JULY 22. THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1345

Petone Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Charles Howard Fanning to be Lieutenant. Date of com-
mission, 12th June, 1897.

Napier Naval Artillery Volunteers.
Orioll Hilton Hovell to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
2nd June, 1897.

Wairoa Mounted Rifle Volunteers.
George Robert Johnston to be Lieutenant.
James Riddell to be Lieutenant.
Date of commissions, 2nd June, 1897.

Kumara Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Joseph Stubbs to be Captain. Date of commis-
sion, 3rd June, 1897.

Westport Rifle Volunteers.
John McIntyre to be Lieutenant. Date of commission,
3rd June, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer appointed.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 15th July, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to approve of the under-mentioned
appointment under paragraph 63, Volunteer Regulations,
1895:—

Waimea Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant William Henderson Bryant to be Captain. Date
of commission, 28th June, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Transfer of Officer in Reserve Corps.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th July, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to approve of the transfer of
Captain RALPH ANDERSON CHAFFEY
from the North Otago District Reserve Corps to the Canter-
bury District Reserve Corps, and with effect from the 8th
July, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Issue of Imperial Volunteer Officers' Decoration.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th July, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to approve of the issue of the Im-
perial Volunteer Officers' Decoration to
Lieut.-Colonel FREDERICK WYATT FRANCIS,
North Canterbury Battalion of Infantry Volunteers, he
having a total efficient commissioned and rank service
counting towards the decoration, to the 5th instant, of 20
years 98 days.

T. THOMPSON.

Volunteer Officer resigned.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th July, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to accept the resignation of the
commission held by the under-mentioned officer:—
Kumara Rifle Volunteers.
Lieutenant Walter Evenden. Date of resignation, 6th July,
1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Transfer of Volunteer Officer to Honorary Unattached List.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th July, 1897.

HIS Excellency the Administrator of the Government
has been pleased to approve, under paragraph 262,
Volunteer Regulations, 1895, of the transfer of
Lieutenant JAMES FOWLER
from the Blenheim Rifle Volunteers to the Honorary Un-
attached List, New Zealand Volunteers, and with effect
from the 1st July, 1897.

T. THOMPSON.

Revised Regulations with Respect to the Entry of Naval
Cadets into the British Navy.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 14th July, 1897.

THE under-mentioned revised regulations with reference
to the entry of naval cadets into the British navy,
received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, are
republished for general information. The regulations pub-
lished in New Zealand Gazette No. 44, of the 6th May, 1897,
page 979, are therefore cancelled.

T. THOMPSON.

REGULATIONS RESPECTING NAVAL CADETS, TO COME INTO
FORCE FOR THE EXAMINATION TO BE HELD IN DECEMBER,
1897, AND TO REMAIN IN FORCE THENCEFORTH.

[For the Information of Candidates.]

1. APPOINTMENTS to naval cadetships will be made by
   limited competition, with the under-mentioned excep-
   tions:—
   Six cadetships given annually to sons of gentlemen in
   the colonies, on the recommendation of the Secretary
   of State for the Colonies.
   Service cadetships, the total number of which is not to
   exceed seven in any one year. Service cadets will be
   selected by the Board of Admiralty from (a) sons of
   officers of the army, navy, or 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;
   (b) sons of officers of the navy who have performed
   long or distinguished service, and who hold or have held
   rank or relative rank on the active list not lower than
   that of commander. Not more than three service
   cadets will be nominated annually under clause (b).
   Applications for service cadetships should be addressed
   to the Military Secretary, Horse Guards, if the candi-
   date is the son of an officer of the army; to the Secre-
   tary of the Admiralty if the candidate is the son of
   an officer of the navy or marines; and to the Military
   Secretary, India Office, if the candidate is the son of
   an officer of the Indian army.
   Colonial and service cadets will be entered on qualifying
   as specified in paragraph 10, and will in all other respects
   be subject to these regulations.
   Candidates must be of pure European descent, and the
   sons either of natural-born British subjects or of parents
   naturalised in the United Kingdom.
   If any doubt arises upon this question, the burden of clear
   proof that he is qualified will rest upon the candidate him-
   self.
   The educational examination of all candidates will be
   conducted by the Civil Service Commissioners (address Can-
   non Row, Westminster), who will deal with all questions
   connected with such examination, and will announce the
   results. A fee of £1 will be required from each candidate.
2. Except in special circumstances, not more than one-
   third of the number of candidates actually presenting
   themselves before the Civil Service Commissioners will be
   entered.
3. All nominations of candidates for naval cadetships are
   made by the First Lord, with the exception of a limited
   number which are at the disposal of individual members of
   the Board, and of the Secretaries to the Board of Admiralty.
   A flag officer or a commodore first-class appointed to the
   chief command of a station, or to a separate command, and
   a captain, on first appointment as such to the command of
   a ship, will be allowed to nominate one candidate, provided
   the privilege is exercised within six months of appointment,
   and that the candidate is not less than thirteen years of age
   when nominated. The examination of candidates will not
   take place until they are eligible by age under clause 6.
   No captain will be entitled to nominate more than one
   candidate during the time he holds the rank of captain, but
   a flag officer or a commodore first-class may claim the
   privilege each time he is appointed to a command as above.
   In the event of a candidate's nomination being cancelled
   before he has commenced the examination, the officer who
   nominated him will be allowed to select another candidate
   for the same or following examination.
4. The nominations will be made three times a year, as
   soon as convenient after the report of the last examination
   has been received from the Civil Service Commissioners.
5. The examinations will be held in London and at Ports-
   mouth, in March, July, and December, about six weeks
   before the commencement of each term, and the appoint-
   ments will date from the 15th January, 15th May, 15th
   September following respectively, and the terms will com-
   mence as shown in Regulation 15.