They would hide it somewhere in a hole in the ground; which used formerly to be a common practice in this country; and still is, in some others, where property is very insecure.

2. When should "that" be used instead of who or which?

3. What should be the position of the relative with relation to its antecedent? Give examples of the violation of this rule, .

4. When may the pronoun every be followed by a plural noun? Instances,

5. What is the difference in application between much, little, and whole, and many, few, several? Give examples,

6. Point out the roots of the following,-malediction, benefactor, crucifix, trefoil, fraternity, and jurisdiction,

Geography, &c.

1. Give a brief outline of Ireland, naming its chief towns, rivers, and mountains,

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2. Describe its islands, capes, and bays, and the nature of its commerce,

3. Which are the chief rivers and lakes of Europe? 4. State the peninsulas of Europe, their boundaries and chief towns,

Lessons on Money Matters.

1. How is it shown that the payment of taxes, instead of being left to each man's choice, as in other exchanges, should be compulsory?

2. When are governments guilty of abuse in exercising this power, and what guarantees have the people of these kingdoms against such abuse?

3. Are endowments from lands, suppose for a college or an hospital, or any other useful institution, to be regarded as burdens on the public, or on the farmers who rent the land?

Arithmetic.

1. When wheat sells at 54s. 74d. per quarter (of 456 lbs.), how much does it cost per cwt.?

2. If a clerk, having a salary of £89 12s. 6d. per year, commence on the 1st of May, how much has he to receive on leaving his situation on the 18th December?.

3. How much wine may be bought at £17 8s. 4d., gallons cost £7 7s. 6d. ?

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4. Find the interest of £943 1s. 8d. from 1st May to 21st October, 1847, at 54 per cent.?

Mensuration.

1. How do you find the are of a parallelogram? 2. Into how many triangles may a four-sided or a five-sided figure be divided?

Examination Questions-continued.

QUESTIONS FOR EXAMINATION.

3. Explain how the breadth of a canal might be measured, approximately, by means of a book,

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Grammar, &c.

1. Parse the following:

Even the very worst government that ever was is both much better and much cheaper than no government at all. 2. When are nouns said to be in Apposition. Give examples,

3. What is the difference between "I shall go,” and "I will go,"

4. In the sentence "He and I have ordered our clothes," what is the person of the verb? Explain why thus taken,

5. What is the exception to the rule that pronouns must agree with the nouns they represent in gender, number, and person? Give instances,

belligerent,

6. Analyze into their roots the following words :Anniversary, terraqueous, artificer, suicide, centrifugal, and dentist,

7. Enumerate any words from the same roots that may occur to you, and explain their meaning,

Geography.

1. Describe the peninsulas of Asia.

2. Which are the inland seas of North America? 3. Which are the principal mountain ranges of the world?

4. Which are the inland seas of South America? the rivers? .

Lessons on Money Matters.

1. When a man enters a shop to buy a scythe or any other useful article, whether is it the consider ation of its worth to him or its cost to the seller which influences the price? .

2. Which of these elements, however, may be regarded as first prompting him to the purchase at all?

3. Could you conceive a case in which this last element would alone act to determine the price?

Arithmetic.

1. If a tradesman have 3s. 94d. a-day, how much is his yearly salary, the working days being 313? 2. How much wheat at 18s. 3d. per cwt. may be purchased for £149 16s. 4d.? By as many methods as you can,

3. Reduce 3 cwt. 1 qr. 7lbs. to the decimal of a

ton,

4. Required the value of of. £5 13s. 9d., 5. In how many days of 10 hours each would a job be completed by 25 men, which was performed by 20 men in 16 days of 12 hours?

6. Required the true discount on a bill of £156 10s, 6d, due 75 days hence, at 73 per cent,

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Mensuration.

1. How is the circumference of a circle found? 2. How is the area of a triangle found?

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Grammar, &c.

1. Parse the following sentence :

If you are so foolish as not to like this bargain, you must leave the country, and go and live somewhere else in the wilderness.

2. What does Case mean? And how many does the English noun retain ?

3. In what do nouns, formed from adjectives, generally end? Examples,

4. When may the adjective be used without the substantive? Give instances,

5. Analyze into their roots the following words, viz.: equivalent, longevity, navigate, amplify, rectangle, and unanimous,

Geography.

1. What is a Sea? Name and point out the Seas connected with the Atlantic on the east side,

2. Name the Seas connected with the Indian and Arctic Oceans,

3. What is understood by Latitude and Longitude? Does the temperature of a place depend upon its latitude alone?

4. How many classes of Mountains? general height of each class,

Lessons on Money Matters.

Give the

1. Why is a bushel of wheat of more value than the same quantity of oats?

2. Suppose the shoemaker, spoken of in the Lessons on Money Matters, to meet with a hatter who wanted shoes, what difference might still arise between them so as to prevent the exchange?

3. Would the cowries and cotton cloth, spoken of in the lessons as being used as money in some parts of Africa, serve as such in more advanced stages of society?. And if not, why not?

Arithmetic.

