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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

and should they not succeed in the competition they
will not be allowed another trial.

13. Any candidate who fails to appear at the next
    examination after he has obtained a nomination will
    not be allowed to present himself without a fresh
    nomination, except in the case of illness, certified by
    a physician or surgeon approved by their Lordships,
    in which case non-appearance will have the effect of
    unsuccessful competition, entitling the candidate to
    present himself at the following examination only.

14. Every Flag Officer (except an Admiral Super-
    intendent of a dockyard), on hoisting his flag, will be
    allowed three nominations for competition; every
    Commodore of the first class two; every Captain
    appointed to the command of a ship, of whatever
    class (except Captains of stationary ships, Captains
    Superintendent of dockyards or victualling yards,
    and the Captain of the yacht), one; but no Officer
    will be allowed to exercise this right a second time
    within three years; and no Captain appointed to a
    ship during her commission will be allowed a nomina-
    tion if the right has been exercised within a year
    during the same commission by a previous Captain.
    A fresh nomination will be allowed to the Officer
    should a candidate be rejected at the medical
    examination, but not in the event of the candidate
    failing to pass the test at the examination under the
    Director of Education.

15. Seven nominations will be given annually to
    the Colonies, under the regulations hitherto in force
    as to nomination and examination; but the limits of
    age will be the same as for candidates nominated in
    the United Kingdom, and cadets passing in the
    Colonies will, in all other respects, be subject to
    these regulations, and must be at once sent to
    England, to undergo the course of training.
    Printed examination papers are to be sent out to
    Commanders-in-Chief and Senior Officers on foreign
    stations, under seal, and the candidates' examination
    papers, with a report of the marks awarded at the
    examination, are to be forwarded to the Admiralty
    (should the candidate succeed in passing), together
    with the duplicate certificate of health.

16. For all cadets, including Colonial cadets,
    entered under these regulations after the examina-
    tion in August, 1869, the annual rate of payment
    will be as at present during the year 1870, and
    afterwards at the rate of £70 per annum for the
    period in the "Britannia," and £50 for the year in
    the sea-going training ship, to be paid half-yearly, in
    advance, to the Accountant-General of the Navy.
    But the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
    reserve the power of selecting from among the
    candidates nominated at each half-yearly examination
    a number, not to exceed twelve, being sons of Officers
    of the Royal Navy or Marines, or of Civil Officers
    under the Board of Admiralty, with respect to whom
    the annual payment for the two years in the
    "Britannia" will be £40 only. In selecting these,
    their Lordships will have regard solely to the
    pecuniary circumstances of the parents or guardians
    of the cadets.
    In the event of the full number so selected not
    succeeding in the competition, their Lordships may
    make the number up from among the sons of Officers
    as above who have succeeded at that examination.

17. Candidates who succeed in the competition
    will be appointed to the "Britannia."

18. The date of entry of those who pass in June is
    to reckon from the 15th July of the same year; of
    those who pass in November from the 15th January
    of the next year.

19. The period of training on board the "Britan-
    nia" will be, as now, four terms; but there will be
    two terms in each year, instead of three. The first
    term of each year will be from February to July;
    the second from August to December.
    A week's vacation will be allowed at Easter.

20. There will be an examination at the end of
    each term, and an intermediate examination at
    Easter for cadets in their first year.

21. Cadets who join in August, and who pass an
    unsatisfactory examination in December, will be
    warned that they will be discharged at the following
    Easter if they do not show sufficient improvement.
    Cadets who join in February, and pass an unsatis-
    factory examination at Easter, will be similarly
    warned with respect to the examination in July.
    Any cadet who passes unsatisfactorily at a subse-
    quent examination will be discharged.

22. Notice will be given of the minimum number
    of marks which must be obtained at each examination.

23. At the examination at the end of the fourth
    term cadets will be classified according to their
    merits in seamanship, study, and conduct; and they
    will be allowed time for their service in the
    "Britannia" as follows:—

| | Study. | Seamanship. | "Very good"
conduct. |
|---|---|---|---|
| | Time allowed. | Time allowed. | Time allowed. |
| | Months. | Months. | Months. |
| 1st Class ... | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 2nd Class ... | 3 | None. | 3 |
| 3rd Class ... | None. | None. | 3 |

24. The examination and rating of cadets, as mid-
    shipmen, in the sea-going training ships, is to be
    regulated according to the time notified in their
    certificates, thus:—
    Cadets who obtain 12 months' time will be rated
    as midshipmen at once on passing out of the
    "Britannia."
    Cadets who obtain 9 months' time
    will have to serve 3 months
    Cadets who obtain 6 months' time
    will have to serve 6 months
    Cadets who obtain 3 months' time
    will have to serve 9 months
    Cadets who obtain no time will have
    to serve 12 months
    in the sea-going
    training ships
    before being
    rated as
    midshipmen.

25. After passing the final examination in the
    "Britannia," the midshipmen and cadets will be
    appointed to a sea-going training ship for one year.

26. Any cadet or midshipman who, at any time
    during his three years' probation, may be certified
    by the Medical Officer of the "Britannia" or of the
    sea-going training ship, to have become subject to
    any disease or physical defect likely to render him
    unfit for service, will, on the circumstances being
    reported to their Lordships, be at once discharged.

27. After six months in the sea-going training
    ship an examination is to be held, and at the end of
    twelve months a second; and any midshipman or
    cadet failing to pass the test at either of these
    examinations will be at once discharged from Her
    Majesty's Service.
    At the latter of these examinations they will be
    classified in three classes.

28. The examination paper for the first examination
    will be transmitted under seal to the sea-going
    training ship; and the work of the cadets or mid-
    shipmen is to be returned under seal to the
    Admiralty.