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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 102

Marks.

Second Class.

| Mathematics | 1,000 | 200 | 100 | 1,300 | 550 | 1,850 |
| Artillery | 300 | 100 | .. | 400 | .. | 400 |
| Military engineering | 450 | 50 | 100 | 600 | .. | 600 |
| Practical geometry.. | 250 | 50 | 100 | 400 | .. | 400 |
| Military topography | 500 | 50 | 150 | 700 | .. | 700 |
| Freehand drawing | 120 | 30 | .. | 150 | .. | 150 |
| French or German | 750 | 50 | .. | 800 | .. | 800 |
| Electricity and magnetism | 250 | 30 | 20 | 300 | .. | 300 |
| Gymnastics | 100 | .. | .. | 100 | .. | 100 |
| Riding | Nil | .. | .. | .. | .. | Nil |
| Infantry drill | Nil | .. | .. | .. | .. | Nil |
| Field Artillery drill.. | .. | 100 | .. | 100 | .. | 100 |
| Engineer exercises | Nil | .. | .. | .. | .. | Nil |
| Infantry sword-drill | .. | 50 | .. | 50 | .. | 50 |
| Swimming | Nil | .. | .. | .. | .. | Nil |
| Workshops | .. | .. | .. | .. | 200 | 200 |

Third Class.

| Mathematics | 500 | 100 | 100 | 700 | 700* | 1,400 |
| Artillery | 750 | 50 | .. | 800 | .. | 800 |
| Military engineering | 500 | 50 | 200 | 750 | .. | 750 |
| Practical geometry.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 250 | 250 |
| Military topography | 500 | 50 | 250 | 800 | .. | 800 |
| Freehand drawing | 260 | 40 | .. | 300 | .. | 300 |
| Tactics | 450 | 150 | .. | 600 | .. | 600 |
| French or German | 1,100 | 100 | .. | 1,200 | .. | 1,200 |
| Electricity and magnetism | 700 | 100 | 100 | 900 | .. | 900 |
| Riding | Nil | .. | .. | .. | .. | Nil |
| Infantry drill | Nil | .. | .. | .. | .. | Nil |
| Artillery exercises | Nil | .. | .. | .. | .. | Nil |
| Engineer exercises | .. | 100 | .. | 100 | .. | 100 |
| Cavalry sword-exercise | .. | 100 | .. | 100 | .. | 100 |
| Revolver-practice | .. | 100 | .. | 100 | .. | 100 |
| Swimming | Nil | .. | .. | .. | .. | Nil |
| Workshops | .. | .. | .. | .. | 300 | 300 |

Fourth Class.

| Mathematics | 600 | 100 | .. | 700 | 1,000 | 1,700 |
| Artillery | 1,050 | 150 | .. | 1,200 | .. | 1,200 |
| Military engineering | 500 | 50 | 200 | 750 | .. | 750 |
| Practical geometry.. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 250 | 250 |
| Military topography | 600 | 50 | 350 | 1,000 | .. | 1,000 |
| Tactics | 750 | 150 | .. | 900 | .. | 900 |
| Electricity and magnetism | 700 | 130 | 100 | 900 | 300 | 1,200 |
| Artillery drills and exercises | .. | 100 | .. | 100 | .. | 100 |
| Infantry drill | .. | 50 | .. | 50 | .. | 50 |
| Riding | .. | 250 | 150 | 400 | .. | 400 |
| Gymnastics | .. | 200 | .. | 200 | .. | 200 |
| Swimming | .. | 100 | .. | 100 | .. | 100 |

42. A cadet will not be allowed to take up the higher or voluntary section of a subject, for study or examination, unless the professor of the subject reports that the cadet is practically certain to qualify in the ordinary obligatory sections of the subject, and is sufficiently advanced to profit by instruction in the higher sections.

A cadet will not be allowed to take up the higher or voluntary section of a subject after mid-term, except in practical geometry, which may be taken up not later than four weeks before the examination.

A higher section once taken up cannot be dropped during the term without the permission of the Governor.

