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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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German.—The passages for translation will be taken mainly from standard authors, and in other respects the examination will proceed on the same lines as in French.

English Composition.—Candidates will be tested by précis writing as well as by an essay. The standard of positive merit will be looked for in logical arrangement of thought, and in accuracy and propriety of expression, but large deductions of marks will be made for faults of writing and spelling. (Candidates are also warned that, for similar faults in the use of the English language, similar deductions will be made from the marks obtained in other subjects.)

Geometrical Drawing.—Practical plane geometry; the construction of scales; and the elements of solid geometry and of simple orthographic projection. Great importance will be attached to neatness and exactness of drawing.

Geography.—Simple questions in descriptive and general geography.

English History.—The general paper in this subject will be confined to events subsequent to the Norman Conquest. It will test whether the candidates are accurately acquainted with the facts of English history, and also possess an intelligent knowledge of the meaning of the facts.

The paper on the special period will be confined to distinctly modern history. It will require from the candidates more minute knowledge than the general paper.

Natural Science Subjects.—The standard examination in these subjects will be such as may be reasonably expected from the education given at schools possessing appliances for practical instruction, such as a laboratory, &c. A considerable portion of the marks will be given for proficiency shown in the practical part of the examination. A knowledge of the metric system will be expected.

Chemistry.—The laws of chemical combination and decomposition, and the preparation, classification, and properties of the principal metallic and non-metallic elements, and of such of their compounds as are treated of in inorganic chemistry. In the practical part of the examination, only the more ordinary apparatus and the less dangerous reagents will be supplied, and no candidate will be allowed to bring his own apparatus or reagents.

Heat.—The elementary portion of the subject.

Physics.—The elementary properties of electricity, magnetism, light, and sound.

Physiography—i.e., Physical Geography.

Geology.—Chiefly economic, including the recognition of the more familiar minerals and rocks, and their properties and uses.

[D. 99/4171.

Regulations respecting Admission to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and for First Appointments therefrom to the British Army.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 2nd December, 1899.

THE following regulations respecting admission to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, are published for general information.

T. THOMPSON.

REGULATIONS RESPECTING ADMISSION TO THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE, SANDHURST, 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.]

I. THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE.

1. The Royal Military College is maintained for the purpose of affording a special military education to candidates for commissions in the cavalry and infantry. Candidates must be unmarried, and will not be accepted unless, in the opinion of the Commander-in-Chief, they are in all respects suitable to hold commissions in the army. Any further information required as to the examination and preliminary arrangements may be obtained on application to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, Westminster, S.W.

II. REGULATIONS FOR ADMISSION.

General Instructions.

2. Admission to the Royal Military College as cadets will be granted—

(a.) To successful candidates at a competitive examination;

(b.) To Queen’s cadets, honorary Queen’s cadets, Indian cadets, and pages of honour, subject to a qualifying examination.

3. The number of cadets admitted to the College will vary according to the requirements of the service, and notice will be given from time to time of the number of vacancies open to competition. Such notice will usually be published about three months before the examination.

4. The dates of admission will be the Wednesday of the week in which the 27th January or the 16th August falls in each year.

5. The examinations of candidates for admission to the College will be conducted by the Civil Service Commissioners as hereinafter specified. The examinations will be held in London, and at such other centres as the Commissioners may appoint. The fee for the examination in London will be £2, at any other centre, £3.

6. The number of trials allowed will not exceed three.

7. The limits of age for admission to the College will be from seventeen to nineteen:

Competitors who desire to obtain commissions in the West India Regiment may be admitted up to the age of twenty-one.

Candidates must be within the above limits of age on the 1st July for the Summer Examination, and on the 1st December for the Winter Examination.

III. EXAMINATIONS.

8. The examinations will be held half-yearly, and will commence in June and November; due notice will be given of the dates of the examinations, and every candidate for those examinations must obtain the necessary forms. These will be furnished on application, by letter, addressed to the Secretary, Civil Service Commission, London, S.W., and will include a form of application for permission to attend the examination, “Form A,” and a “Form of Particulars” required by the War Office.

These forms must be filled up in the candidate’s own handwriting, and must be received by the Secretary of the Civil Service Commission not later than the 1st April or 1st September respectively.

No form of application received after that date will be accepted unless accompanied by an explanation satisfactory to the Civil Service Commissioners, and no form received after the 1st May or 1st October can be accepted under any circumstances.

The forms should be accompanied by the following papers:—

(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.) If the candidate holds a commission in the Militia, a recommendation from the commanding officer of the regiment.

Certificates of moral character need not be forwarded but every candidate will be required to name, on Form A, two responsible referees well acquainted with him during the four years of his life immediately preceding the date of his application.

9. The subjects of the examination,* and the maximum number of marks obtainable for each subject, will be as follows:—

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.

10. The number of marks allowed to each candidate in the several subjects in which he has been examined will be summed up, and the resulting total will determine the place of the candidate in the competitive list; the successful candidates being those who stand at the head of the list up to the number of cadetships competed for.

• See syllabus in Appendix II.