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Wanganui— continued. McWilliam, Mary A. Matheson, Alexander. Maunder, George H. Parkes, Frank B. Parkinson, Henry A. Twisleton, Henry L. "Wilding, Mary J. Wellington— Bethune, Finlay. Browne, Emily M. Chorrett, Jessie. "Corbin, Annie M. Craig, Maggie H. Elkin, Sarah. Flux, Mary. Reeves, Mary E. Nelson— Bryant, William H. Peart, Frederick B. Westland — Kemple, Frances M. Ralfe, Jessie Sugden. Scott, Edward A. North Canterbury— "Boulton, Gertrude E. Bramley, Arthur. Callender, Helen. Cole, Minnie U. Cooke, Jean Laird. "Cooper, Arthur. Craddock, Annie M. Cross, Henry. "Duncan, Mary. Durey, Fanny. Eastwood, Jane. Gates, Thomas Adkisson. Guiney, Samuel P. lek, Mary F. Jaggar, Edith J. Johnson, Emily J. Kingston, Laura E. McCabe, James. "McGregor, John W. McHarg, Elizabeth A. Marr, Thomas M. Merton, George H. Murdoch, John. Phillips, Leonora M. Ross, Margaret L. Rowley, Jane G. Shepheard, Ellen M. Speight, James. Stewart, Jessie. "Taylor, Frances. Webber, Abel. "Weir, Martha. Whitelaw, George.

North Canterbury— continued. Wilcox, Alice M. Wilkinson, Edmund. Williams, Florence R. Wilmot, George. South Canterbury— Bonnet, Isabella W. "Brown, Bertha. Ferguson, Jane C. "Mackay, Jessie. Pearson, Mia Owen. Otago— "Allan, Orlanno L. Beattie, John. Braik, George D. Bushell, Bessie. Cairns, Jessie. "Christie, Jessie C. Darton, Annie. "Ferguson, Mary A. Fraser, Mary J. Fraser, Windsor G. "Hilgendorf, Francis. Huie, Robert. "Johnstone, Cecilia. Macdonald, Agnes. •McDonald, Margaret. "McLaren, William. McLauchlan, David L. "McLauchlan, Joseph. "McLeod, Robina A. "McNaught, Thomas. McQueen, Margaret. Milk, John. Morris, James F. Nicol, Alexander M. "Nimmo, Eliza J. Palmer, Arthur E. A. Rix, James A. Robertson, John A. "Ross, Annie M. Scott, Michael H. Stewart, Robert. Tregoning, Mary. Valentine, James A. Waddell, James N. "Wilson, John. "Winchester, Alice. Southland— Gazzard, Thomas E. Gray, Jolm. "Joyce, James F. P. Kelly, John. Lindsay, Alexander. "McNeil, Duncan. Mehaffey, John. Sebo, William H. "Todd, Helen T.

Examination Papers. Class E. —English Gbammar. 1. Define the terms adjective, intransitive verb, compound relative, pronoun; and give an example of each. 2. Give the rules for forming the possessive cases of nouns, and write down the possessive singular and objective plural of wife, lord, lady, mayor, hero. 3. Mention three distinct methods of distinguishing the masculine and feminine genders of nouns. Give the masculine of niece, mamma, doe; and the feminine of bull, bullock, gentleman. 4. What single word may be used for king or queen, son or daughter ? Of what gender would such words be ? 5. What are the differences between the words who and which in the sentences : Who wrote the letter ? Which letter did he write ? 6. What parts of speech may each of the following words be ? Table, close, but. Write a short sentence to illustrate each use of them. 7. Adjectives can be compared (1) fully, (2) partially, or (3) not at all. Give one example of each. 8. State the principal ways in which the past tense indicative active is formed. Give the first person plural of this tense of the verbs smile, fling, win, shoot; and the present participle active of the verbs to which belong fled, went, lay. 9. Explain the terms adjective sentence, adverbial sentence. Make use of the words scholar, lesson, learn, as leading parts of a sentence of your own, which must contain (1) an adjective sentence, and (2) an adverbial sentence of time. 10. Form (1) diminutives from leaf, deer, pup ; (2) adverbs from graceful, silly ; (3) abstract nouns from sick, high; (4) adjectives from fear, rag ; (5) verbs from able, friend. 4