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the Society. The interests of the Society should be uppermost in the minds of 
the students. They should go forth imbued with the spirit of progress and 
science. Dr. Edwards hoped that they would not leave the room without look¬ 
ing upon the bust, and thinking of him who had left so large a mind behind— 
left it in the midst of his days, and who had left behind him a memory which 
would not soon be forgotten by those who were so much indebted to him. 
JUNIOR BELL SCHOLARSHIP. 
The questions at the Written Examination were as follows :—• 
ENGLISH COMPOSITION. 
I. Write upon one of the following subjects:—Chemistry, its history and uses. Rail¬ 
ways, War. 
ARITHMETIC. 
1 . Why is Proportion called the Rule of Three? 
2 . If a servant’s wages be 25 guineas a year, how much has he to receive for 87 days’ 
service ? 
3. If four workmen can earn £5. 12.s. in six days, how much will their master have to 
pay them for 305 days at the same rate, and how much will each man’s income 
be ? 
4. Reduce 4, 4, L te? f° decimals of the same value. 
5. Divide 1-7154 by T5. 
LATIN. 
1 . Give the perfect tenses of the verbs Esse, Amare, Monere, Lcgere, and Audire. 
2. What are Deponent verbs, and how are they conjugated ? 
3. What are the peculiarities of Defective verbs ? 
4. From what are Adjectives derived? state their suffixes. 
5. Translate ‘ Caesar’s Commentaries,’ Book II., from “ Quum Caesar esset in citeriore,” etc., 
to the words yearn rein in imperio nostro.” 
CHEMISTRY AND PHARMACY. 
1 . What are the specific gravities of Rectified Spirit, Proof Spirit, Water, and Oil of 
Vitriol ? 
2. What is the proportion of Sugar in simple Syrup ? 
3. What is the composition of Water, and how is its composition determined? 
4. What is the colour of pure crystallized Protosulphate of Iron ? What is the cause of 
the change of colour which this salt sometimes undergoes when exposed to the 
air, and how may such change be prevented ? 
5. For what purpose is sugar used in Saccharine Carbonate of Iron? 
U. How is extract of Jalap prepared according to the London Pharmacopoeia? 
BOTANY AND MATERIA MEDICA. 
1. Distinguish between organs of Vegetation or Nutrition, and organs of Reproduc¬ 
tion, and arrange the different organs of plants under these respective divisions. 
2. Define a Stem, Root, Rhizome, Corm, Tuber, and Bulb. 
3. Mention the parts which are visible to the naked eye, upon making a transverse sec¬ 
tion of a Dicotyledonous stem. 
4. What plants yield black and white Hellebore ; and to what Natural Order does each 
belong. 
5. What are the officinal kinds of Aloes? State their leading distinctive peculiarities. 
6 . What are the officinal plants of the Natural Orders Cruciferce, Malvaceae , and Pobj- 
(jalacece i 
The following Associates were elected Scholars:— 
1. John Watts. 
2. Frederick Rich Passmore. 
Air. Caiitelgiie begged to say a "word in reference to the Pereira Medal. He 
thought that there were few present who really knew that the medal was com- 
