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for the competitive examination. They will also be examined
in the other subjects to ascertain the extent of their know-
ledge and to determine their order of merit, and no nomi-
nated candidate will be appointed as an engineer student
who obtains less than 780 marks in the aggregate.

12. Candidates will be informed by letter from the Civil
    Service Commission of the result of their examination as
    soon as it has been ascertained.

13. The successful candidates will be entered as engineer
    students in Her Majesty's navy about the 1st of July in
    each year, and will be borne on the books of the guard-ship
    of the reserve at Devonport for disciplinary purposes. The
    period of training at Her Majesty's dockyard at Devonport
    will be for five years, but it will be reduced to four years in
    the case of engineer students of the latter service who pass
    the examination described in paragraph 29, clause 1, and
    also pass very creditably in practical workmanship and
    knowledge of engine-room duties referred to in paragraph 32.

14. Students in naval construction not exceeding two in
    number annually will be appointed from among engineer
    students who have shown special ability at the end of their
    second year of service. The students in naval construction,
    on appointment, must join with their parents or guardians
    in a bond for £500 to enter, if required, into Her Majesty's
    service as assistant constructors, if at the expiration of their
    training they should obtain certificates of good conduct and
    efficiency for entry in that capacity. They will continue to
    be under naval discipline until their entry as probationary
    assistant constructors.

15. Students in naval construction will complete five
    years' service at Devonport in the training school for
    engineer students, and will be subject to the same conditions
    as to fees, pay, uniform, and other details as may be pre-
    scribed from time to time for engineer students. Their
    course of instruction will be laid down from time to time.

16. The parent or guardian of each engineer student
    entered in future will be required to pay yearly in advance
    the sum of £40 per annum for each year the student may be
    under training—four or five years as the case may be. It
    will, however, be at the discretion of the Lords Commis-
    sioners of the Admiralty to select from among the students
    entered at each yearly examination a number not to exceed
    five, 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 £25 only. Their Lord-
    ships also reserve the power to further reduce this latter
    sum in the case of sons of officers killed or drowned, or who
    have otherwise lost their lives on service. In making their
    selection, my Lords will have regard solely to the pecuniary
    circumstances of the parents or guardians of the students.

17. The payments are to be made to the Cashier of Her
    Majesty's Dockyard at Devonport; the first payment is to be
    made before the student is entered, and the subsequent pay-
    ments on or before the 30th day of June in each of the four
    succeeding years. Should a student leave from any cause
    or be dismissed from the service, not any portion of the pay-
    ments that have been made in his behalf will be refunded.

18. The parents or guardians of the students will also be
    required to provide the uniform (see paragraph 48) or other
    clothing, washing, and necessaries of each student. Board
    and lodging and medical attendance will be provided by the
    Admiralty. The students will be required to reside in the
    training school at Keyham.

19. The weekly pay of students during their training will
    be as follows, provided they are well reported on by the
    officers:—

First year .. .. .. .. 1s. per week.
Second year .. .. .. .. 2s.
Third year .. .. .. .. 3s.
Fourth year .. .. .. .. 5s. "
Fifth year .. .. .. .. 8s. "

20. Five weeks' leave (thirty working days) on full pay
    will be granted each year to all students whose conduct and
    progress have been satisfactory. This leave is to be taken
    during the school vacations at midsummer and Christmas.

Despatch.—Acts assented to.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 11th February, 1889.

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, No. 62.)

Downing Street, 12th December, 1888.

SIR,—I have the honour to inform you that Her Majesty will
not be advised to exercise her power of disallowance with
respect to the following Acts of the Legislature of New
Zealand, transcripts of which accompanied your Despatch
No. 95, of the 19th September last;—

No. 1. "An Act to repeal 'The New Zealand Loan Act,
1887.'"

No. 2. "An Act to authorise the Borrowing of One Million
Pounds for Immigration and for Construction of
Public Works and other Purposes."

