THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 99

diment of speech, defect of vision, rupture, or
other physical inefficiency.
Candidates will be required—

1. To write English correctly from dic-
   tation, and in a legible hand.
2. To read, translate, and parse any easy
   passage from Latin or from some Fo-
   reign Living Language.
   N.B.—The aid of a Dictionary will be
   alllowed for these Translations.
   And to have a satisfactory knowledge of—
3. The leading facts of Scripture and
   English History.
4. Modern Geography, in so far as relates
   to a knowledge of the principal Coun-
   tries, Capitais, Mountains, and Rivers.
   To be able to point out the position of
   a place on a Map when its Latitude and
   Longitude is given.
5. Arithmetic, including Proportion and
   a fair knowledge of Vulgar and Deci-
   mal Fractions.
6. A knowledge of the Definitions and
   Axioms of the first Book of Euclid.
   As Drawing will prove a most useful qua-
   lification for Naval Officers, it is recom-
   mended that Candidates for the Service
   should be instructed therein.
   V. If the Candidate be found unqualified at
   his first Examination, he will be allowed a
   second trial at the next Quarterly Examination.
   Should he not pass this second Examination, he
   will be finally rejected.
   VI. If the Candidate succeeds in passing
   the required Examination, he will be at once
   appointed to a Training Ship for the purpose
   of instruction, Rigging of Ships, Seamanship,
   the use of Nautical Instruments, &c.
   List of Instruments and Books which each
   Cadet will be required to have on entry—
   Sextant.
   Case of Mathematical Instruments, con-
   taining a good Protractor.
   Spy Glass.
   French Grammar and a Dictionary con-
   taining Sea Terms.
   A Book on Navigation.
   Euclid's Elements.
   Book of Geography. (Sullivan's 2s. Ed.)
   Book on use of Mathematical and Nau-
   tical Instruments.
   A Book on the Steam Engine.
   Colenso's Arithmatic and Algebra.
   Jean's Trigonometry.
   Boyd's Naval Cadet's Manual.
   The Ship's Library will contain Books of
   Instruction.

• These Examinations will take place on the first
  Wednesdays, in the Months of March, June, Sep-
  tember, and December.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 9th June, 1860.

THE following Report of an analysis of a
sample of Coal procured from the Grey
District, on the West Coast of the Province of
Nelson, is published for general information.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Haven Road,
20th April, 1860.

SIR,—In accordance with your request, I
have examined the Coals from the West Coast
which you forwarded to me for analysis, I now
beg to communicate the result. I may here
state that the opinion which I gave you on the
10th instant, from my first cursory test, is now
verified by my more recent investigation, which
has been carefully conducted under various
methods, the results of three of these I submit,
with comparisons in accordance with the res-
pective modus operandi :—

No. 1. West Coast. Sydney.
Carbon.. 74.26 74.13
Hydrogen
Nitrogen
Oxygen } 25.74 25.87
100.00 100.00

No. 2. West Coast 1000 parts Sydney.... 247
Volatile
Products.
234
Coals.
No. 3. West Coast 10 ozs.
Sydney .... 10 ozs.
Water.
20ozs.
20ozs.
Incombustible
Coke Ash.
766 13½
753 15½

Reduced to
9ozs. 14grs.
9½ozs. 8grs.

The West Coast Coals burn with a clear
flame and run together in one mass when
thoroughly heated, and produce very little
residue. The accompanying parcels are Cinder,
Coke, and Ash.

I cannot help congratulating you and my
fellow settlers on this occasion upon having at
your command a commodity that is applicable
for steam purposes, an article so essentially
necessary for our domestic comforts, for our
manufactures as the Colony advances, and for
exportation.

I only trust that sufficient quantities may be
found of a similar quality (although the sam-
ples are from the surface) and it will inevitably
at no remote period find its way to our market,
and be a source of incalculable good to our com-
munity.

I have, &c.,
(Signed) J. W. TATTON.

To His Honor the Superintendent,
Nelson.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Auckland, 9th June, 1860.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to make the following appoint-
ments in the "Nelson" Regiment of New
Zealand Militia :—

Major MATTHEW RICHMOND, to be Lieut.-
Colonel. Date of Commission—30th April,
1860.
JOHN WILLIAM LOCKETT, to be Captain and
Adjutant. Date of Commission — 30th
March, 1860.

E. W. STAFFORD.