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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 67

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 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 ship-
building they will be under the direction of the Chief Con-
structor.

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:—

Arithmetic and mensuration ..
Algebra ..
Euclid I. to IV., VI., XI.
Trigonometry ..
Chemistry ..
Physics ..
Statics and hydrostatics ..
French ..

Marks.
400
400
500
500
300
600
600
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 about two in number
    annually will be appointed from those engineer students
    who have shown special ability at the end of their second
    year of service. These 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
studies at the Royal Naval College, Greenwich, 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—viz., two years as engineer
    student, and three years as student in naval construction,
    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, Greenwich,
    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,
Greenwich, will be 60 per cent., or above, on the
combined total of the obligatory and optional sub-
jects. Certificates will be awarded depending on the
result of the final examination at the Royal Naval
College, Greenwich.

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 certifi-
    cates 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.

33. Engineer students who pass the necessary examina-
    tions will be entered as probationary assistant engineers on
    the 1st July of the year of examination, and will be ap-
    pointed 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, respec-
    tively, 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 certifi-
    cates both from the Chief Engineer of the dockyard and the