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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 17

Committee.

Thomas Berghan .. .. ..
Robert Morrow Houston, J.P.
Louis Kingston .. .. .. ..
John McIntosh .. .. .. ..
William Holmes Prosser.. .. .. ..
William Bell .. .. .. ..
Hugh Crabb .. .. .. ..
Ethan Everist .. .. .. ..
Robert Linton, J.P. .. .. ..
John Sanson .. .. .. ..
William Edson .. .. .. ..
Andrew McFarlane .. .. ..
Alfred Edward Peache, J.P.
Hon. William Spence Peter .. ..
William Campbell Walker, J.P.
William Campbell .. .. ..
Robert Dykes .. .. .. ..
Richard Chattock .. .. ..
James Grieve .. .. .. ..
Charles Harvey Rhodes .. .. .. ..
Robert Coup .. .. .. ..
Richard Evans .. .. .. ..
Mathew E. Hiatt .. .. ..
Thomas Pashby.. .. .. ..
Philip C. Threlkeld .. .. ..
William Edward Barker.. .. .. ..
Arthur Hilton Brisco, J.P.
William Upton Slack, J.P. .. ..
Charles George Tripp, J.P.
Hon. Lancelot Walker, J.P.
Nicol Booth .. .. .. ..
Robert Bushell .. .. .. ..
William Davey .. .. .. ..
Robert Long .. .. .. ..
Robert Rossbotham .. .. ..

District.

Mongonui.

Halcombe.

Mount Somers.

Murray.

Eyreton.

Raukapuka.

Maori Hill North.

THOS. FERGUS.

Revised Regulations for the Entry of Engineer Students, and Students in Naval Construction, in Her Majesty's Dockyards.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 9th March, 1888.
THE following despatch, received from Her Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for the Colonies, is pub-
lished for general information.

THOS. FERGUS.

(Circular.) Downing Street, 24th December, 1887.
SIR,—With reference to my predecessor's circular despatch
of the 10th January last, I have the honour to transmit to
you herewith printed copies of revised regulations for the
entry of engineer students, and students in naval con-
struction, in Her Majesty's dockyards, received from the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, and dated the 1st of
July last.
I have, &c.,
H. T. HOLLAND.
The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

Admiralty, 1st July, 1887.
REGULATIONS FOR THE ENTRY OF ENGINEER STUDENTS,
AND STUDENTS IN NAVAL CONSTRUCTION, IN HER MA-
JESTY'S DOCKYARDS. (THE ENGINEER STUDENTS ARE
TRAINED FOR SERVICE AFLOAT AS ENGINEER OFFICERS
IN HER MAJESTY'S NAVY; THE STUDENTS IN NAVAL
CONSTRUCTION ARE TRAINED WITH A VIEW TO THEIR
JOINING THE ROYAL CORPS OF NAVAL CONSTRUCTORS).

1. VACANCIES for appointments as engineer students in the
   dockyards will be filled principally by means of competitive
   examinations open to all sons of British subjects, being of
   the prescribed age and of good moral character; but their
   Lordships will reserve to themselves the right to nominate a
   few candidates at each entry, who will be appointed on pass-
   ing the examination specified in paragraph 11.

The candidates to be nominated will be selected by the
Board of Admiralty from sons of officers of the navy, army,
or Royal 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, or sons of officers of the navy or Royal Marines who
have performed long and meritorious service. The number
to be so nominated will not exceed one-fifth of the total
number of engineer students to be entered. Except as re-
gards exemption from the competitive examination, these
candidates will be subject in all respects to these regulations.*

Three engineer studentships will be given annually to sons
of gentlemen in the colonies, on the recommendation of the
Secretary of State for the Colonies, provided they pass the
required examination. These candidates will be subject to
precisely the same regulations as herein laid down for nomi-
nated service-candidates.†

2. The number of appointments to be made in each year
   will be fixed by their Lordships.

3. The list of candidates for these appointments by open
   competition will be kept at the office of the Civil Service
   Commissioners. All applications for the forms to be filled
   up by persons who wish to compete must be sent to the
   Secretary, Civil Service Commission, London, S.W., on or
   after the 1st of January in each year, and care must be taken
   that the forms when filled up are returned so as to reach the
   Civil Service Commissioners on or before the 15th March
   following, as no notice will be taken of forms received after
   that date. The list of nominated candidates will be kept at
   the Admiralty.

4. Candidates must not be less than fourteen nor more
   than sixteen years of age on the 1st day of May in the year
   in which they are examined.

5. Evidence of age and character will not be required
   before the examination, but candidates successful in it will
   not be eligible for appointment unless they satisfy the Civil
   Service Commissioners on these points.

6. The medical examination of the successful candidates
   will be held under the authority of their Lordships as soon
   as possible after the result of the educational examination is
   made known. No candidate will be entered as an engineer
   student unless he is pronounced to be physically fit. Can-
   didates in or near London will be medically examined by
   the Medical Director-General of the Navy at the Admiralty.
   Those residing near one of Her Majesty's dockyards, or one
   of the first reserve-ships or drill-ships of the Royal Naval
   Reserve, or the flag-ship at Queenstown will be examined
   by the medical officers attached thereto. The medical
   examinations will be conducted in all respects in strict
   accordance with the instructions for the examination of
   persons for admission into the naval service. All candidates
   at the time of their medical examination must produce cer-
   tificates to the satisfaction of the examining officers that
   they have been revaccinated, or they must be revaccinated
   before they can be considered eligible for entry into the
   dockyard.

7. The educational examination will be held by the Civil
   Service Commissioners in London, Liverpool, Portsmouth,
   Devonport, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Edinburgh,
   Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dublin, Belfast, and Cork, and will take
   place in the month of April in each year. The exact date
   may be ascertained by application to the Secretary, Civil
   Service Commission, on or after the 1st of January in each
   year.

8. The following will be the subjects of the competitive
   examination, and the maximum number of marks for each
   subject:—

Arithmetic .. .. .. 300
English—
Handwriting .. .. .. 40
Accuracy and intelligence in writing from
dictation .. .. .. 60
Composition .. .. .. 100
Grammar .. .. .. 150
350
French or German or Italian—
Translation into English .. 150
Latin—
Translation into English .. 150
Geography .. .. .. 100
Algebra (up to and including quadratic equa-
tions) .. .. .. .. 300
Euclid's Elements (Books I. to IV. and Book
VI., and the definitions of Book V.) 300
Mechanical drawing (elementary) .. 100
(The construction of plane scales and the
use of simple mathematical instru-
ments as shown by the neat drawing
of plane geometrical figures to scale.)
Total .. .. .. 1,750

All candidates will be tested as to their ability to read
aloud with clearness, distinctness, and accuracy, and with-

• Applications for nominations must be made so as to arrive at
  the Admiralty before the 1st of February in each year, and should
  be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, if the candidate is
  the son of an officer of the navy or marines; to the Military Secre-
  tary, Horse Guards, if the candidate is the son of an officer of the
  army; and to the Military Secretary, India Office, if the candidate
  is the son of an officer of the Indian army.

† The names of the colonial candidates are to be received at the
Admiralty from the Colonial Office on or before the 1st February
in each year.