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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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(c.) A major-general or lieutenant-general .. } 70
A rear-admiral or vice-admiral .. .. }
(d.) A general .. .. .. .. } 80
An admiral .. .. .. .. }
(e.) A private gentleman .. .. .. } 150
An officer retired from our army or navy
and not coming under any of the previous
categories .. .. .. .. }
(f.) For a Queen’s cadet .. .. .. Nil.
(g.) For an Indian cadet. By special arrangement with the India Office. This applies
only to our Royal Military College.
(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 specially decided by
our Secretary of State.”

22. Each cadet, other than a Queen’s cadet or an Indian
    cadet, who, by special arrangement with the India Office,
    pays no contribution, 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 also will 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.

23. The Commander-in-Chief is the President of the
    Royal Military College.
24. 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.
25. The College 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.
26. The Governor will be assisted by a staff officer styled
    Assistant Commandant and Secretary, who will command
    the cadet battalion, and have the custody of the records and
    correspondence of the College, and will give the Governor
    such assistance as he may require.
27. The organization will be on a military basis.
28. 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.
29. 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.

30. 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
    College.

31. 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.

32. 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.

33. A cadet will be removed from the Royal Military
    College for serious misconduct, or for moral or physical unfitness (see also paragraph 52).

34. 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.

35. The cadets will be distributed in companies, under the
    immediate charge of officers selected by the Governor, who
    will reside in the College and exercise a strict superintendence
    over their companies, for which they will be responsible to
    the Assistant Commandant. Officers commanding companies, and unmarried officers, will mess with the cadets.

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

37. All communications between a cadet and the Assistant
    Commandant for the Governor will be made through the
    officer commanding his company.

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

39. Officers commanding companies, 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.

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

41. No person belonging to the College 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.

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

43. 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.

44. The length of the course of instruction will be eighteen
    months, divided into three terms.
    The College terms will be—
    First term: From the Wednesday of the week in which
    the 27th January falls to the 27th June, with a vacation of about eleven days at Easter.
    Second term: From the Wednesday of the week in
    which the 16th August falls to the 21st December.
    The intermediate periods will constitute the vacations.
45. The following subjects will form the ordinary course
    of obligatory studies:—

• Of which 150 for tactical schemes.
  † Of which 300 for plates, sketches, &c.
  ‡ Of which 200 for plates, sketches, &c.
  § Of which 50 for colloquial.

46. Fifty marks will be given towards the aggregate of
    each of the under-officers as a reward for their services, if
    recommended by the Governor.