Aug. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1219

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 prescribed from time to time for engineer students. Their course of instruction will be laid down from time to time. (See also paragraphs 40 to 49.)

16. The parent or guardian of each engineer student entered will be required to pay the sum of £40 per annum for each year the student may be under training—four, five, or six* years as the case may be. It will, however, be at the discretion of the Lords Commissioners 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 Royal marines, or of Civil officers under the Board of Admiralty, with respect to whom the annual payment will be £25 only. Their Lordships 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 half-yearly, in advance, to the Cashier of Her Majesty’s Dockyard at Devonport; the first payment is to be made on or before the 1st July, the date of entry of the student, and the subsequent payments on or before the 1st January and 1st July during the remainder of the student’s training. Should a student leave from any cause, or be dismissed from the service, not any portion of the payments 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 50) 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. a week.
    Second year .. .. .. 2s. ”
    Third year .. .. .. 3s. ”
    Fourth year .. .. .. 5s. ”
    Fifth year .. .. .. 8s. ”

20. Six weeks’ leave (thirty-six working-days) on full pay will be granted each year to all students whose conduct and progress have been satisfactory. Those who cannot be so reported will be granted leave for smaller periods, which will be at the discretion of the Admiral Superintendent. This leave is to be taken during the school vacations—viz., four weeks at midsummer and two weeks at Christmas.

21. The students are not to be checked pay while on leave, nor when hurt on duty. When sick or sent to hospital from causes beyond their own control they are not to be checked of their pay until they have been absent for six months in the aggregate during any period of twelve months; at the expiration of this time a special report is to be made to their Lordships. When sick or sent to hospital from causes within their own control they are to be checked of their pay. Students pronounced at the end of twelve months’ absence on account of sickness or hurt to be permanently unfit or unlikely to be capable of entering Her Majesty’s service as assistant engineers, or as assistant constructors, will be discharged. Should any student in the course of his training develop physical unfitness for the service, he will be discharged.

22. The students will be under the supervision of the Superintendent of the Dockyard and a staff of officers, and subject to such rules and regulations as their Lordships may deem necessary.

23. Students will receive practical training in the engineering workshops, will spend a portion of their time in the drawing office, and will receive instruction in iron-ship building at Her Majesty’s dockyard at Devonport. While the engineer students are being instructed in iron-ship building they are to be under the direction of the Chief Constructor. They will attend the Engineer Students’ School in the dockyard for such periods, and for the study of such theoretical subjects, as may from time to time be determined on. Means will be afforded them of acquiring the groundwork of the knowledge required by a naval engineer respecting the working of marine engines and boilers, including those repairs which can be carried out afloat, the practical use of the various instruments used in the engine-room, also of the construction and working of electric light, torpedo, and gun machinery, and of becoming generally acquainted with the duties of a naval engineer.

24. Students will be examined once a year under the direction of the President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich.

Those who fail in making satisfactory progress and give no hope of becoming efficient officers, or are guilty of persistent misconduct, will be considered annually with reference to discharge from the service.

25. The preliminary examination at the end of the second year of service will be as follows, subject to modification at any time if considered desirable:—

    Arithmetic and mensuration .. .. .. 600
    Algebra .. .. .. 500
    Euclid I. to IV., VI., XI. .. .. .. 500
    Trigonometry .. .. .. 500
    Chemistry .. .. .. 300
    Physics .. .. .. 600
    History and geography .. .. .. 500
    [Required for passing, 1,400]
    Total .. .. .. 3,500

    Additional Subjects.
    French .. .. .. 400
    Elementary statics and hydrostatics .. .. 500

26. Students who fail to pass the examination will be discharged, unless for satisfactory reasons their Lordships sanction their remaining on the lower division for another year.

27. Students will also be examined in practical engineering at the end of their second year of service, and be required to reach a standard of 30 per cent. Those failing to attain this standard will be liable to dismissal. They will also be examined as to their practical acquirements and knowledge of steam machinery and shipbuilding respectively at the end of the third, fourth, and fifth years of their service by officers of the Admiralty. Prizes will be given annually at the dockyard to the students most highly reported on as regards their skill as workmen, and prizes for distinction at the examinations in professional and educational subjects. A certain degree of proficiency in the educational subjects, and in practical engineering and shipbuilding respectively, will be considered essential at all examinations.

28. The final examination of engineer students at the end of the fifth year will be as follows, subject to modification at any time if considered desirable.

    I. Obligatory Subjects.
    Statics, hydrostatics, and graphical statics .. 600
    Hydraulics, pneumatics, and dynamics .. 600
    Elementary theory of mechanism and machinery 600
    Physics—I. Heat and light .. .. 500
    ” II. Electricity and magnetism .. 600
    Chemistry .. .. .. 500
    Heat and combustion .. .. 700
    Steam and the steam-engine .. .. 700
    Practical engineering .. .. 700
    Workshop appliances and practice .. .. 600
    Mechanical drawing.. .. .. 500
    Total .. .. .. 6,600

    II. Optional Subjects.
    Advanced algebra and trigonometry .. .. 500
    Conics and differential calculus .. .. 600
    Applied mechanics and strength of materials .. 600
    Practical physics .. .. .. 300
    Metallurgy .. .. .. 400
    Design of machinery—details.. .. .. 500
    Engineering .. .. .. 500
    Total .. .. .. 3,400
    Grand total .. .. .. 10,000

29. The following are the regulations for passing at the final examination, subject to modification at any time if considered desirable:—

(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,

• See paragraphs 30 and 31.