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Lyttelton Times, Volume XIII, Issue 753, 25 January 1860, Page 6

EX ASHBURTON. ON SALE AT CANTERBURY HOUSE, CANTERBURY STREET. f A Large and varied assortment of General Drapery and Fancy Goods, comprising Muslin Dresses in great variety Ribbons Prints Lace Artificial Flowers Gloves Stays Millinery Spotted and Figured Muslins Scarfs and Shawls Gipsey Cloaks Neckties Waist Belts . And other Goods. .. MRS. FORD. HARVEST ALE. JOHN MAY, Brewer, Christchurch, is prepared.to supply harvest ale, of good quality, at TWO SHILLINGS <f GALLON. TENDERS FOR PRINTING. TENDERS for printing- for the present year will be received at this office up to Saturday, the 29th January, instant. Separate tenders must be made for— 1. Printing the Provincial Government Gazette 2. Printing Ordinances of the Provincial Council 3. Printing Drafts of Bills for the Provincial Council 4. Printing Official Forms and Occasional Papers Separate contracts will be made for each. The government or the contractor to be at liberty to terminate the contract by three months' notice in writing on either side. The Government will not be bound to accept the lowest tender. . THOMAS WM. MAUDE, For the Provincial Secretary. Provincial Secretary' Office, Christchurch, January 17, 1860, TO BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS, J SUCKLING, Leather Seller and Dealer • in Grindery,- Cashel Street (opposite jMr. Barnard's Auction Rooms),—Has now for Sale an assortment of English Kips and Calf Skins, j Grafts and long Fronts, &c, and all kinds of | Grindery. Also a quantity of ready closed uppers. Terms Cash. | PIGEON BAY j BOARDING SCHOOL AND ACADEMY, i CONDUCTED BY. i JAMES W. GILLESPIE, Trained and First Class Certificated Master; for Ten Years Head Master of the Free Church I Academy, Airdrie, Scotland. THE above Institution will be~re-Opened after the Holidays, on MONDAY, January 30th, at 9 o'clock. The course of instruction includes English in all its branches, French, Latin, Greek and Mathematics ;, and while unremitting attention is given to secure advanced and accurate scholarship in every subject, special care is taken to form, if possible, in each pupil, the elements of a manly, moral, and religious character. ; The subjoined selection, from the examination papers set at Christmas last, : and creditably answered, will serve to give some idea of the actual: condition of the school at. the end of the first nine months of the present management. Only a few additional ..boarders can be at present .accommodated. Terms, paj'able quarterly, in advance, are— For pupils under ten, £11 per quarter, of 12 weeks Do. over ten, £12 do. do. j Do. fourteen, £13 do. do. ! These charges include everything except school books. When two or more pupils^belong to one ifamily, a reduction is allowed, 1 N.B.—A boat or craft will (weather permitting) ileave; Lyttelton for Pigeon Bay. on the morning of [Saturday, January, 28, for* the conveyance of in-, lending boarders. j I. EUCLID (Pott's Edition is Text Book.) |1 —Define a right angle, a scalene triangle, and a. j circle. -■-.■■ 2—Write a full proof of the -. Theorem " Upon the j same base and upon the same side of it, there i cannot be two triangles that have their sides | which are terminated in one extremity of, the I base equal to one another, and likewise those i which are terminated in the other extremity." 3 —The angles which one straight line makes with i another upon one side of it, are either two | right angles or are together equal to two right | angles. . | 11. HIGHER ARITHMETIC & ALGEBRA. Text Books in Arithmetic, Barnard, Smith's, Pros' fessor J. Thomson's, Davidson's, Scott's, and | Colenso's. In Algebra, Barnard Smith's, j ' Professor Hall's, Lund's edition of Wood's, i and Colenso's. I—Bought 2cwt. 3qrs.-i4.lbs. for £13 2s. 7d. ; at j what must I.retail it per lb. to gain £2 6s. on j the whole? '.-...,-..■.■ 2 —lf 8 horses eat 40 Guineas' worth of hay in 6 ! months, hay being at Bd. per stone; how muck | will it take to maintain 7 horses for 11 months j with hay-at sd. the stone ?■ ' ' ■ 3 —Find by practice, with 'correct fraction, the value | of 31 tons Bcwt. 131b5., at £57 175.. 9d. the j ton. : 4—Find interest on £287 6s. 8d M from 11th Noi vember to 15th May, at £5 per cent. 5—.00005'^ 25.. 6—Find area of a four-sided field, of which the j diagonal is 750 links and perpendiculars on it ! i 7 from opposite angles 280 and 408 links. 7—Solve the Equation : 8.4x—7.6 = 2.2 x *$• 10 ! 111. ENGLISH GRAMMAR (advanced.) I—"While through the West; where sinks the I crimson-day,- Meek twilight slowly sails and | j waves her banners gray." j Treat the above two lines thus :— k —Writel in prose order. b —Parse fully and syntactically'the Nouns, Ad- | jectives, and Verbs. c—Name and classify the adverbs, pointing out ! their use and connection in each case. d— Notice and point out any figures-of Rhetoric. 2—Write the -2ndpers. sing. pres. Indie, of each of the verbs, stoop, stop, rub, daub, hope, travel. 3—Write at length the rules of Syntax which are violated in the following expressions:—■ a —The number of tho names were great. b —Him being absent,we did not go. c —A horse, ass and sheep. . ; 7.7 c?-^-He was as great a sheep-farmer as a merchant.; 4—Write a letter of from 12 to 20 lines, announcing to your parents the close of the session and your return for the holidays. i ' IV. GEOGRAPHY. I—Give the circumference and diameter of the earth in English miles. 2—What is latitude? Longitudo? The Rational Horizon ? Aphelion ? . 3—Write in some kind of order, and give the exact situations of—a. Islands of Europe, b. Seas, Bays and Gulfs of Asia. c. Capes, of Africa, • d. Lakes of North America, Capital Cities of South America.