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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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The final order of merit will be determined by the sum of
the marks obtained in the test, as well as in the further ex-
amination.

In arithmetic the candidate will be required to obtain five-
tenths, and in each of the other subjects of the test examina-
tion four-tenths, of the marks allotted thereto. In English
the candidate must obtain four-tenths of the marks allotted
for each of the two subdivisions of the subject.

10. Colonial and service cadets will be appointed on pass-
    ing the test examination; they must, however, obtain 660
    marks in the aggregate, as well as the proportion of marks in
    arithmetic and other subjects required from the candidates
    who compete.

11. A candidate who passes the test examination, but does
    not succeed in the competition, will be entitled to compete
    at the next examination, provided he is within the limits of
    age at that time. No candidate will be allowed to compete
    more than twice. A candidate who fails to pass the test will
    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.

12. 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 his still within the
    limits of age.

13. For all cadets entered under these regulations the pay-
    ment 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 Commis-
    sioners of the Admiralty 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 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 pecuniary circumstances of the cadet.

14. 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.

15. (a.) Examinations in seamanship and study will be
    held at the end of each term.
    (b.) Cadets who fail at the end of their second term to ob-
    tain 40 per cent. of marks in mathematical subjects
    will be discharged.
    (c.) Cadets who fail at the final examination to obtain 40
    per cent in theoretical, and 50 per cent. in technical,
    subjects will be discharged.
    (d.) Cadets reported to the Admiralty for unsatisfactory
    conduct will be "warned;" should they be again re-
    ported they will be discharged. Any cadet, however,
    who is reported for unsatisfactory conduct during his
    final term will be discharged without being allowed
    to present himself at the examination for passing out
    of the "Britannia."
    (e.) Any cadet who shall at any time appear to their Lord-
    ships to be unfit for the naval service, for any reason
    whatever, will be removed from the "Britannia;" and it must be understood that this rule will apply to
    those who are considered unfit from insufficient phy-
    sical development or weakness of constitution,
    although no actual organic disease may have been
    developed.

16. It is to be distinctly understood that the period of
    training on board the "Britannia" is a time of probation,
    and the parent or guardian of every cadet will be required to
    sign a declaration (on the admission 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.

17. 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."

18. The parent or guardian of every cadet will be required
    to provide outfit under the regulations in force.

19. No pay or pocket-money will be allowed by Govern-
    ment to cadets in the "Britannia."
    By command of their Lordships.

EVAN MACGREGOR.

Admiralty, July, 1887.

MEMORANDUM.

For the examination to be held in November, 1888, and
subsequent examinations, the following articles will be sub-
stituted for Articles 6 and 9 of the foregoing regulations,
viz.,—

6. No candidate will be eligible for the June examinations
   whose age will not be within the following limits on the 15th
   July following, viz., not less than thirteen nor more than
   fourteen and a half years of age; nor for the November exa-
   minations whose age will not be within those limits on the
   15th January following.

Marks.
9. Candidates will be tested by examination in the
following subjects:—
(1.) Arithmetic: including proportion, vulgar and
decimal fractions . . . . . . 250
(2.) Algebra: including fractions, simple equations
and problems, and quadratic equations of one
unknown quantity . . . . . . 200
(3.) Geometry: Euclid, Book I., with exercises and
questions . . . . . . . . 200
(4.) English: handwriting, dictation, reading with
intelligence, and composition . . . 150
(5.) French: translating French into English, and
English into French; grammatical questions,
speaking, and dictation . . . . . 250
(No dictionary will be allowed, but the equiva-
lents of the less usual words in either
language will be given.)
(6.) Scripture . . . . . . . . 100
Candidates will be required to obtain half marks in arith-
metic, and 40 per cent. in each of the other subjects.
Candidates will be further examined in—
(7.) Mathematics: harder questions in arithmetic,
algebra, and geometry, as above defined . 300
(8.) Latin: translation, grammar, and prose com-
position . . . . . . . . 300
(No dictionary will be allowed, but the equiva-
lents for the less usual words will be given.)
(9.) Geography: including the subjects treated of in
Grove's Primer, and an elementary knowledge
of the principal places in the British Isles and
dependencies . . . . . . . 150
(10.) English history: a short selected period. (A
text-book to be named.) . . . . 150
(11.) Drawing, freehand and simple rectangular
model . . . . . . . . 100
The final order of merit will be determined by the sum of
the marks obtained in the test and in the further examina-
tion.

Despatch.—Prolonging Treaty of Commerce with Salvador.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 21st November, 1887.

THE following despatch, received from Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is pub-
lished for general information.

T. W. HISLOP.

(New Zealand.—General.)
Downing Street, 9th September, 1887.

SIR,—With reference to your Despatch No. 33, of the 17th
May, 1886, I have the honour to transmit to you, for infor-
mation in the colony under your Government, a copy of the
convention between Great Britain and the Republic of
Salvador, signed on the 23rd June, 1886, for prolonging the
Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation of the 24th
October, 1862.
The ratifications of the convention, to which New Zealand
does not adhere, were exchanged on the 8th July last.
I have, &c.,

H. T. HOLLAND.

Governor Sir W. F. D. Jervois, G.C.M.G., C.B.

AGREEMENT between Great Britain and the Republic of
Salvador for prolonging the Treaty of Friendship, Com-
merce, and Navigation, of the 24th October, 1862, between
Great Britain and Salvador. (Signed at San Salvador,
23rd June, 1886. Ratifications exchanged, 8th July,
1887.)

WHEREAS in Article XXI. of the Treaty of Friendship, Com-
merce, and Navigation, between Her Majesty the Queen of
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the
Republic of Salvador, signed on the 24th October, 1862, it is
stipulated as follows:—

"The present treaty shall remain in force for the term of
twenty years from the date of exchange of ratifications, and
if neither party shall notify to the other its intention of
terminating the same twelve months before the expiration
of the twenty years stipulated above, the said treaty shall
continue binding on both parties beyond the said twenty
years until twelve months from the time that one of the
parties may notify to the other its intention of terminating
it."

And whereas the aforesaid high contracting parties are
mutually desirous of prolonging the duration of the said
treaty for a further term of years, the undersigned, duly
authorised by their respective Governments, have agreed as
follows:—

1. The Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation