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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 7

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
German—
Translation from German into English, and
from English into German prose; grammatical
questions, dictation, and conversation. 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 ques-
tions
.. .. .. .. ..
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 July in each year, and will be borne on the
books of the depot ship at Devonport for disciplinary pur-
poses. 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 Commis-
sioners 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 re-
mainder 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 pro-
vide the 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, pro-
vided 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 re-
tained)
.. .. .. 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 aggre-
    gate during any period of twelve months, at the expiration
    of which time a special report is to be made to their Lord-
    ships.
18. Students pronounced at the end of twelve months’
    absence on account of sickness or injuries to be permanently
    unfit or unlikely to be capable of entering Her Majesty’s
    service as assistant engineers, or as assistant constructors,
    will be discharged. Should any student in the course of his
    training develop physical unfitness for the service, he will be
    discharged.
19. The students will be under the supervision of the
    Admiral Superintendent of the dockyard and a staff of
    officers, and subject to such rules and regulations as their
    Lordships may deem necessary. During their residence in
    the Training College the students will be subject to naval
    discipline, under the supervision of the naval officer super-
    intending the College.
20. During their course of training, the students will re-
    ceive instructions in mathematics, physics, chemistry, and
    other theoretical subjects relating to engineering, under
    the Headmaster of the College, assisted by a staff of in-
    structors.
    They will receive practical training in the engineering
    workshops and drawing-office of the dockyard, and will also
    receive instruction in iron shipbuilding.
    They will attend classes for such periods, and for the study
    of such subjects, as may from time to time be determined on.
    Means will be afforded them of acquiring the groundwork of
    the knowledge required by a naval engineer respecting the
    construction and working of the engines, boilers, and ap-
    pliances in connection therewith used on board ship, in-
    cluding the repairs of machinery which can be carried out
    afloat, also as to the construction and working of electric
    light, refrigerating, air-compressing, torpedo and gun ma-
    chinery, and in becoming generally acquainted with the
    duties of a naval engineer.
    While the engineer students are being instructed in iron
    shipbuilding they will be under the direction of the Chief
    Constructor.
21. Those students who fail to make satisfactory progress,
    or give no hope of becoming efficient officers, or are guilty of
    persistent misconduct, will be discharged from the service.
    In the event of serious misconduct on the part of
    senior engineer students, which may not be of such a nature
    as to entail dismissal, their appointments as probationary
    assistant engineer will be withheld for such period as may
    be considered necessary, after passing for this rank, on the
    completion of their period of training. During this period
    they will be employed in the workshops only, and their con-
    duct will be reported to the Admiralty quarterly.
22. Students will be examined twice a year, under the
    directions of the President of the Royal Naval College,
    Greenwich.
    The intermediate examination at the end of the second
    year of training will be as follows, subject to modification
    if considered desirable:—
    Marks.
    Arithmetic and mensuration ..
    .. .. 400
    Algebra
    .. .. .. 400
    Euclid I. to IV., VI., XI.
    .. .. .. 500
    Trigonometry
    .. .. .. 500
    Chemistry
    .. .. .. 300
    Physics
    .. .. .. 600
    Statics and hydrostatics
    .. .. .. 600
    French
    .. .. .. 400
    Total
    .. .. .. 3,700
    [Required for passing, 1,480.]
    OPTIONAL SUBJECTS.
    History and geography
    .. .. .. 400
    Higher algebra, trigonometry, and geometry .. 600
23. Students will also be examined in engineering and
    other practical subjects at the end of each year of training.
    At the practical examination at the end of the second year,
    30 per cent. marks must be obtained for qualifying. Prizes
    will be given annually to the students most highly reported
    on for their skilful workmanship, and for distinction at the
    examinations in professional and educational subjects.
    Proficiency in the educational subjects, and in practical
    engineering and shipbuilding respectively, will be considered
    essential at all examinations.
24. Students who fail to pass either the intermediate
    educational or practical examinations will be dismissed,
    unless reasons, satisfactory to their Lordships, are given for
    their failure.
25. Students in naval construction not exceeding two in
    number annually may be appointed from among engineer
    students who have shown special ability at the end of their