Sept. 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1815

10. Colonial and service candidates will be required to satisfy the Civil Service Commissioners in the subjects of Class I. as stated in paragraph 9.

11. A candidate who qualifies under Class I., but does not succeed in the competition, will be entitled to compete at the next examination, provided he is within the limits of age at that time. A candidate who fails to qualify will not be entitled to another trial, but will be allowed to compete at the next examination if he receives a fresh nomination and is still within the limits of age.

12. A candidate who, owing to illness, fails to appear at the examination for which he has obtained his nomination may receive another nomination, provided he is still within the limits of age.

13. For all cadets entered under these regulations the payment will be at the rate of £75 per annum for the period in the “Britannia,” to be paid every term in advance to the cashier of the Bank of England on receipt of claim from the Accountant-General of the Navy. But the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve the power of selecting from among the cadets entered at each examination a number, not to exceed six, being sons of officers of the navy, army, or marines, or of civil officers under the Board of Admiralty, with respect to whom the annual payment will be £40 only. In this selection their Lordships will have regard solely to the pecuniary circumstances of the cadet.

Applications for the reduced scale must be received at the Admiralty not later than the 1st January, 15th April, and 1st September.

14. In addition to the annual payments mentioned in the foregoing paragraph, the parent or guardian will be charged with the personal expenses incurred by the cadet for washing, repairing boots and clothes, hair-cutting, pocket-money, &c.

15. The period of training on board the “Britannia” will be four terms; there will be three terms in each year. The first term of each year will be approximately from the 14th January to the 14th April, the second from the 5th May to the 5th August, and the third from the 16th September to the 16th December.

The vacations will be four weeks at Christmas, three weeks at Easter, and six weeks at Midsummer.

16. (a.) Reports of progress in seamanship, mathematics, navigation, and technical subjects will be made to the Admiralty at the end of each term, and an intermediate examination will be held at the end of the second term.

(b.) Cadets who are reported at the end of any term as having made unsatisfactory progress, through idleness or want of attention, will be “warned,” and in the event of a second report to the same effect being received, they will be liable to be discharged.

(c.) Cadets who fail at the final examination to obtain 45 per cent. of the maxima marks in the mathematical subjects, including the theory of navigation and nautical astronomy, or in seamanship, and 40 per cent. in charts, instruments, French, steam and drawing combined, will be ordered to be withdrawn.

(d.) Reports of conduct will be made to the Admiralty at the end of each term or at any time during the period of training on board, if considered desirable. Cadets who are reported to the Admiralty at any time for unsatisfactory conduct will be “warned,” and should they again be reported, they will be liable to be discharged. Any cadet, however, who is reported for unsatisfactory conduct during his final term will be liable to be discharged without being allowed to present himself at the examination for passing out of the “Britannia.”

(e.) Any cadet who shall at any time appear to their Lordships to be unfit for the naval service, for any reason whatever, will be removed from the “Britannia,” and it must be understood that this rule will apply to those who are considered unfit from insufficient physical development or weakness of constitution, although no actual organic disease may have been developed.

17. It is to be distinctly understood that the period of training on board the “Britannia” is a time of probation, and the parent or guardian of every cadet will be required to sign a declaration (on the admission of the cadet to the “Britannia”) to the effect that he shall be immediately withdrawn on the receipt of an official intimation of his being considered unfit for the navy.

18. Cadets will, on passing out of the “Britannia,” rank according to the amount of sea-time they obtain at their final examination, and those who obtain equal amounts of sea-time will rank in the order of merit in which they pass out of the “Britannia.”

• Sea-time will be awarded according to the following scale:—

19. The parent or guardian of every cadet will be required to provide outfit under the regulations in force.

20. No pay will be allowed by Government to cadets in the “Britannia.” The pocket-money allowed to cadets will be charged to the parents.

21. As only cadets who are able to swim are permitted to use the boats belonging to H.M.S. “Britannia,” the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty desire to impress upon parents and guardians the importance of cadets being taught to swim before they join the training-ship, so as to enable them to obtain the full benefits of use of the boats.

The age on entry having been raised, it is hoped that boys who are members of the Church of England will, if possible, be confirmed before joining the “Britannia.” The demands made upon the time of cadets, owing to the shortened period of training, will render it difficult to prepare such a large number for confirmation with the necessary care.

By command of their Lordships.

EVAN MACGREGOR.

Admiralty, 23rd April, 1897.

Defence, 99/3421.]

• Under revision.

Settlement of Claim for Compensation under “The Mining Act, 1891.”

Mines Department,
Wellington, 14th September, 1899.

IN pursuance of the provisions of the 153rd section of “The Mining Act, 1891,” it is hereby notified that the claims for compensation enumerated in the Schedule hereto, in respect to a Proclamation issued under the hand of His Excellency the Governor and the Public Seal of the Colony on the 4th day of September, 1899, declaring that Soldier’s Creek, with its tributaries, in the Land District of Nelson, shall be watercourses into which tailings, &c., may be discharged, have been settled by agreement, as provided by the said Act.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

SCHEDULE.

Settlement of Claim for Compensation under “The Mining Act, 1891.”

Mines Department,
Wellington, 14th September, 1899.

IN pursuance of the provisions of the 153rd section of “The Mining Act, 1891,” it is hereby notified that the claim for compensation enumerated in the Schedule hereto, in respect to a Proclamation issued under the hand of His Excellency the Governor and the Public Seal of the Colony on the 28th day of February, 1899, declaring that Rough or Brown’s Creek, with its tributaries, in the Provincial District of Nelson, shall be watercourses into which tailings, &c., may be discharged, has been settled by agreement, as provided by the said Act.

A. J. CADMAN,
Minister of Mines.

SCHEDULE.

ROUGH OR BROWN’S CREEK.