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(d.) A certificate from the head of the college that the candidate has passed the required university examination, including geometrical drawing.

Examination in Military Subjects.

13. An examination in military subjects of candidates nominated under paragraphs 8 and 12, who have previously passed the literary examination, will be held in September in each year. The subjects, and the maximum marks obtainable in each subject, will be as follows:—

Marks.

1. Military engineering .. .. .. 2,000
2. Military history .. .. .. 4,000
3. Military topography .. .. .. 2,000

In order to qualify for a commission, a candidate will be required to obtain one-third of the marks in each subject, and half of the aggregate. Not more than three trials will be allowed at these examinations.

14. A candidate will be required to undergo an inspection by a Medical Board, to be convened by the Governor of the colony or other proper authority, and will not be allowed to proceed with his examination unless recommended by this Board to be physically fit for Her Majesty’s service.

The general conditions as to height, weight, chest-measurement, eyesight, &c., required, are given in Appendix I. The Board have, however, discretionary power to recommend a candidate slightly below one or other of these conditions in a case in which they are satisfied that he will fulfil them within six months. No relaxation, however, of the eyesight qualification will ever be allowed.

The recommendations of the Board will in all cases be absolutely final.

15. It is suggested that a candidate before commencing his course of study should undergo a thorough medical examination. By such an examination any serious physical disqualification would be revealed, and the candidate probably spared expense and the mortification of rejection.

16. Candidates may undergo a preliminary examination by a military Medical Board, not more than two years before they compete, under the following conditions:—

(a.) Applications must be addressed to the Governor of the colony, accompanied by a fee of two guineas.

(b.) Instructions will be issued for the examination to take place at the military station where a Medical Board can be held nearest the candidate’s residence. The result will be notified to candidates by the Board.

(c.) Candidates must pay their travelling-expenses.

(d.) Candidates found unfit by the preliminary Board are not bound to accept its finding, but may, at their own risk, continue their studies, and, if successful at the competitive examination, may then submit themselves for medical examination by the final Medical Board.

(e.) It must be distinctly understood that passing such preliminary Medical Board is solely for the candidate’s information, and would give him no sort of claim to be accepted as physically fit when he presents himself as a candidate. His acceptance will depend entirely upon the report of the final Medical Board. Candidates may be fit for the service at the preliminary examination, but may become disqualified by some subsequent physical deterioration.

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APPENDIX I.

MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONS IN THE ARMY.

I. A candidate for a commission in Her Majesty’s army must be in good mental and bodily health, and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the efficient performance of military duty, and it should be stated whether he is of pure European descent.

II. The examination will be conducted by a Board of medical officers.

III. The attention of the Board will be directed to the following points:—

(a.) That the correlation of age, height, weight, and chest-girth is equal or superior to that which is given in the following table:—

Physical Equivalents.

*See syllabus in Appendix II.

(b.) Measurement of height:—
The candidate will be placed against the standard with his feet together, and the weight thrown on the heels, and not on the toes or outside of the feet. He will stand erect without rigidity, and with the heels, calves, buttocks, and shoulders touching the standard; the chin will be depressed to bring the vertex of the head level under the horizontal bar, and the height will be noted in parts of an inch to eighths.

(c.) Measurement of chest:—
The candidate will be made to stand erect with his feet together, and to raise his hands above his head. The tape will be carefully adjusted round the chest, with its posterior upper edge touching the inferior angles of the shoulder-blades, and its anterior lower edge the upper part of the nipples. The arms will then be lowered to hang loosely by the side, and care will be taken that the shoulders are not thrown upwards or backwards so as to displace the tape. The candidate will then be directed to empty his chest of air as much as is possible. This is best done by continuous whistling with the lips as long as sound can be produced. The tape is carefully gathered in during the process, and when the minimum measurement is reached it is recorded. He will then be directed to inflate his chest to its utmost capacity. This maximum measurement will likewise be recorded. The mean of the two measurements will be considered as the true chest-measurement.

(d.) Eyesight:—
The regulations regarding the examination of eyesight are as follows:—

1. If a candidate can read D=6 at 6 metres (20 English feet), and D = 0·6 at any distance selected by himself, with each eye without glasses, he will be considered fit.

2. If a candidate can only read D = 24 at 6 metres (20 English feet) with each eye without glasses, his visual deficiency being due to faulty refraction, which can be corrected by glasses which enable him to read D = 6 at 6 metres (20 English feet) with one eye, and D = 12 at the same distance with the other eye, and can also read D = 0·8 with each eye without glasses, at any distance selected by himself, he will be considered fit.

3. If a candidate cannot read D = 24 at 6 metres (20 English feet) with each eye without glasses, notwithstanding he can read D = 0·6, he will be considered unfit.

(N.B.—Snellen’s test-types will be used for determining the acuteness of vision.)

Squint, inability to distinguish the principal colours, or any morbid conditions subject to the risk of aggravation or recurrence, in either eye, will cause the rejection of a candidate.

IV. The following additional points will then be observed:—

(a.) That his hearing is good.

(b.) That his speech is without impediment.

(c.) That his teeth are in good order. Loss or decay of ten teeth will be considered a disqualification. Decayed teeth, if well filled, will be considered as sound.

(d.) That his chest is well formed, and that his lungs and heart are sound.

(e.) That he is not ruptured.

(f.) That he does not suffer from hydrocele, varicocele, varicose veins in a severe degree, or other disease likely to cause inefficiency. A slight defect, if successfully cured by operation, is not a disqualification.

(g.) That his limbs are well formed and developed.

(h.) That there is free and perfect motion of all the joints.

(i.) That his feet and toes are well formed.

(j.) That he does not suffer from any inveterate skin-disease.

(k.) That he has no congenital malformation or defect.

(l.) That he does not bear traces of previous acute or chronic disease pointing to an impaired constitution.

APPENDIX II.

SYLLABUS OF SUBJECTS FOR THE LITERARY EXAMINATIONS.

Mathematics I.—Arithmetic; 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 solution of triangles; mensuration.

Mathematics II.—Further questions on the syllabus of Mathematics I.; elementary solid geometry, including Euclid, Book XI., Propositions 1 to 21, and Book XII., Propositions 1 and 2; geometrical conic sections, the elementary properties common to the ellipse, parabola, and hyperbola; dynamics and statics, uniform and uniformly accelerated rectilinear motion, uniform circular motion, motion of projectiles (not requiring a knowledge of the parabola), equilibrium of forces in one plane and of parallel forces, the centre of mass, and the construction and use of the simpler machines.