(3) CONSTITUTIONAL LAW.

Dr. Hearn.

Same as for Honour Examination, pp. 180-182.

IV.-POLITICAL ECONOMY.

Professor Elkington.

PAPER NO. 1.

1. What is meant by Philosophical Necessity? What is Mr. Mill's reason for discussing it in his Sixth Book?

2. Mr. Mill adduces certain considerations to shew that speculations concerning society may be as reliable as conclusions of the exact sciences. What are those considerations?

3. Is Induction by itself or Deduction by itself competent to resolve problems of society? If not, explain fully how such problems can be resolved.

4. Mention the principal sources of erroneous observation in political investigations, distinguishing those which are common to the sciences generally from those which are special to society and politics.

5. What is the supreme canon of historical evidence? Is that canon exclusive as well as inclusive?

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6. Exemplify the fallacy that in the conduct of life results are always proportionate to appliances.

7. What is the true test to apply to legislation designed for the relief of the labouring classes, e.g., the English Factory Acts?

8. What conditions must a system of co-operation satisfy to achieve permanent success?

9. (a) What are the reasons for and against the Crown retaining the monopoly of the coin

age?

(b) What are the chief expedients in use in the commercial world for economising the use of coin?

10. What is Protectionism, and what is its fundamental fallacy?

11. What is Communism, and what is its fundamental fallacy?

12. What is Socialism, and what is its fundamental fallacy?

PAPER No. 2.

Write a short article on each of the following subjects:

1. The commercial clauses of the Act of Union, 1707, and their influence on Scottish prosperity.

2. The causes which determined the transition of Lancashire from an agricultural community to a great centre of manufacturing industry.

3. The history of the Orders in Council, 1806–7.

4. Railway development and railway legislation in Great Britain.

5. The history and the policy of the Bank Charter Act, 1844.

6. The history of legislation in England concerning

(a) Limited liability.

(b) Patents and copyright.

PAPER NO. 3.

1. In what principal features did the industrial organization of the Early Roman Empire stand in broad contrast with that of the British Empire of the present century?

2. Trace the development of national industry during the Elizabethan period.

3. What was the population of the British Islands at the beginning of the present century? What was it at the last census ? What are the principal causes which have operated during the interval to increase or to retard population in any part of the British Islands?

4. Mention any evidence of change in the proportion of imports to exports in the case of the British Islands during the last forty years. To what conclusion, if any, does the evidence point?

5. What, in British India, are the great impediments to better husbandry, and how, if at all, may those impediments be modified or removed?

6. Give the history of the Smith, and explain why Smith is so common a surname in all European

countries.

7. Give some account of Richard Crawshay, Benjamin Huntsman, William Murdock, David Mushet, and Phineas Pett respectively.

8. Is Rent an element in the cost of production? State your reasons fully.

9. What conditions must be satisfied in order that a trade combination to increase the price of an article in a given market by limiting the supply may succeed?

10. State and criticise the fundamental principles of

taxation.

11. State and criticise the principles of governmental intervention in matters of industry.

12. What are the characteristic difficulties which have to be met by co-operative societies for production as distinguished from those for distribution?

V.-MODERN LANGUAGES.

Professor Morris.

(1) For an English Essay

THE INFLUENCE OF IDEAS.

Quality, not quantity, is what is wanted.

About

four sheets of foolscap would be enough, but pains should be taken with the style and arrangement.

(2) ENGLISH.

1. What are the chief differences between Anglo-Saxon (or old English) and modern English?

2. Write an essay on the connection between English and existing European languages.

3. What is meant by a synonym ? Give several examples. Account for English being specially rich in synonyms.

4. State the arguments for and against phonetic spelling.

5. Write a short historical account of the use of its and thou. Can one justify the use of the common expression "it's me"?"

6. Is there any defence for slang? Are distinctions to be made between different kinds of slang?