1. Multiply 2 by 8,

2. If purchased 18th of indigo, how much may be bought for 18 of a shilling?. 3. Reduce 10s. 9d. to the decimal of £i,

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4. Required 3945 of a day in hours,

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at 4 per cent. per annum, simple interest. Explain the process,

Mensuration.

1. What is the area of a Figure?

2. How are the surfaces of bodies measured?

3. How is the area of a circle found? Give an example,

5. Find the interest for 313 days on £780 12s. 6d.

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No. 6.-REPORT ON AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS by Dr.
KIRKPATRICK.

Dublin, April, 1849. GENTLEMEN,-In accordance with the instructions of the Commissioners of National Education as conveyed to me by you, I submit a Report of the transactions in which, as Inspector of Agricultural Schools in connexion with the National Board, I have been engaged since the month of September last, at which time I was honored with an appointment to that office, in order that I might assist in extending to other parts of the kingdom that system of combined agricultural and literary instruction which had been so successfully carried out in the Larne National School.

The short period that has elapsed since my appointment, has necessarily been employed in the preliminary examinations and inquiries, which, however indispensable to the commencement of such an undertaking, are nevertheless devoid of that interest which I venture to hope future Reports will possess, when the system of industrial training that has been intrusted to my supervision, shall have received further development.

My first occupation on entering upon the duties of my office was, to visit the proposed sites of Agricultural Schools and Model Farms, for which applications had been transmitted to the Commissioners from the following localities, viz. :

As I have already reported specially on each of these cases, I shall now confine myself to the general statement, that in nearly all of them I see good reason to hope that the views of the Commissioners can be efficiently carried out.

I have also visited and reported on the following Agricultural Schools in connexion with the Board, and at present in operation, viz.: M. Co. Tipperary. | Holywood, M. Co. Down. M.,, Clare. Dundrod, Antrim. Ballyrashane, O. Derry.

Kyle Park,
Sallybank,

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M.

Belvoir,

Do.

Kilkishin,

Do.

Dunmanway, M.

Cork.

Glandore,

Larne,

M.

Do.
Antrim.

Rahan,
Bailieborough, M.,

These schools are divided into two classes, the "Model Agricultural Schools" and the "Ordinary Agricultural Schools," and are indicated in the above list by the initials M. and O. The quantity

M. King's.

Cavan.

of ground allotted to the first class seldom exceeds 8 statute acres, and to the second or Ordinary Schools, 3 statute acres.

In both these classes of schools the literary teacher is also the teacher of agriculture, and when properly qualified for the discharge of this two-fold duty, by the requisite trainings at the Marlboroughstreet and Glasnevin establishments, and gifted at the same time with energy and industry, such teachers are enabled to conduct both departments with a degree of efficiency that must be witnessed to be fully appreciated.

To Mr. Donaghy, the late master of the Larne National School, and now superintendent of the Glasnevin Model Farm, the credit is due of having effectually removed every doubt on this point, and of showing practically how competent it is for a really well-qualified and energetic man to combine the duties of a literary teacher with those of a practical agricultural instructor, and at the same time to render both departments as efficient as if each had engaged his undivided attention. His successor, Mr. M'Donnell, furnishes, I rejoice to say, a like example of successful teaching in both departments, and fully sustains the high character earned by Mr. Donaghy for the Larne School.

I annex to this Report a statement of Mr. M'Donnell's farm accounts for the last year, which shows a result highly creditable to him as an agriculturist. I also annex statements from the Markethill and Rahan Model Agricultural Schools, and although the results are not so decisive as those of the Larne School, yet they fairly exemplify the system of green-cropping and house-feeding, and afford satisfactory proofs of careful and judicious management on the part of the respectable and intelligent teachers of those establishments. Mr. M'Donnell's farm consists of 44 Irish, or 7 statute acres, of these 1 rood is occupied by the farm-house, offices, and kitchen garden, so that there are actually about 4 Irish acres applicable to agricultural purposes. On this small plot of ground he has maintained, and in the very best condition, as I can testify, 3 milch cows, 2 calves, 4 pigs, and 1 donkey, and has, besides, raised 321 cwt. of wheat, 28 cwt. of oats, and 24 cwt. of potatoes.

It would I think be difficult, in any country, to find an instance of farm management which more fully exemplifies all the principles of improved husbandry. I take no account of the profit supposed to be realized, that must depend on the price of farm produce in different years, and in different localities, but such variations leave altogether untouched the conclusive fact, that upon such a limited parcel of ground such an amount of food for man and beast was actually raised; this is the real point to which all agricultural improvement must tend-the best system of agriculture is that which, without impoverishing the soil, raises the largest quantity of food from a given portion of land.

There is one feature in Mr. M'Donnell's statement of accounts which strikes me as deserving of especial notice at this particular time; I refer to the profit realized by the feeding of pigs; and this, as he assures me, without the slightest aid from the potato.

It appears from these accounts that in March, 1848, he purchased two kish" pigs, as they are termed, for £1 1s., and sold them in November for £6 18s. 9d.; these he replaced with four young