Dec. 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2231

(h.) For the son of an officer who has died on full pay, half-pay, or retired-pay or pension, and whose family has been left in pecuniary distress (subject to the approval of our Secretary of State) .. 20

(i.) For the sons of all other deceased officers, of whatever rank, whose widows are, or would have been, if living, eligible for pension .. .. .. .. 40

“675. If the father of a cadet is promoted, or retires, the rate of contribution shall be altered accordingly.

“676. If a cadet is absent a whole term in consequence of rustication, a payment of £10 shall be required for the privilege of his name being kept on the rolls of the establishment, and for a vacancy being kept open at the commencement of the next term; except in the case of an orphan whose annual contribution is only £20, when the amounts to be paid under such circumstances shall be determined by our Secretary of State.

“677. An allowance of 3s. a day, in aid of the expenses of uniform, messing, washing, and other contingencies, will be admitted as a charge against the public for each cadet as long as he is borne on the books of our Royal Military Academy, or Royal Military College. All other necessary expenses which cannot be covered by this allowance shall be chargeable to the parent or guardian of a cadet in addition to the regulated contribution.

“678. If a cadet is absent from sickness during a portion of the term, his allowance shall continue to be issued and credited to his account; but no refund of the contribution shall be permitted except under the special authority of our Secretary of State, and if such authority is given the allowance for the period of such refund shall cease.

“679. If a cadet is rusticated or removed during a term, his daily allowance shall cease from the date of such rustication or removal, and the contribution made for the half-year shall be forfeited, unless otherwise decided by our Secretary of State.”

18. Each cadet, other than a Queen’s cadet, on first joining, will be required to pay, in addition to the regulated contribution, a sum of £35 towards covering the expense of uniform, books, &c., and to bring with him the articles of clothing of which he will receive notice, and which must afterwards be kept up at his own expense. He will also be required to pay the regulated contribution in advance for each half-year of the time during which he remains under instruction.

VIII. GOVERNMENT AND ORGANIZATION.

19. The Commander-in-Chief is the President of the Royal Military Academy.

20. An independent inspection will be made annually by a Board of Visitors, appointed by the Secretary of State for War, and reporting to him. Such Visitors will not be a permanent body, but will not be all changed at the same time. The report of this Board will be presented to Parliament.

21. The Academy will be under the control of a military officer, styled Governor and Commandant, appointed by and responsible to the Secretary of State for War, through the Commander-in-Chief.

22. The Governor will be assisted by a staff officer styled Assistant-Commander and Secretary, who will command the cadet company and have the custody of the records and correspondence of the Academy, and will give the Governor such assistance as he may require.

23. The organization will be on a military basis.

24. The Governor will be assisted in the arrangement of the studies by a Board, composed of the Assistant-Commandant and the professors or senior instructors of the different branches. The head of each branch will have the supervision and inspection of the studies in his department, and will report on them to the Governor.

25. The Governor will from time to time assemble and confer with all the professors and instructors of each separate branch on matters relating to it.

IX. DISCIPLINE.

26. The gentlemen cadets are subject to such rules and regulations as are, or may be, from time to time established for the maintenance of good order and discipline at the Academy.

27. The Governor has the power of rustication, and also of sentencing a cadet for misconduct to lose places in the list of successful candidates for commissions. In such cases the circumstances will be reported by the Governor to the Commander-in-Chief.

28. In cases requiring more serious notice, cadets will be liable, on the report of the Governor to the Secretary of State for War through the Commander-in-Chief, to be removed or expelled.

29. A cadet will be removed from the Royal Military Academy for serious misconduct or for moral or physical unfitness. (See also paragraph 53.)

30. The name of any cadet expelled will be recorded in the War Office, and will be made known to the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Secretary of State for India, and the Civil Service Commissioners, in order to prevent the admission of the cadet into Her Majesty’s Naval, Military, Indian, or Civil Service.

31. The cadets will form a company, consisting of three divisions, under the Assistant-Commandant, who will be assisted by an officer performing the duties of adjutant and quartermaster, and by three lieutenants of divisions charged with the discipline out of studies and the drills. The officers will reside in the Academy. The officers in charge of divisions will exercise a strict superintendence over their divisions, for which they will be responsible to the Assistant-Commandant.

32. During study the cadets will be under the professors and instructors, whose instructions they will obey implicitly. Professors and instructors will bring to the notice of the Assistant-Commandant all cases of misconduct or irregularity.

33. All communications between a cadet and the Assistant-Commandant for the Governor will be made through the officer of his division.

34. Cadets will salute all officers in uniform, and the officers, professors, and instructors of the Academy at all times.

35. The adjutant, officers of divisions, professors, and instructors will have certain limited powers of punishment, at the discretion of the Governor, reporting all punishments which they may inflict to the Assistant-Commandant.

36. Officers, professors, and instructors will not be permitted to give private instructions on payment to cadets, either during the vacation or at any other time, nor to prepare candidates for admission to the Academy.

37. No person belonging to the Academy is to receive a present from any cadet, or from the relations or friends of any cadet. Any non-commissioned officer or employé discovered accepting a present will be liable to be removed or discharged, and the cadet giving it punished for disobedience of orders.

38. Cadets are required to appear at all times in uniform, except when on leave, or when otherwise exempted by the Governor.

39. A sword will be given at each final examination as a special reward to the most deserving cadet of his term.

X. COURSE OF INSTRUCTION.

40. The length of the course of instruction will be two years, divided into four terms. The Academy terms will be—

First Term: From the Wednesday of the week in which the 27th January falls to the 22nd June, with a vacation of about seven days at Easter.

Second Term: From the Wednesday of the week in which the 11th August falls to the 22nd December. The intermediate periods will constitute vacations.

41. The course of study will be partly obligatory and partly voluntary. The subjects which form the ordinary course of obligatory studies in each class, with the marks assigned to them, and the voluntary subjects which every cadet will be allowed at his option to take up in each class, are given in the following tables:—

First Class.