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Steam and the steam-engine .. .. .. 600
Practical engineering, I. .. .. 600
" " " II. .. .. 600
Workshop appliances and practice .. .. 600
Mechanical drawing .. .. 400
Total .. .. 6,600

II. Optional Subjects.

Advanced algebra and trigonometry .. .. 500
Conics and differential calculus .. .. 600
Applied mechanics and strength of material .. 600
Metallurgy .. .. .. 500
Design of machinery—details .. .. 600
Elementary thermo dynamics .. .. 600
Total .. .. .. 3,400

Grand total .. .. .. 10,000

29. The following are the regulations for passing at the
    final examinations, subject to modifications at any future
    time, if considered advisable:—
    (1.) The standard for admission to the Royal Naval College
    will be 60 per cent., or above, on the combined total
    of the obligatory and optional subjects.
    (2.) The standard for passing with a second-class certificate
    will be at least 50 per cent. on the total of obligatory
    subjects, but less than 60 per cent. on the combined
    total of obligatory and optional subjects.
    (3.) The standard for passing with a third-class certificate
    will be 30 per cent. or above, but less than 50 per
    cent. on the total of obligatory subjects.
    (4.) Students who obtain less than 30 per cent. of the total
    number of marks for obligatory subjects will be
    ineligible for appointment as probationary assistant
    engineers.

30. Engineer students who fail to pass the examinations at
    the end of their fifth year referred to in paragraph 29, clause
    4, will be discharged unless their Lordships see fit to allow
    them to continue another year serving at Devonport. A second
    year's failure at the end of the sixth year will involve dismissal
    from the service. In no case will the limit of six years be
    exceeded.

31. The pay of a student in the sixth year will be the
    same as during the fifth year, and the payment to be made
    by the parent or guardian of the student in the sixth year
    will also be the same as for the fifth year of service.

32. The examination of candidates for appointment as
    probationary assistant engineers in professional subjects
    and knowledge of engine-room duties will be held by the
    officers of the Steam Reserve in time for the necessary cer-
    tificate, D. 455, to be forwarded to the Admiralty by the 23rd
    June in each year. Certificates of proficiency in practical
    workmanship, signed by the chief engineer of the dockyard,
    should also be forwarded by the same date.

These practical certificates from steam reserve and dock-
yard should be marked "Very creditable," "Creditable,"
or "Ordinary," in accordance with the proficiency of the
candidates.

33. Students will not be entered as probationary assistant
    engineers or probationary assistant constructors until they
    have learned to swim.

34. Engineer students who pass the examinations de-
    scribed in paragraph 29, clauses 1, 2, and 3, and paragraphs
    32 and 33, will be arranged in three classes, in the order of
    merit according to the marks which they obtain in the sub-
    jects above mentioned. They will be entered as probationary
    assistant engineers on the 1st July of the year of examina-
    tion, and will be appointed to the reserve guard-ship at
    Devonport on that date. Those referred to in paragraph 29,
    clause 1, will join the Royal Naval College on the 1st
    October of the year of examination for further study, and
    the others referred to in paragraph 29, clauses 2 and 3, will
    not proceed to the Royal Naval College, but will remain in
    the Steam Reserve at Devonport, to be appointed to Her
    Majesty's ships as their services are required.

35. All the probationary assistant engineers will be con-
    firmed at the end of their twelve months' probationary time
    if their conduct and qualifications are reported satisfactory,
    and those at the Royal Naval College who pass in the first
    class at the examination at the end of the first session will
    receive first-class certificates, and those who fail to secure
    first-class certificates at the examination at the college will
    be granted second-class certificates. Probationary assistant
    engineers referred to in paragraph 29, clause 2, will also be
    granted second-class certificates, and those mentioned in
    paragraph 29, clause 3, will be granted third-class certifi-
    cates.

36. Those who obtain first- and second-class certificates
    will be allowed to count twelve months and six months of
    their probationary time respectively for promotion, and
    those who obtain third-class certificates and pass very credi-
    ably in practical workmanship, professional subjects, and
    knowledge of engine-room duties will be allowed to count

three months of their probationary time for promotion. (See
paragraph 32.)

