Mar. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 509

Revised Regulations under which Commissions in the British Army may be obtained by Officers of the Colonial Military Forces and by Students from the Colonial Universities.

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Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1898.

THE following revised regulations re commissions in the British army are republished for general information.
T. THOMPSON.

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REGULATIONS UNDER WHICH COMMISSIONS IN THE BRITISH ARMY MAY BE OBTAINED BY OFFICERS OF COLONIAL LOCAL MILITARY FORCES AND BY STUDENTS FROM THE COLONIAL UNIVERSITIES, 1898.

[Attention is specially directed to the changes in the subjects of examination and syllabus, which will come into force at the examination of November, 1898 (see Appendix II.).]

To whom granted.

1. COMMISSIONS in the cavalry and infantry of the line will be granted to officers (who are bonâ fide colonists) of the local military Forces of certain colonies, and to students from colonial universities, under the conditions hereinafter prescribed.

OFFICERS OF COLONIAL LOCAL MILITARY FORCES.

Allotment of commissions.

2. Until further notice two army commissions will be allotted to each of the under-mentioned colonies annually: New South Wales, South Australia, Victoria, Queensland, New Zealand, Cape of Good Hope. Six will be allotted annually to Canada, one biennially to Natal, one biennially to Tasmania, and two every three years to the Royal Malta Regiment of Militia.

In the event of the number of candidates nominated by the Governor in a colony at any time exceeding the allotted number of commissions, the selection will be decided by competition in the military portion of the prescribed examination.

Qualification of candidates.

3. An officer of the colonial military Forces who is a candidate for a commission in the British army will be required—
   (a.) To be unmarried, and to be between the ages of eighteen and twenty-two on the 1st January of the year in which he is allowed to present himself for the examination in military subjects;
   (b.) To have served at least fifteen months as an officer in the local military Force of the colony from which he is nominated, and to have attended two annual trainings, or have seen active service in the field.

Literary Examination.*

Subjects of literary examination.

4. Subject to the exceptions stated in paragraph 5, a candidate will be required, before being permitted to present himself for examination in military subjects, to undergo a qualifying literary examination by the Civil Service Commissioners in the following subjects:—
   (1.) Mathematics—viz., (a) arithmetic, including vulgar and decimal fractions, proportion, and simple interest; (b) Euclid, Book I.; (c) algebra, up to and including simple equations.
   (2.) French or German, the examination being limited to translation from the language, and grammatical questions.
   (3.) Writing English correctly, and in a good legible hand, from dictation.
   English composition, tested by the power of writing an essay, letter, or précis.
   (4.) The elements of geometrical drawing, including the construction of scales, and the use of simple mathematical instruments.†
   (5.) Geography.

Any candidate who has previously passed an examination before the Civil Service Commissioners in three or more of the above subjects will be exempt from further examination in such subjects. But candidates who have to be examined in two or more subjects will be required to qualify in all at the same examination.

In addition to the foregoing, the candidate will be required to select and qualify in two, and not more than two, of the following subjects:—
(a.) Mathematics—viz., algebra, up to and including the binomial theorem; the theory and use of logarithms; Euclid, Books I. to IV. and VI.; plane trigonometry, up to and including the solution of triangles; and mensuration.

(b.) Classics (Latin or Greek).
(c.) English history: General.
(d.) Freehand drawing.

The subjects selected should in all cases be stated in the application for papers. No examination passed under the age of seventeen will be allowed to count.

Exemption for graduates, &c.

5. The candidate will be exempted from the literary examination, except in geometrical drawing, if he can produce a certificate from the proper university authority that he has (a) taken his degree in arts or science, or (b) has passed the examination for the degree of B.A. or M.A., at one of the following universities—Oxford, Cambridge, Dublin, Durham, London, St. Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, the Royal University (Ireland), Victoria University (Manchester), Edinburgh, or for the degree of B.Sc. at the Universities of Edinburgh, St. Andrews, Glasgow, or Aberdeen—or (c) has passed the examination specified below at any of the following universities: Oxford, the “First Public Examination”; Cambridge, one of the parts of the “General Examination,” or Part I. of any “Tripos Examination”; Dublin, the “Final Examination of the Senior Freshman year,” or the “Final Examination of the School of Engineering”; Durham, the “First Year’s Examinations”; London, the Intermediate Examinations in Arts, Law, Science, or Medicine; Scotch universities, the “Examination of Candidates for the Army”; the Royal University (Ireland), “The Second University Examination in Arts, or the Second Professional Examination in Engineering”; Victoria University (Manchester), the Intermediate Examination; or if he has passed some other test which is accepted by the university as exempting from the above examinations. A certificate that the examination is accepted by the authorities concerned must be produced.

An equivalent examination at the University of Malta, or one of the chartered colonial universities, will likewise be accepted as a sufficient ground for exemption.

Literary examination held twice a year.

6. The literary examination will take place in April and in November in each year.

Mode of application.

7. A candidate who is desirous of attending one of these examinations must apply to his commanding officer, at such date as will allow of the Governor forwarding the application so as to reach the War Office not later than the 1st February or 1st September, for the April and November examinations respectively. The Governor, in forwarding the application, will certify that the candidate is, having regard to the maximum limit laid down in paragraph 3, (a), eligible in point of age, and that he will be prepared, when necessary, to recommend him in the manner prescribed in paragraph 8. Not more than three trials at these examinations will be allowed.

Notification by Colonial Governor.

8. The Governor of the colony will notify to the War Office, through the Secretary of State for the Colonies, each year, the names of any duly qualified candidates he is desirous of nominating for examination in military subjects.

This notification must reach the War Office by the 1st July, and should be accompanied by—
(a.) An extract from the register of the candidate’s birth; or, in default, a certificate of his baptism or other documentary evidence, accompanied by a declaration made by one of his parents or guardians before a Magistrate, giving his exact age.
(b.) A certificate of having served the required number of annual trainings (each training in a distinct year), and of having completed a service of fifteen months in the corps to which the candidate belongs.
(c.) A certificate from the Governor that he is satisfied that the candidate is actually a colonist, and that he is of good moral character, and, in all other respects, a fit and proper person to hold a commission in Her Majesty’s army.
(d.) A certificate that the candidate has passed the examination described in paragraph 4, or a university certificate as prescribed in paragraph 5.

STUDENTS OF COLONIAL UNIVERSITIES.

Commissions for colonial university students.

9. A commission will be granted under these regulations to one student annually of the University of Malta, and of each of the chartered universities in colonies not having a military college through which commissions in the army may be obtained.

• After the examination that will be held in April, 1898, the subjects of examination and syllabus will be as given in Appendix II.
  † Greater importance will be attached to neatness and exactness of drawing than to ability to solve geometrical problems.