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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 26

The Minister of Defence desires it to be known that it is in the interests of those obtaining commissions that their parents should be in a position to supplement their pay by not less than £50 per annum until obtaining captain’s rank. In fact, from information received by the Minister of Defence, it seems as if £100 per annum will be required for that period for those joining the Field Artillery.

Candidates must be British subjects, of good character; between the ages of twenty and thirty; unmarried; and passed by a Medical Board as fit for service according to the following regulations:—

MEDICAL EXAMINATION OF CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONS IN THE ARMY.

I. A candidate for a commission in Her Majesty’s Army must be in good mental and bodily health, and free from any physical defect likely to interfere with the efficient performance of military duty, and it should be stated whether he is of pure European descent.

II. The examination will be conducted by a Board of Medical Officers.

III. The attention of the Board will be directed to the following points:—

(a.) That the correlation of age, height, weight, and chest-girth is equal or superior to that which is given in the following table:—

Physical Equivalents.

(a.) Measurement of height:—
The candidate will be placed against the standard with his feet together, and the weight thrown on the heels, and not on the toes or outside of the feet. He will stand erect without rigidity, and with the heels, calves, buttocks, and shoulders touching the standard; the chin will be depressed to bring the vertex of the head level under the horizontal bar, and the height will be noted in parts of an inch to eighths.

(b.) Measurement of chest:—
The candidate will be made to stand erect with his feet together, and to raise his hands above his head. The tape will be carefully adjusted round the chest, with its posterior upper edge touching the inferior angles of the shoulder-blades, and its anterior lower edge the upper part of the nipples. The arms will then be lowered to hang loosely by the side, and care will be taken that the shoulders are not thrown upwards or backwards so as to displace the tape. The candidate will then be directed to empty his chest of air as much as is possible. This is best done by continuous whistling with the lips as long as sound can be produced. The tape is carefully gathered in during the process, and when the minimum measurement is reached it is recorded. He will then be directed to inflate his chest to its utmost capacity. This maximum measurement will likewise be recorded. The mean of the two measurements will be considered as the true chest-measurement.

(d.) Eyesight.
The regulations regarding the examination of eyesight are as follows:—

1. If a candidate can read D=6 at 6 metres (20 English feet), and D=0·6 at any distance selected by himself, with each eye without glasses, he will be considered fit.

2. If a candidate can only read D=24 at 6 metres (20 English feet) with each eye without glasses, his visual deficiency being due to faulty refraction which can be corrected by glasses which enable him to read D=6 at 6 metres (20 English feet) with one eye, and D=12 at the same distance with the other eye, and can also read D=0·8 with each eye without glasses, at any distance selected by himself, he will be considered fit.

3. If a candidate cannot read D=24 at 6 metres (20 English feet) with each eye without glasses, notwithstanding he can read D=0·6, he will be considered unfit.

(N.B.—Snellen’s test types will be used for determining the acuteness of vision.)

Squint, inability to distinguish the principal colours, or any morbid conditions, subject to the risk of aggravation or recurrence in either eye, will cause the rejection of a candidate.

IV. The following additional points will then be observed:—

(a.) That his hearing is good.

(b.) That his speech is without impediment.

(c.) That his teeth are in good order. Loss or decay of ten teeth will be considered a disqualification. Decayed teeth, if well filled, will be considered as sound.

(d.) That his chest is well formed, and that his lungs and heart are sound.

(e.) That he is not ruptured.

(f.) That he does not suffer from hydrocele, varicocele, varicose veins in a severe degree, or other disease likely to cause inefficiency. A slight defect, if successfully cured by operation, is not a disqualification.

(g.) That his limbs are well formed and developed.

(h.) That there is free and perfect motion of all the joints.

(i.) That his feet and toes are well formed.

(j.) That he does not suffer from any inveterate skin-disease.

(k.) That he has no congenital malformation or defect.

(l.) That he does not bear traces of previous acute or chronic disease pointing to an impaired constitution.

SCALE OF PAY.

Free quarters, with allowance for fuel and light; also a soldier servant.

Names of gentlemen desiring to be nominated to be forwarded to the Commander of the Forces by the 27th April next, with certificates of birth and character, and stating whether for Infantry or Royal Artillery. In the case of Royal Artillery, whether Field Artillery or Garrison Artillery preferred.

R. J. SEDDON,
Minister of Defence.

D. 1900.]

Coroner resigned.

Department of Justice,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1900.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to accept the resignation by

HUGH JOHN CLARKE COUTTS, Esq., J.P.,

of Stratford, of his appointment as a Coroner for the Colony of New Zealand.

JAMES McGOWAN.

Notice published pursuant to the Provisions of Section 15 of “The Public Trust Office Consolidation Act, 1894.”

Public Trust Office,
Wellington, 4th April, 1900.

NOTICE is hereby given that, no person having taken out administration, the Public Trustee has filed in the office of the Supreme Court at Wellington an election to administer the several intestate estates of the persons deceased whose names, residences, and occupations, so far as known, are hereunder respectively set forth, their gross properties being estimated not to exceed £250 in each case.

Joseph Hill Trewin, late of Waiuku, in the Provincial District of Auckland, farmer. Filed on the 28th day of March, 1900.

Frank Teede Bailey, late of Stratford, in the Provincial District of Taranaki, livery-stable keeper. Filed on the 28th day of March, 1900.

Joseph Connah, late of Wanganui, in the Provincial District of Wellington, labourer. Filed on the 28th day of March, 1900.

Samuel Poole, otherwise Samuel Nicholson Poole, late of Newtownards, Ireland, farmer. Filed on the 2nd day of April, 1900.