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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 63

6. The limits of age will be as follows:—

Date of Entry. Lower Limit Higher Limit
of Age. of Age.
15th January, 1898 .. 14 15½
15th May, 1898, and thenceforth .. 14½ 15½

Candidates must be within these limits of age at the time of entry.

7. Every candidate must be in good health, and free from any physical defect of body, impediment of speech, defect of sight or hearing, and also from any predisposition to constitutional or hereditary disease or weakness of any kind, and in all respects well developed and active in proportion to his age. Before being examined by the Civil Service Commissioners he will be required to pass the medical examination according to the prescribed regulations, and must have been found physically fit for the navy; rejection at such examination will finally exclude him from the navy.

8. The candidate will be required to produce (1) a Registrar’s certificate of the date of his birth, or a declaration thereof made before a Magistrate (a certificate of baptism will not be accepted); (2) a certificate of good conduct from the masters of the school or schools at which he may have been educated during the two previous years, or, if educated at home, from his tutor, or the clergyman of the parish in which he resides; and (3) proofs of good health.

9. Candidates will be examined in the following subjects grouped in Class I. In order to qualify for admission as naval cadet, candidates must obtain 40 per cent. of the marks in arithmetic, algebra, and geometry respectively, and 40 per cent. of the aggregate marks (3,200) under Class I.

Candidates will be permitted to present themselves for examination also in drawing and one other subject under Class II., for which they will be able to gain additional marks.

Class I.

Mathematics,—
Arithmetic— including vulgar and decimal fractions, rule of three, practice, interest, mensuration .. .. .. .. 400
Algebra— Definitions and elementary processes, factors, fractions, highest common divisor and lowest common multiple, indices, equations up to easy quadratics of two unknowns and problems arising from them .. 400
Geometry—Euclid, Books I., II., and III., with easy deductions .. .. .. 400
— 1,200

English,—
Handwriting, dictation, reading with intelligence, and composition, to include the writing of a letter on some ordinary subject, and the reproduction of a passage read to candidates .. .. .. .. 400

Latin,—
Translation from Latin into English, and from English into Latin prose; grammatical questions .. .. .. .. 800

French,—
Translation from French into English, and from English into French prose; grammatical questions, dictation, and conversation.. 400

English history,—
The examination in this subject will cover the History of England from the date of the Norman Conquest to present times; but about two-thirds of the marks assigned to the whole subject will be allotted to questions relating to the period subsequent to the accession of Queen Elizabeth .. 200

Geography,—
The elements of physical and political geography, with special reference to the geography of the British Empire .. .. 200
— 400

Total .. .. .. 3,200

Class II.

Drawing,—
(a) Freehand and simple rectangular model or (b) geometrical .. .. .. 200

One of the following subjects:—
Mathematics,—
Elementary trigonometry, including solution of right-angled triangles, and harder questions in arithmetic, algebra, and geometry, as above defined, including Euclid, Book VI., 1–12 .. .. 400

Marks.

German,—
Translation from German into English, and from English into German prose; grammatical questions, dictation, and conversation .. .. .. 400

Natural Science,—
Mechanics, with either (a) physics or (b) chemistry .. .. .. 400

Mechanics.
Definition and measure of length, time, velocity, acceleration, force, couple, composition of two forces acting at a point, the equilibrium of a body capable of turning about an axis: centre of mass: definition and illustrations of work and energy, and simple examples of the conservation of energy.

Physics.
The characteristics of matter in its various states of solid, liquid, vapour, gas: the methods of determining mass and density, the laws of Boyle and Charles: the effects of heat on bodies, the production of heat: the methods of transference of heat: the measurement of heat and of temperature.

Chemistry.
The elements of inorganic chemistry, including the more obvious physical and chemical properties of common minerals, metals, acids, and other substances, oxidation and reduction.

10. Colonial and service candidates will be required to obtain 40 per cent. of the marks allotted to each of the following subjects—arithmetic, algebra, and geometry—as well as 40 per cent. of the aggregate marks, under Class I.

11. A candidate who qualifies under Class I., but does not succeed in the competition, will be entitled to compete at the next examination, provided he is within the limits of age at that time. A candidate who fails to qualify will not be entitled to another trial, but will be allowed to compete at the next examination if he receives a fresh nomination and is still within the limits of age.

12. A candidate who, owing to illness, fails to appear at the examination for which he has obtained his nomination may receive a second nomination, provided he is still within the limits of age.

13. For all cadets entered under these regulations the payment will be at the rate of £75 per annum for the period in the “Britannia,” to be paid every term in advance to the cashier of the Bank of England on receipt of claim from the Accountant-General of the navy. But the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve the power of selecting from among the cadets entered at each examination a number, not to exceed six, 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 £40 only. In this selection their Lordships will have regard solely to the pecuniary circumstances of the cadet. Applications for the reduced scale must be received at the Admiralty not later than the 1st January, 15th April, and 1st September.

14. In addition to the annual payments mentioned in the foregoing paragraph, the parent or guardian will be charged with the personal expenses incurred by the cadet for washing, repairing boots and clothes, hair-cutting, pocket-money, &c.

15. The period of training on board the “Britannia” will be four terms; there will be three terms in each year. The first term of each year will be approximately from the 14th January to the 14th April, the second from the 5th May to the 5th August, and the third from the 16th September to the 16th December.

The vacations will be four weeks at Christmas, three weeks at Easter, and six weeks at Midsummer.

16. (a.) Reports of progress in seamanship, mathematics, navigation, and technical subjects will be made to the Admiralty at the end of each term, and an intermediate examination will be held at the end of the second term.

(b.) Cadets who are reported at the end of any term as having made unsatisfactory progress, through idleness or want of attention, will be “warned,” and in the event of a second report to the same effect being received, they will be liable to be discharged.

(c.) Cadets who fail at the final examination to obtain 45 per cent. of the maxima marks in the mathematical subjects, including the theory of navigation and nautical astronomy, or in seamanship, and 40 per cent. in charts, instruments, French, steam and drawing combined, will be ordered to be withdrawn.

(d.) Reports of conduct will be made to the Admiralty at the end of each term or at any time during the period of