2. Mention the probable geographical origin of the following:-Date-palm, cocoa-nut palm, breadfruit, cotton, indigo, cinchona, the present localities in which they grow, and the natural and climatal conditions which tend to circumscribe their distribution.

3. Indicate the characteristic vegetation of Meyer's eight regions of altitude, mentioning any correspondence there may be between them and zones of horizontal range of vegetation on the earth's surface.

4. State the principles on which Schouw divides the surface of the earth into phyto-geographical regions, and indicate the geographical position and the mean temperature of―

(a) The region of Scitamineæ.

5. Give the names and limits of the five generally accepted zones of depth in the sea and mention some of the chief forms of plant and animal life which are characteristic of each zone in the British and Mediterranean Seas.

6. Give the names and approximate boundaries of the nine great Homoizoic belts of distribution of land and marine animals.

7. In which belts are the following marine genera of fish respectively found?—

(a) Anarrichas, (b) Chimæra, (c) Cestracion, (d) Morrhua.

8. What is the geographical distribution of the following Reptilian families:-(a) Pipidæ, (b) Hydrophidæ, (c) Trionycidæ, (d) Crocodilida?

9. What is the geographical distribution of the chief families of Raptores and Struthiones?

10. Give the geographical range of the following genera of mammalia: "Echidna," "Manis," "Myrmecophaga," "Didelphys," "Dasyurus," "Phascolomys,' ," "Hyrax," "Dicotyles," "Phascochorus," "Auchenia," "Camelopardus," "Camelus," "Cynocephalus," ," "Callithrix," "Lemur."

(2) PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERS OF MINERALS.

The Board of Examiners.

1. Write out in full detail the characters of all the systems of crystallization of minerals, with the relations of all the faces of all the fundamental and chief secondary forms to the crystallographic axes, with the notation for each face according to the methods both of Miller and of Weiss.

2. Give a clear account of all the characteristic properties depending upon the action of light, made use of for discriminating minerals.

3. Give the characters of as many mineral species as you can isomorphous with each other in each of the systems of crystallization.

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4. By what crystallographic and other physical and chemical characters would you discriminate Tinstone, Magnetic Iron Ore, and Iserine?

5. By what crystalline characters may the chief mineral Sulphides of Iron and Copper be discriminated?

6. What are the angular differences between the primary forms of crystals of Calc Spar, Bitter Spar, Calamine, and Siderite or Spathose Iron?

7. What are the distinctive characteristics of the chief Felspar species ?

8. Describe the chief ores of Silver by their physical characters and chemical reactions.

9. Enumerate in proper order the minerals forming V. Kobell's scale of fusibility.

10. By what blowpipe reactions would you recognise Magnesia, Strontia, Barytes, Potash, Lithia, Soda, and Arsenic in Minerals?

(3) GENERAL EXTERNAL AND ANATOMICAL CHARACTERS OF THE CLASSES, ORDERS, AND FAMILIES OF ANIMALS.

The Board of Examiners.

1. Define by external characters all the Classes of Cold-blooded Animals, and briefly note the anatomical peculiarities of each.

2. Define by external characters all the orders of

Reptilia, and give the chief anatomical characters of each.

3. Describe in proper order all the bones of the limbs in the different classes of the Vertebrata, with the relations of the carpal and tarsal bones to each other and to the different metacarpal and metatarsal bones when present.

4. Describe fully the circulation and respiration in Fishes, and contrast it with that in Mammalia,

Crustacea, Insecta, and Brachiopoda respectively.

5. Define the families of the Gasteropoda, and give the chief anatomical peculiarities of each.

6. What are the chief external and internal characteristics of the Cetacea?

7. Define by external characters all the Orders of Aves, and enumerate the chief Families of each.

8. What are the chief reasons for supposing the Plagiostomata to be the highest and not the lowest of their class, and what are the anatomical characters common to them and the Ganoida not found in other Pisces?

9. Describe the succession and external characteristic peculiarities of both the deciduous and permanent teeth in all the Orders of Mammalia.

10. Contrast the digestive system in the Ruminantia, Primates, Annelida, Suctoria, Anenterata, and

Aves.

EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF
DOCTOR OF LAWS.

ROMAN LAW.

Dr. Hearn.

1. What is the dominant idea in the arrangement of the Digest, and what accordingly are its leading divisions?

2. State Bluhme's discovery as to the mode in which the Digest was compiled.

3. What independent sources exist for testing the accuracy of the extracts given in the Digest?

4. State the three special legal reforms due to Aquillius Gallus, and the facts known of his life.

5. Quote the passages from Horace in which he mentions eminent jurists, and state briefly what is otherwise known of these persons.

6. Discuss the meaning of Edictum Provinciale.

7. State the arguments for and against the evolution of the Stipulatio from the Nexum.

8. State the meanings assigned in the Digest to the following words :-Familia, hereditas, merx, pecunia.