43. The language to be studied by a cadet must be that in which he possesses such proficiency as will enable him to benefit by the advanced instruction given to the class.

XI. EXAMINATIONS.

44. In order to insure due diligence during the whole period of residence there will be examinations at the end of each term, conducted by independent examiners, and intermediate examinations conducted by the Royal Military Academy staff.

• Including 100 marks for intermediate examination.

The term examination, in the second class, will cover the first and second classes course, and that in the fourth class the third and fourth classes course.

45. For class promotion a cadet will be required to obtain at the term examinations the qualifying minimum of marks in the obligatory sections of each subject (paragraph 48), and 0·5 of the total number of marks allotted to the whole obligatory course of the term.

46. To qualify for a commission a cadet must be in the fourth class, and must obtain at the final examination the qualifying minimum of marks in the obligatory sections of each subject, and 0·5 of the total number of marks allotted to the obligatory course of that class. He must also obtain 0·5 of the sum of the marks allotted to the whole of the obligatory course of the first, second, third, and fourth classes.

47. Cadets of the fourth class, who have completed their course satisfactorily and are reported as duly qualified in all respects, will be gazetted to commissions as second lieutenants in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers. Choice of corps, as far as vacancies will permit, will be allowed according to order of precedence for commission.

48. The qualifying minimum of marks required at the term and final examinations in the obligatory sections of each subject is—

Marks.

Of the aggregate of marks allotted to the whole obligatory course .. .. .. 0·5
Mathematics and mechanics, artillery, military engineering, military topography, tactics, electricity and magnetism, French or German 0·4
Practical geometry, chemistry .. .. 0·33
Freehand drawing.. .. .. 0·25
Riding, gymnastics, drills, swimming .. 0·33

To count marks in an obligatory or in a voluntary subject at least 0·25 of the total marks for that subject must be obtained in the examination at the end of each term.

49. Order of precedence for promotion from the first, second, and third classes will be determined upon the aggregate of marks gained for the entire course, obligatory and voluntary, of those classes.

Order of precedence for commission will be determined upon the aggregate of marks gained for the entire course, obligatory and voluntary, of the first, second, third, and fourth classes.

Cadets who obtain 0·8 of the marks at the final examination in any subject will be noted as “distinguished” in that subject.

The detail of the marks allotted to each subject at each examination is given in the syllabus.

50. Cases of cadets who are prevented by sudden illness or other unavoidable cause from undergoing an examination, or executing drawings or surveys upon which class promotion or commission depend, will be specially referred for decision to the Secretary of State for War, through the Commander-in-Chief.

51. A cadet who fails to pass at any examination will forfeit all claim to choice of corps, and be warned that if he fails at the next examination he will be removed from the Academy.

A cadet who fails to pass at the examination at the end of his fourth term of residence will be allowed to rejoin the Academy; but no cadet will be permitted to reside more than five terms at the Academy.

A cadet who fails at the end of his fifth term of residence will be disqualified for a commission in the army.

A cadet who may lose a term through illness, failure at examination, or otherwise, will not be allowed to count any marks for the term which he loses.

52. A cadet guilty of copying, assisting another, or using unfair means at any examination will forfeit his examination and be rusticated for one term, or may, according to circumstances, be more severely dealt with.

53. A cadet will be removed from the Royal Military Academy on the following grounds:—
    (1.) If he fails to pass at two consecutive examinations.
    (2.) If he fails to acquire sufficient proficiency in military exercises—viz., drill, gymnastics, and riding.
    (3.) Unsatisfactory progress in his studies.

No exception to the above rule will be granted on account of absence from any cause excepting illness. Cases of protracted absence on account of illness will be specially referred for decision to the Secretary of State for War, through the Commander-in-Chief.

54. A cadet who drops behind the class in which he originally joined the Academy will forfeit all claim to prizes, to the Queen Victoria Medal, to the Pollock Medal, and to the Tombs Memorial Scholarship.

The case of a cadet who drops behind, owing to illness unavoidable on his part, will be specially considered, but with regard to choice of corps only; such a case must be reported upon by military medical officers, and not by private medical practitioners.