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3. Write a general account of the Fauna of Australia (vertebrate and invertebrate), mentioning any noteworthy facts concerning its relations to that of other countries.

4. What do you consider to be the most satisfactory division of the surface of the globe into zoological regions? Give reasons for your answer.

5. Write an essay on the Glacial Epoch, and its effect on the distribution of animals.

BIOLOGY.

FIFTH PAPER.

The Board of Examiners.

All answers must be illustrated by sketches.

A few

questions fully answered will count more than a larger number imperfectly answered.

1. Trace the solution of sexual reproduction in the vegetable kingdom, illustrating your answer by definite examples. What structures in the

vascular cryptogams are to be regarded as homologous with the pollen grains and ovules of a flowering plant?

2. Describe in detail the structure and life history of Puccinia graminis.

3. Write a short essay on the histology of the vegetable kingdom, showing in the case of the higher plants how the different tissues may be classified in accordance with their development.

4. Write as full an account as you can of the Equisetineæ, and state what you know of their distribution in space and time.

5. Write a short essay on insectivorous plants.

BIOLOGY.

SIXTH PAPER.

The Board of Examiners.

Write an essay on not more than two of the following subjects:

(1) Rudimentary organs.

(2) The Transmission of acquired characters. (3) The distribution of marine forms of life. (4) The Relationship of living Sauropsida to extinct forms.

BIOLOGY.

(LABORATORY WORK.)

FIRST PAPER.

The Board of Examiners.

1. Name, classify, and make preparations illustrating in detail the structure of the specimen labelled A. Describe your preparations briefly, and illustrate your answer by sketches.

2. Recognize and describe the microscopical preparations labelled B, C, D, E, F, G, H, J, K.

BIOLOGY.

(LABORATORY WORK.)

SECOND PAPER.

The Board of Examiners.

1. Make such preparations as you think necessary to explain fully the structure of Amphioxus. Write brief descriptions, and illustrate your answer by sketches.

2. Make such preparations as you think necessary to explain fully the structure of the specimens labelled L and M. Name and classify them. Write brief descriptions, and illustrate your answer by sketches.

3. Recognize and make preparations of the specimen labelled N. Sketch and briefly describe your preparations.

BIOLOGY.

(LABORATORY WORK.)

THIRD PAPER.

The Board of Examiners.

Draw your

1. Make a dissection to show the heart and main vessels of the lizards provided. dissection and name the parts.

2. Make such preparations and dissections as are necessary to show the structure of the oyster provided. Draw your preparations and dissections, and name the parts.

BIOLOGY.

(LABORATORY WORK.)

FOURTH PAPER.

The Board of Examiners.

1. Name and describe the specimens labelled O, P, Q,

R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z.

INTERNATIONAL LAW.

The Board of Examiners.

Not more than EIGHT questions should be attempted, of which Four should be from Nos. 1 to 6, and Four from 7 to 12.

1. "If sovereignty had not been associated with the proprietorship of a limited portion of the earth, had not it in other words become territorial, threefourths of the Grotian theory would have been incapable of application."-Maine, Ancient Law. Discuss the significance of this remark with reference to the influence of the Law of Nature and the jus gentium in the development of International Law.

2. What question arose in the case of the Franconia (R. v. Keyn) as to the obligation of International Law as against British Law? How was the question of jurisdiction arising in that case subsequently settled? What was the main question in the case, and what legislation ensued upon it? 3. Define Nationality and Domicile, and distinguish between "civil" and "commercial" domicile. What question arose between England and the United States during the Civil War of 1860 as to the British subjects resident in the United States, and what declaration was made by the British Ministry on the subject?

4. (a) In a war between Great Britain and France, a French ship is made prize by a British ship, is then recaptured by the French, and finally is

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