Dec. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2227

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

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1899.

THE following regulations re commissions in the British
army are published for general information. These
regulations cancel those published in New Zealand Gazette
No. 20, of 24th March, 1898.

T. THOMPSON.

REGULATIONS UNDER WHICH COMMISSIONS IN THE
BRITISH ARMY MAY BE OBTAINED BY OFFICERS OF
COLONIAL LOCAL MILITARY FORCES AND STUDENTS
FROM THE COLONIAL UNIVERSITIES.—1899.

[N.B.—Officers appointed to commissions in the army may, in
case of voluntary retirement from the army, be called upon, as a
condition of receiving the full rates of retired-pay, to serve for a
time in the Militia.]

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 pre-
   scribed.

OFFICERS OF COLONIAL LOCAL MILITARY FORCES.

2. Until further notice two army commissions will be
   allotted to each of the under-mentioned colonies annually:
   New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, New Zea-
   land, Victoria, Cape of Good Hope. Six will be allotted
   annually to Canada, one biennially to Natal, one annually
   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 com-
petition in the military portion of the prescribed examina-
tion.

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 him-
self for the examination in military subjects;

(b.) To have served as an officer in the local military
Force of the colony from which he is nominated,
and to have attended two annual trainings, each
training to be in a distinct year, or have seen
active service in the field.

Literary Examination.*

4. Subject to the exceptions stated in paragraph 5, a can-
   didate will be required, before being permitted to present
   himself for examination in military subjects, to undergo a
   qualifying literary examination by the Civil Service Commis-
   sioners in the following subjects:—

Class I.

Marks.
Mathematics I. . . . . . . . 3,000
Latin . . . . . . . . 2,000
French or German . . . . . . 2,000
English composition . . . . . . 1,000
Geometrical drawing . . . . . . 1,000
Freehand drawing . . . . . . 500
Geography . . . . . . . . 500

Class II.

Mathematics II. . . . . . . . 2,000
Mathematics III. . . . . . . . 2,000
German or French . . . . . . 2,000
Greek . . . . . . . . 2,000
English history . . . . . . . . 2,000
Chemistry and heat . . . . . . 2,000
Physics . . . . . . . . 2,000
Physiography and geology . . . . . 2,000

All the subjects of Class I. may be taken up. Only two of
the subjects of Class II. may be taken up, and if one of
these subjects be a modern language it must be different
from the modern language selected in Class I.

Candidates must obtain such an aggregate of marks in the
examination as a whole as may indicate, in the judgment of
the Civil Service Commissioners, a competent amount of
general proficiency.

5. The candidate will be exempted from the literary exami-
   nation, 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 Univer-
   sity (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 univer-
   sities: Oxford, the “First Public Examination”; Cambridge,
   one of the parts of the “General Examination,” or Part I. of
   any “Tripos Examination”; Dublin, the “Final Examina-
   tion of the Senior Freshman Year,” or the “Final Examina-
   tion of the School of Engineering”;* Durham, the “First
   Year’s Examinations”; London, the Intermediate Exami-
   nations in Arts, Law, Science, or Medicine; Scotch uni-
   versities, the “Examination of Candidates for the Army”;
   the Royal University (Ireland), “The Second University
   Examination in Arts, or the Second Professional Examina-
   tion 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.

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

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 April
   or 1st September, for the June 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 para-
   graph 8. Not more than three trials at these examinations
   will be allowed.

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 declara-
tion 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).

(c.) A certificate from the Governor that he is satisfied
that the candidate is actually a colonist, that
he is of good moral character, and in all other
respects a fit and proper person to hold a com-
mission in Her Majesty’s army.

(d.) A certificate that the candidate has passed the ex-
amination described in paragraph 4, or a univer-
sity certificate as prescribed in paragraph 5.

STUDENTS OF COLONIAL UNIVERSITIES.

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.

10. The candidate must be unmarried, and must be within
    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.

11. The literary examination of students of the chartered
    colonial universities will be conducted entirely by those
    universities. Geometrical drawing will be an obligatory
    subject of such examination.

12. The name of the candidate selected for nomination
    must be forwarded so as to reach the War Office on the 1st
    July, and should be accompanied by—

(a.) A certificate that the candidate is a British-born or
naturalised British subject.

(b.) 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.

(c.) A certificate of good moral character, for the four
years immediately preceding the date of applica-
tion, from the heads of all schools, colleges, or
other educational establishments at which the
candidate has been educated during the period;
or, if such a certificate cannot be produced, a
statement showing the reason for the omission,
together with some other satisfactory proof of
good moral conduct.

• See syllabus in Appendix II.

• This examination will also exempt from geometrical drawing.