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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 43
examination" at Cambridge, the "final examina-
tion of the senior freshman year" at Dublin, "the
first year's examination" at Durham, "the first
University examination in arts or in engineering"
at Queen's University, Ireland, the "examination
for candidates for the army" at Scotch Universities,
and the "first examination" for the degrees of
B.A., LL.B., B. Sc., or M.B., at London University;
subject in each case to the competitive examination
prescribed by paragraph 22:
(c.) To cadets styled "Queen's cadets," "honor-
ary Queen's cadets," "Indian cadets," and to pages
of honor.
4. The number of cadets admitted to the College
will vary according to the requirements of the
service.
5. The dates of admission will be the 10th February
and the 1st September in each year.
6. The examinations of candidates for admission
to the Royal Military College as cadets will be con-
ducted by the Civil Service Commissioners, and will
take place twice a year, in the months of December
and July.
7. Notice will be given from time to time of the
day and place of the examinations, and of the number
of vacancies open to competition at each periodical
examination.
8. The number of trials allowed will not exceed
two in the case of University candidates, and three
in that of other candidates.
9. All candidates will be inspected by a Medical
Board, and no candidate will be considered eligible
for a commission unless certified by the Board to be
free from any bodily defects or ailments, and in all
respects, as to height and physical qualities, fit for
Her Majesty's service. Cases of exceptional short-
ness of stature will be referred to the War Office for
special consideration.
10. The limits of age for candidates for admission
to the Royal Military College by competition for
Queen's cadets, Queen's honorary cadets, Indian
cadets, and pages of honor, will be from seventeen
to twenty; for students of the Universities, who shall
have passed the interim examination as specified in
paragraph 3 (b), from seventeen to twenty-one; and
for graduates of the Universities, who shall have
passed the examination for the degree of B.A. or
M.A., from seventeen to twenty-two.
11. Competitors who desire to obtain commissions
in West India regiments may be admitted up to the
age of twenty-four. This extension of the limit of
age will not apply to University candidates.
12. Candidates must be within the prescribed limits
of age on the following dates:-
Candidates for admission by competition, Queen's
cadets, Queen's honorary cadets, Indian cadets, and
pages of honor, on the 1st January next following
the winter examination, and on the 1st July for the
midsummer examination.
Graduates and students from the Universities, as
specified in paragraph 21.
2. Examination of Candidates for Admission by open
Competition.
13. A candidate for admission by competition at
the December or July examination must send to the
Military Secretary, not later than the 15th October
or the 15th May respectively, an application to be
examined, accompanied by the following papers:-
(a.) An extract from the register of his birth; or,
in default, a declaration, made by one of his parents
or guardians before a magistrate, giving his exact
age:
(b) A certificate of good moral character, signed
by the tutors or heads of the schools or colleges at
which he has received his education from his twelfth
year to the date of application, or some other satis-
factory proof of good moral character.
14. When a candidate who has once been examined
applies to be examined again, he will only be required
to forward a certificate as to his moral character for
the interval between the two examinations.
15. A candidate will be required to satisfy the
Civil Service Commissioners in the following sub-
jects:-
(1.) Mathematics, viz., (a) arithmetic, including
vulgar and decimal fractions, proportion, and simple
interest; (b) geometry, not beyond the standard of
the first book of Euclid:
(2.) French, German, or some other modern lan-
guage; the examination being limited to a trans-
lation from the language, and grammatical questions:
(3.) Writing English correctly, and in a good
legible hand, from dictation:
(4.) The elements of geometrical drawing; in-
cluding the construction of scales, and the use of
simple mathematical instruments:
(5.) Geography.
16. No marks will be allotted for the above pre-
liminary examination, excepting for geometrical
drawing, the maximum number for which will be
300. The preliminary examination will be dispensed
with in the case of candidates who have passed it at
previous examinations, but they may again take up
geometrical drawing if they wish to obtain marks in
that subject.
17. The "further examination" will be proceeded
with immediately on the conclusion of the "pre-
liminary examination." Candidates who fail in the
preliminary examination will be informed of their
failure as soon as possible, and they will then be
released from further attendance.
18. The subjects of the further examination, and
the maximum number of marks obtainable for each
subject, will be as follow:---
Marks.
(1.) Mathematics, viz., algebra, up to and
including quadratic equations; the
theory and use of logarithms; geometry;
plane trigonometry; and mensuration 3,000
(2.) English composition, tested by the
power of writing an essay, letter, or
précis; English literature, limited to
specified authors; and English history,
limited to certain fixed periods: the
authors and periods being notified
beforehand 3,000
(3.) Latin ... 3,000
(4.) Greek ... 2,000
(5.) French; the examination to be partly
colloquial 2,000
(6.) German; the examination to be partly
colloquial 2,000
*(7.) Experimental sciences, viz., (a) che-
mistry and heat; or (b) electricity and
magnetism 2,000
(8.) General and physical geography, and
geology 2,000
(9.) Drawing, free-hand 1,000
Of these nine subjects candidates will not be allowed
to take up more than four nor less than two, exclu-
sive of drawing.
19. In order to secure a proper proficiency in all
the subjects taken up by a candidate, a certain
number will be deducted from the marks gained by
the candidate in each subject.
20. The following will be the mode of selecting the
successful candidates at the opening competitive
examination. After the proper deduction (in accord-

• Subjects (a) and (b) are alternative; a candidate will not
  be allowed to take up both.