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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 76

power is reserved to make any alterations which may
hereafter seem expedient.

I have, &c.,
RALPH THOMPSON.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Colonial Office, Downing Street.

REGULATIONS RESPECTING EXAMINATIONS FOR AD-
MISSION TO THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE AND
FOR FIRST APPOINTMENTS THEREFROM TO THE
ARMY.

I.-Object of the Royal Military College.

1. The Royal Military College is maintained for
   the purpose of affording a special military education
   to candidates for commissions in the cavalry and
   infantry.

II.-Regulations for Admission.

1. General Instructions.

2. Admission to the Royal Military College as
   cadets will be granted,-
   (a.) To a successful candidate at a competitive ex-
   amination in the subjects specified in paragraph 18:
   (b.) To a graduate in Arts, or any one who has
   passed the examination for the degree of B.A. or
   M.A. at one of the following Universities, viz., Ox-
   ford, Cambridge, Durham, London, Dublin, Edin-
   burgh, St. Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and the
   Queen's University, Ireland; or to a student who has
   passed the examination specified below at any of the
   following Universities, viz., Oxford, "Moderations;"
   Cambridge, the "previous examination;" London,
   the "first examination" for the degrees of B.A.,
   LL.B., B.Sc., or M.B.; Dublin, the "final examina-
   tion of the senior freshman year," or the "final
   examination of the School of Engineering;" Durham,
   the "first year's examination;" the Queen's Univer-
   sity, Ireland, the "first University examination in arts
   or in engineering;" Scotch Universities, the "exami-
   nation of candidates for the army:"
   (c.) To one student annually of each of the
   chartered Universities in colonies not having a
   military college through which commissions in the
   army may be obtained:
   (d.) To Queen's cadets, honorary Queen's cadets,
   Indian cadets, and pages of honour; subject to the
   qualifying examination prescribed by paragraphs 30
   and 31.

3. The number of cadets admitted to the College
   will vary according to the requirements of the
   service.

4. The dates of admission will be the 10th February
   and the 1st September in each year, or the Tuesday
   following if either of those dates falls on a Sunday
   or Monday.

5. The examinations of candidates for admission
   to the Royal Military College as cadets will be
   conducted by the Civil Service Commissioners as
   hereafter specified. A fee of £1 will be required
   from every candidate admitted to an examination.

6. Notice will be given from time to time of the
   days of examination, and of the number of vacancies
   open to competition. Such notice will usually be
   published about four months before the examination.

7. The number of trials allowed will not exceed
   two in the case of University candidates, and three
   in that of other candidates.

8. 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.

9. The limits of age for candidates for admission
   to the Royal Military College will be as follows:-
   By competition
   As Queen's cadets
   As honorary Queen's cadets
   As Indian cadets
   As pages of honour
   As students of the Universities who shall
   have passed the examination specified
   in paragraph 2 (b)
   As graduates of the Universities
   As students of colonial Universities
   } 17-20.
   } 17-21.
   } 17-22.

10. 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.

11. Candidates must be within the prescribed
    limits of age on the following dates:-
    Candidates for admission by com-
    petition, Queen's cadets, honorary
    Queen's cadets, Indian cadets,
    and pages of honour
    Graduates and students from the
    Universities...
    Students from the colonial Uni-
    versities
    On the 1st December for
    the winter "further"
    examination, and on
    the 1st July for the
    midsummer "further"
    examination.
    As specified in paragraphs
    21, 22, and 23.
    On the date of joining the
    Royal Military College.

2. Examination of Candidates for Admission by open
Competition.

12. Candidates for admission by competition will
    be required to pass-(1) a "preliminary" examina-
    tion, (2) a "further" examination.
13. Preliminary examinations will be held in the
    spring and autumn of each year by the Civil Service
    Commissioners, to whom intending candidates should
    apply. No evidence of age or moral character will
    be required. No limit is placed on the number of
    trials allowed for the preliminary examination.
14. A candidate will be required at the preliminary
    examination to satisfy the Civil Service Commis-
    sioners in the following subjects, but no marks will
    be given :-
    (1.) Mathematics, viz., (a) arithmetic, including
    vulgar and decimal fractions, proportion, and
    simple interest; (b) Euclid, Book I.:
    (2.) French, German, or some other modern
    language; the examination being limited to
    translation from the language, and grammati-
    cal 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.
15. Candidates may be exempted from the pre-
    liminary examination in all subjects except geo-
    metrical drawing, if they can produce (1) a certificate
    of having passed any of the University examinations
    mentioned in paragraph 2 (b), or responsions at
    Oxford, or (2) a certificate of having passed the ma-
    triculation examination of the London University,
    or (3) the certificate of the Oxford and Cambridge
    Schools Examination Board, provided it embraces
    mathematics. If it does not include that subject,
    they will be required to undergo an examination
    therein. Candidates exempted in all subjects except
    geometrical drawing may defer their examination in
    this subject until the further examination. Failing
    therein, they will be disqualified, and the examination
    will count as one of the trials allowed under para-
    graph 7. Candidates claiming exemption under this
    paragraph will be required to submit to the Civil
    Service Commissioners the certificates on which they
    found their claim.