JUNE 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1059

the Commander-in-Chief of the naval station, but the marks will be assigned by the Civil Service Commissioners, to whom the worked papers will be sent as soon as possible.

6. Candidates will be examined in the following subjects.* They will be expected to take up all the subjects in Class I., and may also take up drawing and one other subject in Class II.

In order to qualify for entry they must obtain such an aggregate of marks in Class I. as may satisfy the Civil Service Commissioners.

CLASS I.

Mathematics—
Arithmetic: Including vulgar and decimal fractions, rule of three, practice, interest, mensuration .. .. .. .. 400
Algebra: Definitions and elementary processes, factors, fractions, highest common divisor and lowest common multiple, indices, equations up to easy quadratics of two unknowns, and problems arising from them .. .. .. 400
Geometry: Euclid, Books I., II., III., with easy deductions .. .. .. .. 400
— 1,200

English—
Handwriting, dictation, reading with intelligence, and composition to include the writing of a letter on some ordinary subject, and the reproduction of a passage read to the candidates .. .. .. .. 400

Geography—
The elements of physical and political geography, with special reference to the geography of the British Empire .. .. .. .. 200

English History—
The examination in this subject will cover the history of England from the date of the Norman Conquest to present times; but about two-thirds of the marks assigned to the whole subject will be allotted to questions relating to the period subsequent to the accession of Queen Elizabeth .. .. .. .. 200
— 400

French—
Translation from French into English, and from English into French prose; grammatical questions .. .. .. .. 400

Natural Science—
Mechanics with either (a) physics or (b) chemistry .. .. .. .. 600
Mechanics: Definition and measure of length, time, velocity, acceleration, force, couple, composition of two forces acting at a point, the equilibrium of a body capable of turning about an axis; centre of mass; definition and illustration of work and energy, and simple examples of the conservation of energy.

Physics: The characteristics of matter in its various states of solid, liquid, vapour, gas; the methods of determining mass and density, the laws of Boyle and Charles; the effects of heat on bodies, the production of heat; the methods of transference of heat; the measurement of heat and of temperature.

Chemistry: The elements of inorganic chemistry, including the more obvious physical and chemical properties of common minerals, metals, acids, and other substances, oxidation and reduction.

Total.. .. .. .. 3,000

CLASS II.

Drawing—
(a.) Freehand and simple rectangular model or (b) geometrical .. .. .. .. 200

One of the following subjects:—

Additional mathematics—
Elementary trigonometry, including solution of right-angled triangles, and harder questions in arithmetic, algebra, and geometry (Euclid—Books I.—III.—as defined in Class I., with the addition of Book VI., propositions 1—12) .. 400

• Reprints of some of the papers which have been set at previous examinations, together with tables of the marks assigned, may be purchased, either directly or through any bookseller, from the following agents: Messrs. Eyre and Spottiswoode, East Harding Street, Fetter Lane, London, E.C.; Messrs. John Menzies and Co., 12, Hanover Street, Edinburgh, and 90, West Nile Street, Glasgow; and Messrs. Hodges, Figgis, and Co., 104, Grafton Street, Dublin. Price, 6d. It must, however, be borne in mind that the regulations under which these examinations were held differed in some respects from those under which the next examination will be held.

German—
Translation from German into English, and from English into German prose; grammatical questions. Marks will be allowed for knowledge of the German written character .. 400

Latin—
Translation from Latin into English, and from English into Latin prose; grammatical questions .. .. .. .. 400

7. Colonial and Service candidates will be required to attain in Class I. the same qualifying standard as required for the candidates who attend the competitive examination.

8. Candidates will be informed by letter from the Civil Service Commission of the result of their examination; except in the case of the colonial candidates residing abroad, who will be informed by telegram from the Admiralty so as to enable them to join the Training College at Devonport as soon as possible after they have been found medically fit.

9. The number of appointments to be made in each year will be fixed by their Lordships. The successful candidates will be entered as engineer students in Her Majesty’s navy on the 1st of July in each year, and will be borne on the books of the depot ship at Devonport for disciplinary purposes. The period of training will be for five years.

10. The parent or guardian of each student entered under these regulations will be required to pay the sum of £40 per annum for the period the student may be under training. It will, however, be at the discretion of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to select from among the students entered at each yearly examination a number, not to exceed five, being sons of officers of the navy, army, or Royal Marines, or of civil officers under the Board of Admiralty, with respect to whom the annual payment will be £25 only. Their Lordships also reserve the power to further reduce this latter sum in the case of sons of officers killed or drowned, or who have otherwise lost their lives on service. In making their selection my Lords will have regard solely to the pecuniary circumstances of the parents or guardians of the students.

11. The payments are to be made half-yearly, in advance, to the Cashier of Her Majesty’s dockyard at Devonport; the first payment is to be made on or before the 1st July, the date of entry of the student, and the subsequent payments on or before the 1st January and 1st July during the remainder of the student’s training. Should a student leave from any cause, or be dismissed from the service, not any portion of the payments that have been made in his behalf will be refunded.

12. The parents or guardians will also be required to provide a uniform or other clothing, washing, and personal necessaries of the student. Medical attendance will be provided by the Admiralty.

13. The students will reside during their course of training in the Training College at Devonport, where they will be boarded free of charge.

14. The weekly pay of students will be as follows, provided they are well reported on by the officers:—

First year .. .. .. 1s. a week.
Second year .. .. .. 2s. "
Third year .. .. .. 3s. "
Fourth year .. .. .. 5s. "
Fifth year (and sixth year if retained) .. .. .. 8s. "

15. The vacations will be as stated below. Students whose conduct and progress have not been satisfactory will be granted leave for shorter periods, at the discretion of the Admiral Superintendent.

Midsummer .. .. 24 working-days.
Michaelmas .. .. 3 "
Christmas .. .. 12 "
Easter .. .. .. 3 "

16. Every student, on first joining, or on returning to the Training College after the vacations, will be required to produce a health certificate — signed by his parent or guardian not earlier than the day before his return to the Training College—to the effect that, so far as is known to his parent or guardian, he has not for at least three weeks immediately preceding his first joining, or during the vacation, been exposed to any infectious disease, or entered any house where such disease has existed. A certificate, drawn up in the necessary form, will be sent to each parent, and failure on the part of the student to produce this certificate, duly filled up and signed, on his return to the Training College will entail his being isolated until the certificate is received.

17. The students will draw pay while on leave.

When absent on account of injuries or sickness from causes beyond their own control they will not be deprived of pay until such absence amounts to six months in the aggregate during any period of twelve months, at the expiration of which time a special report is to be made to their Lordships.