regiment of soldiers, consisting of 600 men, consume 162 quarters of wheat in 
108 days, how many quarters of wheat will 11,232 men consume in 56 days ? 
2. Reduce f of A of 11 to a simple fraction. 
3. Express 4-36, 8*927, and 67 - 54 as fractions. 
4. Find the cube root of 5,735,339. 
ENGLISH COMPOSITION. 
Write some remarks upon one of the following subjects:— 
A. “ The advantages of a knowledge of Botany.” 
B. “Talent.” 
CHEMISTRY. 
1. How are the Sulphate and Carbonate of Magnesia of commerce prepared ? 
2. How is Oxalic Acid prepared ? In what state does it occur in nature ? Give the 
reactions for its presence. 
PHARMACY. 
1. Describe the various methods for preparing extracts in the British Pharmacopoeia. 
2. Name the preparations containing Opium in the British Pharmacopoeia, giving the 
proportion in each. 
BOTANY. 
1. What are the organs of a complete Flower ? 
2. What is meant by the terms Monoecious and Dioecious ? 
3. What is the meaning of the terms Dehiscent and Indehiscent ? Name some plants 
to the fruits of which these terms are applicable. 
4. What is the meaning of the terms Genus, Species, and Variety ? 
MATERIA MEDICA. 
1. What Orders of plants furnish respectively the following drugs, viz. Rhubarb, 
Guaiacum, Cinnamon, Chamomile, Gamboge, Gum Arabic, and Scammony ? 
2. What is the nature of the substances to which the terms Gum, Gum-resin, Resin, and 
Oleo-resin are respectively applicable ? Give an example of each. 
3. In what countries are the following drugs produced, viz. Canella alba, Cascarilla, 
Mastich, Kamala, Liquid Storax, Senega Root, Aconite, and Valerian? 
4. How is Arrow-root manufactured ? 
Senior. 
LATIN. 
1. Translate the following into English. Celsus, Book I.:— 
“ Sanus homo, qni et bene valet, et suae spontis est, nullis obligare se legibus 
debet: ac neque medico, neque iatraliptra egere. Hunc oportet varium habere 
vitae genus: modo ruri esse, modo in urbe, saepiusque in agro; navigare, venari, 
quiescere interdum, sed frequentius se exercere: siquidem ignavia corpus hebetat, 
labor firmat: ilia maturam senectutem, hie longam adolescentiam reddit.” 
2. Translate the following into Latin : 
“ Dissolve the camphor and oil of lavender in the spirit: then add the solution 
of ammonia gradually, shaking them together until a clear solution is formed.” 
ARITHMETIC. 
1. What is the amount of compound interest on £474.16s. 6d., calculated half-yearly, 
for 2\ years, at 5 per cent, per annum ? 
2. If ginger is purchased at 98s. 6 d. per cwt., and is sold so as to gain 15 per cent., 
what is the amount of the gain per cwt. and what rate is it to be sold at per 
pound ? 
3. Find the cube root of and 4-|f. 
4. Reduce 2 qrs., 3 qrs. 7 lbs., and 1 qr. 24 lbs. to fractions of a cwt. 