37. In the event of the conduct and qualifications of any
    probationary assistant engineer not being reported satisfac-
    tory during his twelve months' probation, or of his failing to
    pass satisfactorily at the final examination at the Royal
    Naval College, his commission will be withheld for six
    months, or for such other period as may be determined on
    by their Lordships.

38. The pay of probationary assistant engineers will be 6s.
    a day, and they will receive 1s. 4d. a day in lieu of provisions,
    &c. While at the Royal Naval College at Greenwich they
    will be provided with quarters.

39. Two assistant engineers will be selected annually from
    those who take the highest place at the examination on the
    completion of their first course at Greenwich, to pass through
    a further course of scientific instruction, if they desire it.
    These two will be allowed to study at the college for a
    second and third session. They will receive 7s. 6d. a day
    and 1s. 4d. a day towards the mess. On the completion of
    the third session at the college they will be sent to sea as
    assistant engineers, and after one year's service at sea they
    will be considered eligible to fill vacancies occurring in the
    Civil appointments at the dockyards and at the Admiralty.

40. The final examination of students in naval construc-
    tion at the end of their fifth year will be as follows, subject
    to modification at any time if considered desirable:—*

A. Marks.
Statics, hydrostatics, and graphical statics .. 600
Hydraulics, pneumatics, and dynamics .. 600
Descriptive geometry .. .. .. 600
Physics—I. Heat and light .. .. 500
II. Electricity and magnetism .. 600
Chemistry .. .. .. .. 500
Advanced algebra and trigonometry .. 500
Conics and differential calculus .. 600
Heat and combustion .. .. 400
Applied mechanics and strength of materials .. 600
Elementary thermodynamics .. .. 600
Total .. .. .. .. 6,100

B.
Laying-off and mould-practice .. .. 800
Practical shipbuilding (I.) .. .. 800
" " " (II.) .. .. 800
Shipyard machinery, appliances, and practice .. 500
Ship-drawing .. .. .. 500
Metallurgy .. .. .. .. 500
Total .. .. .. .. 3,900

Grand total .. .. .. 10,000

41. Students in naval construction who obtain 50 per cent.
    or above on each group of subjects (A and B) will be eligible
    for entry as probationary assistant constructors on the 1st
    July of the year of examination, and to proceed to the
    Royal Naval College on the 1st October following for study.

41a. Successful candidates will remain in the training
school until the 30th September, and the remainder until
their Lordships' decision is communicated.

42. Those who fail to pass the above-mentioned examina-
    tion will be liable to be discharged, or dealt with as may be
    determined by their Lordships.

43. Probationary assistant constructors who at the end of
    their first session at the Royal Naval College fail to obtain a
    satisfactory report of their qualification will be required to
    withdraw from the service, and forfeit a moiety of the bond
    unless the failure be due to sickness. The pay of the pro-
    batory assistant constructors until the completion of
    their training at the Royal Naval College will be the same
    as that of the probationary assistant engineers and assist-
    ant engineers of the same service.

44. Such probationary assistant constructors only as ob-
    tain first- or second-class professional certificates on their
    final examination at the Royal Naval College will be ad-
    mitted to the corps of naval constructors, their first appoint-
    ments being as assistant constructors, third class.

45. When appointed assistant constructors, third class, on
    leaving the college, the bond referred to in paragraph 14
    will become operative, and they will cease to be under naval
    discipline, except that they will have to proceed to sea for a
    term, if so required.

46. Those who obtain third-class certificates will not be
    admitted to the corps, but will be eligible to receive appoint-
    ments as draughtsmen in the dockyards.

47. Every student entering the Royal Corps of Naval
    Constructors will be liable to serve at any foreign naval
    establishment the Admiralty may direct.

48. The period of service in the third class for all assist-
    ant constructors to be four years. If favourably reported
    on at the end of this period as to character, ability, and
    industry, each officer will be eligible for promotion to the
    second class. Promotions from the second class to the first

• This examination to come into force in June, 1890,