SEPT. 29.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1227

16. The further examinations will be held half-
    yearly, about the months of December and July; and
    every candidate for those examinations 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 for the four
    years immediately preceding the date of application,
    or some other satisfactory proof of good moral cha-
    racter.

17. When a candidate who has once been admitted
    to the further examination 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.

18. The subjects of the further examination, and
    the maximum number of marks obtainable for each
    subject, will be as follows:-

(1.) Mathematics, viz., algebra, up to and
including quadratic equations; the
theory and use of logarithms; Euclid,
Books I. to IV. and VI.; plane trigo-
nometry; 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) chem-
istry and heat; or (b) electricity and
magnetism ... 2,000
(8.) General and physical geography, and
geology ... 2,000
(9.) Drawing, free-hand ... 1,000
(10.) Drawing, geometrical ... 300

Of these ten subjects candidates will not be allowed
to take up more than four nor less than two, exclusive
of free-hand drawing and geometrical drawing.

19. In order to secure a proper proficiency in all
    the subjects taken up by a candidate, a certain num-
    ber will be deducted from the marks gained by him
    in each subject, except geometrical drawing.

20. The following will be the mode of selecting the
    successful candidates at the open competitive exami-
    nation. After the proper deduction (in accordance
    with paragraph 19) has been made from the number
    of marks gained by each candidate in the several
    subjects in which he has been examined, the re-
    mainders will be summed up, and the resulting total
    will determine the place of the candidate in the com-
    petitive list; the succesful candidates being those
    who stand at the head of the list up to the number
    of cadetships competed for.

21. Examination of University Candidates.

22. A graduate or student of one of the Uni-
    versities specified in paragraph 2 (b), who, having
    obtained his University qualification while within the

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

maximum limit of age specified in paragraph 9, is
desirous of becoming a candidate for a cadetship
at the Royal Military College, must send an applica-
tion to the Military Secretary in the month of May
or October, with a view to his appointment under the
provisions of paragraphs 22 and 23; but no such
application can be admitted before the candidate
has actually attained the age of seventeen, nor later
than the 31st May or the 31st October next follow-
ing the date of his attaining the maximum limits of
age prescribed for graduates and students, respec-
tively, in paragraph 9. The application must be
accompanied by papers (a) and (b), described in
paragraph 16, and by a certificate from the proper
authority that he has passed the required University
examination. All University candidates will be
required to satisfy the Civil Service Commissioners
of their proficiency in geometrical drawing, as laid
down in paragraph 14 (4).

22. Notice will be given from time to time of the
    number of cadetships which will be allotted half-
    yearly to University candidates. In case there
    should be more candidates than vacancies, the
    required number will be selected by competition
    among the said candidates at the ensuing July or
    December examination, in accordance with para-
    graphs 18 and 20; provided they shall have qualified
    in geometrical drawing.

23. University candidates who may have been
    unsuccessful at their first examination will be allowed
    a second opportunity of competing, provided that
    "students" shall not have exceeded their twenty-
    second year, and that "graduates" shall not have
    exceeded their twenty-third year, at the time of such
    second examination. These limits of age will be
    ruled by the 1st July for the summer, and by the
    1st December for the winter, examinations.

24. Examination of Students of the Chartered Uni-
    versities.

25. The examination of students of the chartered
    colonial Universities will be conducted entirely by
    those Universities, geometrical drawing being an
    obligatory subject of examination. The name of the
    selected candidate must be forwarded to the Military
    Secretary so as to reach him at least a month before
    the date of admission, and must be accompanied by
    the papers (a) and (b) described in paragraph 16,
    together with the address of the candidate in
    England. The selected candidate must join the
    College within six months from the date of the final
    test by which his selection is determined.

26. Examination of Queen's Cadets, Honorary Queen's
    Cadets, Indian Cadets, and Pages of Honour.

27. Queen's cadets are sons of officers of the army,
    Royal navy, and Royal marines, who have fallen in
    action, or died of wounds received in action, or of
    disease contracted on service abroad, and who have
    left their families in reduced circumstances. They
    are appointed by the Secretary of State on the
    recommendation of the Commander-in-Chief or First
    Lord of the Admiralty.

28. Honorary Queen's cadets are—
    (a.) The sons of officers of the army, Indian army,
    Royal navy, or Royal marines, who were killed in
    action, or who died of wounds received in action
    within six months of such wounds having been
    received, or from illness brought on by fatigue,
    privation, or exposure incident to active operations
    in the field before an enemy, within six months after
    their having been first certified to be ill:
    (b.) A limited number, not exceeding ten in any
    one year, of the sons of combatant officers of the
    army, and five of the sons of officers of the Indian
    army, who shall have attained the substantive rank
    of major or lieutenant-colonel, and shall have per-