No. 3. "An Act to make necessary Provision for Certain
Matters in case of any Demise of the Crown."

No. 4. "An Act to amend the Law relating to the Recovery
and Remission of Fines and Penalties."

No. 5. "An Act to provide for the Maintenance of Discipline
in Her Majesty's Ships in the Waters of New
Zealand and in the Local Forces of the Colony in
certain Cases."

No. 6. "An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public
Account to the Service of the Year ending the
Thirty-first day of March, One thousand eight
hundred and eighty-nine."

No. 7. "An Act to extend the Provisions of 'The Tramways
Act, 1872.'"

No. 8. "An Act to alter certain Duties of Customs and
Excise, and to amend the Law relating thereto."

No. 9. "An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public
Account to the Service of the Year ending the
Thirty-first day of March, One thousand eight
hundred and eighty-nine."

No. 10. "An Act to amend 'The Regulation of Local Elec-
tions Act, 1876.'"

No. 11. "An Act for the Constitution of the Pahiatua
County."

No. 12. "An Act to constitute Boards for the Education
Districts of Westland and Grey respectively."

No. 13. "An Act to consolidate and amend the Law relating
to Lands held as Sites for Volunteer Drill-sheds,
and for certain other Volunteer Purposes."

No. 14. "An Act to authorise the Sale or other Disposition
of certain Public Reserves."

No. 15. "An Act respecting the Form and Interpretation of
Statutes, and for shortening the Language used
therein."

No. 16. "An Act to amend 'The New Zealand State
Forests Act, 1885.'"

No. 17. "An Act to amend the Land Act."

No. 18. "An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Post
Office by providing for the Carriage of Foreign
Parcels by Post."

No. 19. "An Act to amend 'The Administration Act, 1879.'"

No. 20. "An Act to amend 'The Coroners Act, 1867.'"

No. 21. "An Act to amend 'The Justices of the Peace
Act, 1882.'"

No. 22. "An Act to amend the Law relating to District
Courts."

No. 23. "An Act to regulate Proceedings in Local Courts on
the Alteration or Abolition of Districts, and to
validate certain other Proceedings."

No. 24. "An Act to declare the River Districts of Waipawa
and of Ashburton Forks to be River Districts
under 'The River Boards Act, 1884.'"

No. 25. "An Act to amend 'The Slaughterhouses Act,
1877.'"

No. 26. "An Act to amend 'The Sheep Act, 1878.'"

No. 27. "An Act to amend 'The Fencing Act, 1881.'"

No. 28. "An Act to amend 'The Customs Duties Consolida-
tion Act, 1882.'"

No. 29. "An Act to amend 'The Tobacco Act, 1879.'"

No. 30. "An Act to amend the Law relating to Government
Life Insurance."

No. 31. "An Act to amend the Rating Acts."

No. 32. "An Act for extending the Period within which the
Annual Accounts of Local Bodies shall be passed."

No. 33. "An Act to amend 'The Mining Act, 1886.'"

No. 35. "An Act to amend and repeal the Acts providing for
the Payment of Rates in respect of Crown Lands
and Native Lands."

No. 36. "An Act to repeal 'The Native Land Administration
Act, 1886,' and to make Provision in lieu thereof."

No. 37. "An Act to amend 'The Native Land Court Act,
1886.'"

No. 38. "An Act to amend 'The Native Lands Frauds
Prevention Act, 1881.'"

No. 39. "An Act to provide for the Management of Real
Estate belonging to Infants and Others of the
Maori Race under Disability."

No. 40. "An Act to amend 'The Land Transfer Act, 1885.'"

No. 42. "An Act to impose a Property-tax and to amend
'The Property Assessment Act, 1885.'"

No. 43. "An Act to appropriate certain Sums of Money for
Public Works and Other Purposes."

No. 44. "An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Con-
solidated Fund and other Moneys to the Service of
the Year ending the Thirty-first day of March, One
thousand eight hundred and eighty-nine, and to
appropriate the Supplies granted in this present
Session."