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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 106

4. In the case of Canada, the Secretary of State
   for War had previously consented to grant commis-
   sions to successful candidates from the Royal Military
   College at Kingston; but there are chartered Univer-
   sities and colleges in Canada which would also deserve
   recognition, unless Colonel Stanley is of opinion that
   where there is a military college all candidates for
   commissions should pass through it.
5. It is assumed, in the absence of any specific in-
   timation to the contrary, that, whatever arrangement
   may be made in the colonies for testing candidates,
   the examination in geometrical drawing will still
   remain obligatory, as in the case of candidates for
   cadetships allotted to Universities in this country
   under the twentieth paragraph of the regulations
   transmitted in your letter under acknowledgment.
6. I am further to request to be informed whether
   any answer should be returned to the observations
   contained in Governor Weld's despatch, and in the
   enclosures to the despatch of the Marquis of Nor-
   manby, in respect of the proposed concession of facili-
   ties for holding preliminary local examinations, such
   as are afforded in the case of naval cadetships, by
   which, as Sir M. Hicks Beach understands the
   proposal, the "special preliminary examinations"
   held in the spring and autumn of each year by the
   Civil Service Commissioners in London might be dis-
   pensed with in the case of Australian candidates, not
   being necessarily members of a University, who might
   pass successfully such an examination in Australia as
   might qualify them for attending the "further" or
   competitive portion of the examination for admission
   to the Royal Military College.
   I have, &c.,
   R. G. W. HERBERT.
   The Under-Secretary of State, War Office.

The War Office to the Colonial Office.

Central Department,
War Office, 6th May, 1880.
SIR, In reply to the last paragraph of your letter of
the 19th March, in regard to dispensing with the
special preliminary examination held in London in
the spring and autumn of each year by the Civil
Service Commissioners, in the case of Australian can-
didates for commissions in Her Majesty's service, I
am directed by the Secretary of State for War to
transmit to you, for the information of the Secretary
of State for the Colonies, the enclosed copy of a letter
which has been received from the Civil Service Com-
missioners on the subject.
I have, &c.,
RALPH THOMPSON.
The Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office.

The Civil Service Commissioners to the Director-
General of Military Education.

Civil Service Commission,
16th April, 1880,
SIR, I am directed by the Civil Service Commis-
sioners to acknowledge the receipt of your letter No.
092/368, of the 25th March, with enclosure, further
on the subject of the admission to the Imperial Army
of candidates from certain colonial Universities.
In reply I am to acquaint you, for the in-
formation of the Secretary of State for War, that the
Commissioners, on their part, would see no objection
to an arrangement whereby the ordinary preliminary
examination would be dispensed with (except as
regards geometrical drawing) in the case of candidates
who produced a certificate of having passed some
equivalent examination in the colonies, in like manner
as the preliminary examination is now dispensed with
(except in geometrical drawing) in the case of can-
didates who have passed certain examinations in
England.
The Commissioners have no information as to the
examinations which are held in the colonies; but
should it appear that there are no equivalent examina-
tions, or if for any reason such an arrangement as
they have suggested should be found impracticable,
the Commissioners do not anticipate that they would
have any serious difficulty in holding preliminary
examinations in Australia, by means of papers sent
from this country, if it should be thought desirable
to do so. Some inconvenience, however, would no
doubt result from the delay which would be insepar-
able from this course.
I have, &c.,
C. HEADLAM.
The Director-General of Military Education.

The Colonial Office to the War Office.

Downing Street, 22nd May, 1880.
SIR, I am directed by the Earl of Kimberley to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 6th
instant, enclosing one from the Civil Service Commis-
sioners respecting the proposal to dispense, in the
case of certain colonial candidates for commissions in
Her Majesty's service, with the special preliminary
examinations held by the Commissioners in London
in the spring and autumn of each year.
2. The Commissioners state that they see no objec-
tion to this examination being dispensed with (except
as regards geometrical drawing) in the case of candi-
dates who can produce a certificate of having passed
some equivalent examination in the colonies, adding
that, should there be no available examinations of this
kind, papers might be sent out from this country.
3. In the case of the special cadetships at the Royal
Military College which have been allocated to colonial
Universities possessing a charter under letters patent,
Lord Kimberley presumes that the arrangement
referred to in your letter of the 11th February last,
by which such Universities before making the nomina-
tion would be allowed to conduct the preliminary
examination themselves, will not be affected by this
proposal.
4. His Lordship understands the suggestions of
the Civil Service Commissioners to meet the case of
those candidates who, not being necessarily members
of any University, may desire to be relieved of the
expense and inconvenience which would be entailed
by a journey to England with the view of being tested
at those seasons in which the preliminary examina-
tions are held-a class referred to in the despatch from
Governor Weld, and in the enclosures to the despatch
from Lord Normanby, copies of which were forwarded
in the letter from this department of the 29th October
last.
5. Should this proposal, as Lord Kimberley under-
stands it, meet with the concurrence of Mr. Secretary
Childers, His Lordship would be prepared, with the
view of facilitating the task of the Commissioners, to
consult the Governors of the Australian Colonies as
to the choice of a common centre where such examina-
tions might be held, such, for instance, as the Univer-
sity of Sydney or Melbourne, or both alternately, by
means of papers sent out from this country, as in the
case of examinations for naval cadetships, which are
held on board the Senior Naval Officer's ship on the
Australian station.
6. I am to add that his Lordship would be glad to
be informed of Mr. Childers's opinion on the point
raised in paragraph four of the letter from this depart-
ment of the 19th March last, respecting the eligibility
of the chartered Universities in Canada to claim
any share in the concession in respect of cadetships