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second year of training. The students in naval construction, on appointment, must join with their parents or guardians in a bond for £500 to enter, if required, into Her Majesty's service as assistant constructors, if at the expiration of their training they should obtain certificates of good conduct and efficiency. They will continue to be under naval discipline until their entry as assistant constructors.

A form of the required bond is annexed.

An assistant constructor will not be permitted to leave the service until seven years after the completion of his term at the Royal Naval College, unless he shall pay the sum of £500 for the charges incurred by the public for his education.

26. Students in naval construction will complete five years' training in the Training College, and will be subject to the same conditions as to fees, pay, uniform, and other details as laid down in these regulations, and as may be prescribed from time to time for engineer students. Their course of instruction will be laid down from time to time.

27. The final examination of engineer students at the end of the fifth year will be as follows, subject to modification at any time if considered desirable:—

I. OBLIGATORY SUBJECTS.

Marks.
General paper in elementary mathematics and mensuration .. .. .. .. 500
Statics, hydrostatics, and hydraulics .. .. .. 500
Dynamics .. .. .. .. .. 500
Chemistry .. .. .. .. .. 400
Physics .. .. .. .. .. 700
Applied mechanics and graphical statics .. .. 500
Elementary theory of mechanism and machinery 400
Heat, combustion, and metallurgy .. .. .. 800
Steam and the steam-engine .. .. .. 800
Practical engineering .. .. .. .. 700
Workshop appliances and practice .. .. .. 500
Mechanical drawing .. .. .. .. 500
Total .. .. .. 6,800

II. OPTIONAL SUBJECTS.

Higher algebra and trigonometry, conic sections 500
Conic sections, differential and integral calculus 700
Practical physics .. .. .. .. 300
Design of details .. .. .. .. 800
Engineering .. .. .. .. 900
Total .. .. .. 3,200
Grand total .. .. .. 10,000

28. The students who pass the required standard will be allowed to proceed to the Royal Naval College for a further course of instruction.

29. In order to qualify as probationary assistant engineers, students must obtain the following proportion of marks at the final examination. These regulations will be subject to modification if considered desirable:—

The standard for admission to the Royal Naval College will be 60 per cent., or above, on the combined total of the obligatory and optional subjects. Certificates will be awarded depending on the result of the final examination there.

The standard for passing with a second-class certificate will be 50 per cent. on the total of obligatory subjects.

The standard for passing with a third-class certificate will be 30 per cent. on the total of obligatory subjects.

Students who obtain less than 30 per cent. on the total of obligatory subjects will be considered ineligible for appointment as probationary assistant engineers.

30. Engineer students who fail to qualify in the final examination will be discharged unless specially allowed to serve another year. Failure at the end of the sixth year will in every case involve dismissal from the service.

31. The final examination of candidates in professional subjects and knowledge of engine-room duties will be held by the officers of the Dockyard Reserve in time for certificates to be forwarded to the Admiralty by the 9th June. Certificates of proficiency in practical workmanship, from the Chief Engineer of the dockyard, should also be forwarded by the same date.

These practical certificates from Reserve and dockyard will be marked “Very creditable,” “Creditable,” or “Ordinary,” in accordance with the proficiency of the candidates.

Students failing to obtain these certificates are liable to dismissal, but they may be allowed to serve such further period, not exceeding one year, as may be determined upon, and again submit themselves for examination.

32. Students will not be entered as probationary assistant engineers, or probationary assistant constructors, until they have learned to swim.

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33. Engineer students who pass the necessary examinations will be entered as probationary assistant engineers on the 1st July of the year of examination, and will be appointed to one of the Dockyard Reserves.

Students who have qualified for the further course of instruction at the Royal Naval College will proceed there on the 1st October following their examination.

34. All probationary assistant engineers will be confirmed at the end of twelve months' probationary time if their conduct and qualifications are satisfactory. The pay of probationary assistant engineers will be 6s. a day, and they will receive 1s. 6d. a day in lieu of provisions, &c. Those who hold first- and second-class certificates will count twelve months and six months of their probationary time, respectively, towards increase of pay from 6s. to 7s. 6d. a day, and towards promotion to engineer; and those who hold third-class certificates and have received very creditable certificates both from the Chief Engineer of the dockyard and the Reserve officers will count three months of their probationary time in a similar manner.

35. In the event of the conduct or qualifications of any probationary assistant engineer being reported not satisfactory during his twelve months' probation, or of his failing to pass satisfactorily at the final examination at the Royal Naval College, his commission will be withheld for six months, or for such other period as may be considered desirable.

36. A few assistant engineers may be selected annually from those who take the highest place at the examination at the end of the first session at the Royal Naval College to pass through a further course of instruction during a second session. On the examination at the end of the second session two or more assistant engineers may be selected to pass through a third and final session. Assistant engineers during their second and third sessions will receive 7s. 6d. a day, and 1s. 6d. a day towards the mess. Assistant engineers who complete three sessions at the College will be considered eligible to fill vacancies occurring in the Civil appointments at the dockyards and at the Admiralty, after they have served for three years as engineer officer of a seagoing ship.

37. The final examination of students in naval construction at the end of their fifth year will be as follows, subject to modification at any time if considered desirable:—

A.

Marks.
General paper in elementary mathematics and mensuration .. .. .. .. 500
Statics, hydrostatics, and hydraulics .. .. .. 500
Dynamics .. .. .. .. .. 500
Chemistry .. .. .. .. .. 400
Physics .. .. .. .. .. 700
Applied mechanics and graphical statics .. .. 500
Descriptive geometry .. .. .. .. 400
Algebra, trigonometry, and conic sections .. .. 500
Conic sections, differential and integral calculus 700
Practical physics .. .. .. .. 300
Total .. .. .. 5,000

B.

Heat, combustion, and metallurgy .. .. .. 800
Practical shipbuilding (I.) .. .. .. 1,000
" " (II.) .. .. .. 1,000
Shipyard machinery, appliances, and practice .. 600
Ship-drawing .. .. .. .. 600
Laying off and mould practice .. .. .. 1,000
Total .. .. .. 5,000
Grand total .. .. .. 10,000

38. Students in naval construction who obtain 50 per cent. or above on each group of subjects (A and B) will be eligible for entry as probationary assistant constructors on the 1st July of the year of examination, and to proceed to the Royal Naval College on the 1st October following for study. Those who fail to pass the above-mentioned examination will be liable to be discharged, or dealt with as may be determined by their Lordships.

39. On the completion of their training, students in naval construction will be treated in the same way as probationary assistant engineers for a time:—

(a.) In the case of those who qualify for admission to the Royal Naval College as probationary assistant constructors, until they join the College.

(b.) In the case of those who fail, until a decision as to their disposal has been arrived at.

40. Probationary assistant constructors who at any time fail to obtain a satisfactory report of their qualifications will be required to withdraw from the service, and forfeit the amount of the bond, or such less amount as their Lordships shall decide to recover, unless the failure be due to sickness.