MAY 4.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 659

disease or weakness of any kind, and in all respects
well developed and active in proportion to his age.
Before being examined at the Royal Naval College,
Greenwich, he will be required to pass the medical
examination according to the prescribed regulations,
and must have been found physically fit for the
navy; rejection at such examination will finally ex-
clude him from the navy.
7. The candidate will be required to produce (1) a
certificate of the date of his birth,* or a declaration
thereof made before a Magistrate; (2) a certificate
of good conduct from the masters of the school or
schools at which he may have been educated during
the two previous years, or, if educated at home, from
his tutor or the clergyman of the parish in which he
resides; and (3) a certificate of good health.
8. The candidates will be tested by examination in
the following subjects:-
(1.) Arithmetic: including proportion, vulgar
and decimal fractions ... 250
(2.) Algebra: including fractions and simple
equations of one unknown quantity ... 175
(3.) Geometry: definitions, postulates, axioms,
and subjects of the first twenty-six pro-
positions of Euclid's Elements ... 175
(4.) English: writing from dictation-spelling,
75; handwriting, 25 ... 100
English: reading with intelligence, and
parsing easy sentences ... 100
(5.) French: translating, by aid of a dictionary,
French into English, and English into
French; reading, parsing, and speaking 200
(6.) Scripture history ... 100
Candidates will be further examined in any two of
the following subjects they may select:---
Elementary mathematics: miscellaneous ques-
tions in arithmetic, algebra (including quad-
ratic equations), and geometery to the end of
the first book of Euclid's Elements ... 300
Latin: reading, parsing, and translating, by aid
of a dictionary, Latin into English, and Eng-
lish into Latin ... 300
Geography and English history ... 300
The final order of merit will be determined by the
sum of the marks obtained in the test, as well as in
the further examination.
In arithmetic the candidate will be required to
obtain five-tenths, and in each of the other subjects
of the test examination four-tenths, of the marks
allotted thereto.
9. Colonial and service cadets will be appointed
on passing the test examination; they must, how-
ever, obtain 660 marks in the aggregate, as well as
five-tenths in arithmetic and four-tenths in each of
the other subjects.
10. A candidate who passes the test examination,
but does not succeed in the competition, will be
entitled to compete at the next examination, pro-
vided he is within the regulations as to limits of age
at that time. No candidate will be allowed to com-
pete more than twice. A candidate who fails to pass
test will not be entitled to another trial, but he
will be allowed to compete at the next examination
if he receives a fresh nomination and is still within
the limits of age.
11. A candidate who, owing to illness, fails to
appear at the examination for which he has obtained
his nomination may receive a second nomination,
provided he is still within the limits of age.
12. For all cadets entered under these regulations
the payment will be at the rate of £70 per annum
for the period in the "Britannia," to be paid half-
yearly in advance to the Accountant-General of the
Navy. But the Lords Commissioners of the Admi-
ralty reserve the power of selecting, from among
the cadets entered at each half-yearly examination,
a number, not to exceed ten, being sons of officers of

• A certificate of baptism will not be accepted.
  the navy, army, or marines, or of civil officers under
  the Board of Admiralty, with respect to whom the
  annual payment will be £40 only. In this selection
  their Lordships will have regard solely to the pecu-
  niary circumstances of the cadets.

13. The period of training on board the "Britannia"
    will be four terms; there will be two terms in each
    year. The first term of each year will be from
    February to July, the second from September to
    December.
    The vacations will be five weeks at Christmas, two
    weeks at Easter, and six weeks at Midsummer.
14. There will be examinations in seamanship and
    study at the end of each term.
    Cadets who pass unsatisfactory examinations, or
    who are reported for unsatisfactory conduct, will be
    "warned," and they will be liable to be discharged at
    the end of the following or any subsequent term
    should they again be reported as failing to attain the
    proper number of marks at the examinations, or for
    unsatisfactory conduct.
    If a cadet is reported for unsatisfactory conduct
    during his final term he will be discharged without
    being allowed to present himself at the examination
    for passing out of the "Britannia."
    Any cadet who shall appear to their Lordships for
    any reason to be unfit for the service will be removed
    from the "Britannia."
15. It is to be distinctly understood that the period
    of training on board the "Britannia" is a time of pro-
    bation, and the parent or guardian of every cadet
    will be required to sign a declaration (on the admis-
    sion of the cadet to the "Britannia") to the effect that
    he shall be immediately withdrawn on the receipt of
    an official intimation of his being considered unfit
    for the navy.
16. Cadets will, on passing out of the "Britannia,"
    rank according to the amount of sea-time they obtain
    at their final examination, and those who obtain equal
    amounts of sea-time will rank in the order of merit
    in which they pass out of the "Britannia."
17. The parent or guardian of every cadet will be
    required to provide outfit under the regulations in
    force.
18. Pay and pocket-money will not be allowed by
    Government to cadets entered in and after June,

19. By command of their Lordships.
    E. N. SWAINSON.
    Admiralty, 3rd January, 1882.

Quarterly Returns under Section 19 of "The Sheep
Act, 1878."-Notice No. 120.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 26th April, 1882.

THE following returns of runs or farms on which
there were infected sheep during the quarter
ended the 31st March, 1882, are published in accord-
ance with section 19 of "The Sheep Act, 1878."
THOMAS DICK.

| Name of Owner and Run or Farm. | Particulars of Flock
or Flocks. | No. |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| AUCKLAND SHEEP DISTRICT. | | |
| Auckland Subdivision. | | |
| Roose, E., Pukekohe ... | Mixed | 750 |
| Gunson, G., Pukekohe ... | " | 150 |
| McDonald, A., Pukekohe ... | " | 310 |
| Sharp, W., jun., Pukekohe ... | " | 81 |
| Macpherson, John, Drury... | " | 65 |