6. Deduce the relationship between the temperature

of the air in an upcast and downcast shaft, the depth of the shafts, and the quantity of air put into circulation.

7. Describe the construction and method of operating plunger and draw-lift workings. Under what conditions are these systems usually adopted?

8. Describe and illustrate a system of dealing with shallow alluvial deposits by hydraulic sluicing where it is impracticable to work the tail-race by gravitation.

METALLURGY.

Professor Masson and Mr. Pritchard.

1. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of volatility in the extraction of metals.

2. Describe the manufacture and uses of producer gas. 3. Sketch and describe a water-jacket blast furnace such as is used for lead smelting.

4. Explain fully the process of scorification.

5. Describe the Russell process as applied to silverlead extraction, and specify the types of ore that may be regarded as most suitable for this

treatment.

6. Discuss the uses of electricity as a metallurgical agent.

ARCHITECTURE.-PRACTICAL.

FIRST PAPer.

The Board of Examiners.

1. Sketch on the plan of warehouse marked A the spacing and arrangement of columns and girders you would adopt for supporting the floors, and calculate the sizes for footings of columns and walls, assuming the bottom to be a medium clay, and the following weights of floors, walls, and roofs:-Walls, 1 cwt. per foot super. for each brick in thickness. Roofs, cwt. per foot super., measured horizontally. Each floor 8 cwt. per foot super. gross (including loading and floors and girders).

Girders to be assumed as discontinuous, and roofs to be supported on walls only.

2. Give sketches and description of how you would construct the floors and stairs if slow-burning construction be adopted.

3. Describe some kinds of foundations and footings that are used for buildings on sites where the soil is soft and easily affected by weather, and explain the reasons in each case.

4. Explain, and illustrate with sketches, the meaning of the following terms:-(a) Lintol, (b) diamond picked, (c) herring-bone strutting, (d) step Hashing, (e) furring, (f) blocking course, (g) purlin, (h) hammer beam.

5. It is proposed to build a cellar adjoining the warehouse shown by B in section. Describe the various operations necessary, and illustrate by sketches on B.

6. Enumerate the principal requirements of a good drainage system, and sketch the drains and other requirements on the plan herewith marked C.

7. What are the best materials to use for the following works :-(a) Ground floor-plates and joists, (b) cills of sash frames, (c) steps of a public building, (d) piers of a shop front, (e) gas pipes, (f) water pipes, (g) roof gutters of a cathedral, (h) flooring for ground and first floor respectively. State what materials should be avoided in each case. Give sketches of form and construction where possible.

8. In designing a building of several stories for very heavy loading, what construction would you adopt, and how would you connect the columns and girders? Give sketches, also some information as to factors of safety.

9. Give some notes as to the construction of (a) strong rooms, (b) shop fronts.

ARCHITECTURE.-PLANNING.

SECOND PAPER.

The Board of Examiners.

1. Accompanying plan A shows part of the ground floor of a two-storey house, being four rooms of equal size, also the points of the compass for aspect, and the direction of best prospect. Write on the plan what rooms you would adopt for dining, and drawing, and breakfast rooms, and library respectively; also note the best position for piano, sideboard, &c., and sketch in the positions and sizes you would adopt for doors, windows, and fireplaces throughout, showing the hanging of the doors. Also sketch in the arrangements for pantry, store, larder, kitchen, and scullery (not used as washhouse). On the skeleton plan of first floor B sketch in the arrangements you would adopt for baths, dressing rooms, &c., and show doors and beds.

2. Give some notes and sketches as to entrance halls in large houses, and the best arrangements of stairs, and lighting of same. Give some information as to dimensions of stairs and landings, &c., in such cases.

3. What are the principal external influences governing the planning of a house? Give some examples of difficulties, and how to meet them.

4. What are the principal points to be observed in designing a large family hotel for seaside or

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country? Give sketches of a typical example of two or more stories. What governs the arrangements in the upper floors?

5. Give the meanings of the following terms, and illustrate by sketches:-(a) Headway, (b) dog-leg staircase, (c) curtail, (d) boxed-head window, (e) spandrel, (f) oriel window.

6. What general principles should be observed in designing (a) small hospitals, (b) large shops, (c) office buildings or chambers?

ARCHITECTURE.-HISTORICAL.

THIRD PAPER.

The Board of Examiners.

1. Explain the meaning of the following terms, and give sketches: (a) Mutule, (b) abacus, (c) crochet, (d) label, (e) pedestal, (ƒ) apsidal, (g) hexastyle.

State in what styles they are used or occur.

2. Give some examples of the effects upon architecture of (a) means, (b) smallness of material, (c) softness of material, (d) excessive heat of climate.

3. What new elements or combinations are found in the architectural works (a) of Normans, (b) Persians, (c) Etruscans, (d) at Ravenna, (e) at Spalatro? Give sketches.