Nov. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1461

Pahiatua, 12th November, 1887.

Sir,—I have the honour to hand you the result of polls taken by the Board on proposals to borrow under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886."

1. A poll was taken at the Road Board office, on Saturday, the 5th instant, on the proposal to borrow £100 for the purpose of metalling about 60 chains of the Mangaramarama Road, from its junction with the Tiraumea Road, northwards.

Number of voters interested, 4, exercising 4 votes; number who voted 4, all of them being in favour of the proposal.

2. A poll was taken at the Road Board office, on Friday, the 11th instant, on the proposal to borrow £300 for the purpose of metalling the Tiraumea Road, about 80 chains, and forming and metalling Bridge Street, Kaitawa, 50 chains.

Number of voters interested, 63, exercising 65 votes; number of voters who voted, 38, exercising 40 votes, of which number 39 voted for the proposal and 1 against.

I therefore declare the proposals carried.

D. CREWE,
Chairman of the Pahiatua Road Board.

A. W. SEDCOLE,
Returning Officer.

The Hon. the Colonial Treasurer, Wellington.

Pahiatua, 16th November, 1887.

Sir,—I have the honour to hand you the result of a poll taken at the house of Mr. Joseph Moore, Makakahi Road, on the 15th instant, on the proposal to borrow the sum of £500, under "The Government Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1886," for the purpose of forming — chains of the Makakahi Road.

Number of voters interested, 19, exercising 19 votes; number of voters who voted, 11, exercising 11 votes, of which number 10 voted for the proposal and 1 against it.

As the number who voted for the proposal are the majority both of votes and voters, I therefore declare the proposal carried.

D. CREWE,
Chairman of the Pahiatua Road Board.

The proposal was originally to borrow £1,500, but on the polling-day those interested decided to reduce the amount to £500, and on that understanding the votes were recorded with the above result.

I have, &c.,
A. W. SEDCOLE,
Clerk and Returning Officer.

The Hon. the Colonial Treasurer, Wellington.

Despatch.—Revised Regulations respecting Naval Cadets.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th November, 1887.

The following despatch, received from Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is published for general information.

T. W. HISLOP.

(Circular.) Downing Street, 14th September, 1887.

Sir,—With reference to my circular despatch of the 1st June last, I have the honour to transmit to you, for information in the colony under your Government, copies of revised regulations respecting naval cadets.

I have, &c.,
H. T. HOLLAND.

The Officer Administering the Government
of New Zealand.

Regulations respecting Naval Cadets.—(In Operation for the Examinations in November, 1887, and June, 1888.)

[For alterations to be made in November, 1888, see memorandum attached.]

1. Appointments to naval cadetships will be made by limited competition, with the under-mentioned exceptions:—

For cadetships given annually to sons of gentlemen in the colonies, on the recommendation of the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Service cadetships, the total number of which is not to exceed five in any one year. Service cadets will be selected by the Board of Admiralty from (a) sons of officers of the army, navy, or marines who have been killed in action, or who have been lost at sea on active service, or killed on duty, or who have died of wounds received in action or injuries received on duty within six months from the date of such action or injury; (b) sons of officers of the navy who have performed long or distinguished service, and who hold or have held rank or relative rank on the Active List not lower than that of commander. Not more than two such latter service cadets will be nominated annually.

Applications for service cadetships should be addressed to the Military Secretary, Horse Guards, if the candidate is the son of an officer of the army; to the Secretary of the Admiralty, if the candidate is the son of an officer of the navy or marines; and to the Military Secretary, India Office, if the candidate is the son of an officer of the Indian army.

Colonial and service cadets will be entered on passing the test examination as specified in paragraphs 9 and 10, and will in all other respects be subject to these regulations.

The educational examination of all candidates will be conducted by the Civil Service Commissioners (address, Cannon Row, Westminster), who will deal with all questions connected with such examination and will announce the results. A fee of 10s. will be required from each candidate.

2. Except in special circumstances, not more than one-third of the number of candidates actually presenting themselves before the Civil Service Commissioners will be entered.

3. The nomination of candidates for naval cadetships will be made by the First Lord, by individual members of the Board, and by the Secretaries to the Board of Admiralty.

A flag officer or a commodore 1st class appointed to the chief command of a station, or to a separate command, and a captain, on first appointment as such to the command of a ship, will be allowed to nominate one candidate, provided the privilege is exercised within six months of appointment.

No captain will be entitled to nominate more than one candidate during the time he holds the rank of captain, but a flag officer or a commodore 1st class may claim the privilege each time he is appointed to a command as above.

In the event of a candidate's nomination being cancelled before he has commenced the examination, the officer who nominated him will be allowed to select another candidate for the same or following examination.

4. The nominations will be made half-yearly, as soon as convenient after the report of the last examination has been received from the Civil Service Commissioners.

5. The examinations will be held in London and at Portsmouth, and will commence on the second Wednesday in June and the last Wednesday in November in each year, and the appointments will date from the 15th July and the 15th January following respectively.

6. No candidate will be eligible for examination whose age will not be within the following limits on the 15th January following the November examination, and on the 15th July following the June examination, viz., for the examinations in November, 1887, to June, 1888, not less than twelve and a half nor more than fourteen years of age.

7. Every candidate must be in good health, and free from any physical defect of body, impediment of speech, defect of sight or hearing, and also from any predisposition to constitutional or hereditary disease or weakness of any kind, and in all respects well developed and active in proportion to his age. Before being examined by the Civil Service Commissioners 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 exclude him from the navy.

8. 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) proofs of good health.

9. The candidates will be tested by examination in the following subjects:—

Marks.
(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 propositions of Euclid's Elements .. .. .. 175
(4.) English—
Writing from dictation: spelling, 75; handwriting, 25 .. .. .. .. 100
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 questions in arithmetic algebra (including quadratic equations), and geometry 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 English into Latin .. .. .. .. 300
Geography and English history .. .. .. 300

A certificate of baptism will not be accepted.