FACULTY OF PRACTICAL SCIENCE.

GEOLOGY V.

1. Classify the Pre-Cambrian formations of Northern Ontario according to age, and describe one typical rock from each class.

2. Define the Champlain Fault, compare the geology immediately to the east with that immediately west of this fault.

3. Write notes on the Interior Continental Plain under the following headings: The kind of rocks present, their age, the topography, the drainage, economic geology.

4. Compare the coal measures of Nova Scotia with those of the Rocky Mountains, noting particularly their age, quality of coal, disturbance, and economic value.

5. Write notes on one of the following topics: The Quebec Group, The Coast Range, The Grenville Series.

6. What is meant by Laurentian Peneplain? When was it developed and how would you prove it?

7. Outline the geological history of the Selkirk Range.

FACULTY OF PRACTICAL SCIENCE.

GEOLOGY VIII.

1. Discuss Canada's possibilities as a source of aluminium.

2. Describe as fully as you can, one of the following copper occurrences: Butte, Mont., Boundary district, B.C., Sudbury, Ont.

3. Classify iron-ore deposits; then discuss Ontario's possibilities as a source of supply.

4. "The gold deposits of the Porcupine camp are of four distinct types." What are the chief features of each of these?

5. Compare the gold-bearing gravels of the Yukon with those of the Rand. Note particularly the source of the gold in each case.

6. Two opposed theories are given for the origin of petroleum, select either one, and defend your selection.

7. Abrasives are of two classes, natural and artificial; mention the chief natural ones, and for what purpose they are most suitable.

8. To what degree is the age of a coal seam a guide to its quality?

9. From your knowledge of Canadian geology, discuss the likelihood of finding economic deposits of the following in this country: emery, diamonds, bauxite, platinum, tinstone, china clay, native copper.

FACULTY OF PRACTICAL SCIENCE.

GEOLOGY IX.

1. Discuss sandstones as a building material. State the varieties, noting their advantages and disadvantages.

2. In selecting slate for structural work, what points. would you investigate?

3. Rocks are classified as Igneous, Sedimentary, and Metamorphic. What investigations would you make in each case in order to secure the most efficient and economical excavation, where the material is not required for building stone?

4. Discuss the merits and demerits of vine coverings on buildings, with special reference to Canada.

5. In a glaciated country like Canada, what investigations would you make before undertaking extensive soil excavations? What difficulties would you try to safeguard?

6. What are the three chief processes of brick manufacture? What are the chief characteristics of each product? And for what kind of work is each suited?