New Zealand Gazette – 1892 – No. 14

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 14

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ENTRY IN THE ROYAL NAVY OF MEN AND BOYS OF AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND BIRTH, Application being made beforehand to the Commander-in-Chief, H.M.S. “Orlando,” for each Entry.

Able and ordinary seamen.

ABLE or ordinary seamen may be entered to fill vacancies, as non-continuous-service men, for six months’ trial on the station; and if, after that time, they are found suitable, they will be allowed to join the Royal navy for continuous service, and will be paid (as continuous-service men) from the date of their original entry. Men so entered will be sent to England for training in gunnery, &c., but they will afterwards be employed on the Australian Station if they so desire.

Boys.

Boys who volunteer and come up to the standard will be accepted and sent to England for training, with the paid-off crews of H.M. ships; and, after undergoing the necessary training, they will be employed as far as possible on the Australian Station if they so desire.

Qualifications.

(a.) These boys should be between the ages of fifteen and sixteen, and they must be in all respects suitable.

How to be borne.

(b.) When entered, boys will be received in one of H.M. ships on the station for passage to the training-ship in England.

QUALIFICATIONS.—(All Candidates must be of Australian or New Zealand Birth.)

Rating for which the Candidate is to be examined.	Age required.	Previous Servitude and other Qualifications required.	Nature of the Examination the Candidate must pass.	Remarks.
Ordinary seaman	18 and under 30	Well grown and healthy; produce certificates of good conduct from the merchant service	Considered in all respects fit for the rating, with a fair knowledge of the ordinary duties of a seaman.
Able seaman	Ditto	..	A good knowledge of the ordinary duties of a seaman.
Boy, 2nd class	Between 15 and 16	That he is of robust frame, intelligent, of perfectly sound and healthy constitution, and not subject to fits; and willing to be revaccinated: objecting that he is not to have more than seven defective or deficient teeth	That he is able to read and write. To write a passage of not more than six lines slowly read once, and then dictated word by word; and to sign his name legibly.	Height Chest ft. in. in. 15 to 15½ 5 0¾ 30¾ 15½ to 16 5 1¼ 31 (Liable to alteration from time to time.)

The rates of pay, pensions, and other advantages are given in the quarterly editions of the “Navy List.”

[Vide also New Zealand Gazette No. 86, 20th November, 1891, p. 1304.]

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