Oct. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2335

to be watercourses into which tailings, &c., may be discharged, have been settled, and all further claims and remedies in respect of the said Proclamation are barred, as provided by the said Act.

W. C. WALKER,
For Minister of Mines.

SCHEDULE.

Revised Regulations with respect to the Entry of Naval Cadets into the British Navy.

Defence Office,
Wellington, 18th October, 1902.

THE following revised regulations with reference to the entry of naval cadets into the British navy, received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, together with copies of a paper giving particulars of the revised scheme of examination which is to come into operation at the competition to be held in March, 1904, are republished for general information.

The regulations published in the New Zealand Gazette No. 78, of the 21st September, 1899, are therefore cancelled.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Acting Minister of Defence.

(Circular.) Downing Street, 20th August, 1902.

SIR,—With reference to my circular despatch of the 21st July, 1899, I have the honour to transmit to you copies of the latest reprint of the regulations respecting cadetships in the Royal navy, together with copies of a paper giving particulars of the revised scheme of examination which is to come into operation at the competition to be held in March, 1904.

I have, &c.,

J. CHAMBERLAIN.

The Officer Administering the Government of New Zealand.

REGULATIONS RESPECTING NAVAL CADETS.

[For the Information of Candidates.]

1. APPOINTMENTS to naval cadetships will be made by limited competition, with the undermentioned exceptions:—

Six cadetships given annually to sons of gentlemen in the colonies, on the recommendation of the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Service cadetships, the total number of which is not to exceed seven in any one year. Service cadets will be selected by the Board of Admiralty from (a) sons of officers of the army, navy, or marines who have been killed in action, or who have been lost at sea on active service, or killed on duty, or who have died of wounds received in action or injuries received on duty within six months from the date of such action or injury; (b) sons of officers of the navy or Royal marines who have performed long or distinguished service, and who hold or have held rank or relative rank on the active list not lower than that of commander. Not more than three service cadets will be nominated annually under clause (b).

Applications for service cadetships should be addressed to the Military Secretary, Horse Guards, if the candidate is the son of an officer of the army; to the Secretary of the Admiralty if the candidate is the son of an officer of the navy or marines; and to the Military Secretary, India Office, if the candidate is the son of an officer of the Indian Army.

Application for colonial cadetships should be made to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, through the Governor of the colony with which the applicant is connected.

Colonial and service cadets will be entered on qualifying as specified in paragraph 10, and will in all other respects be subjected to these regulations.

Candidates must be of pure European descent, and the sons either of natural-born British subjects or of parents naturalised in the United Kingdom.

If any doubt arises upon this question, the burden of clear proof that he is qualified will rest upon the candidate himself.

The educational examination of all candidates will be conducted by the Civil Service Commissioners (address, Burlington Gardens, S.W.), who will deal with all questions connected with such examination, and will announce the results. A fee of £1 will be required from each candidate,

2. Except in special circumstances, not more than one-third of the number of candidates actually presenting themselves before the Civil Service Commissioners will be entered.

3. All nominations of candidates for naval cadetships are made by the First Lord*, with the exception of a limited number which are at the disposal of individual members of the Board, and of the Secretaries to the Board of Admiralty. A flag officer or a commodore first-class appointed to the chief command of a station, or to a separate command, and a captain on first appointment as such to the command of a ship, will be allowed to nominate one candidate, provided the privilege is exercised within six months of appointment, and that the candidate is not less than thirteen years of age when nominated. The examination of candidates will not take place until they are eligible by age under clause 6.

No captain will be entitled to nominate more than one candidate during the time he holds the rank of captain, but a flag officer or a commodore first-class may claim the privilege each time he is appointed to a command as above.

In the event of a candidate’s nomination being cancelled before he has commenced the examination, the officer who nominated him will be allowed to select another candidate for the same or following examination.

4. The nomination will be made three times a year, as soon as convenient after the report of the last examination has been received from the Civil Service Commissioners.

5. The examinations will be held in London and at Portsmouth, in March, July, and November, about six weeks before the commencement of each term, and the appointments will date from the 15th May, 15th September, 15th January following respectively, and the terms will commence as shown in Regulation 15.

6. A candidate will not be eligible for the examination in March who is less than 14½ or more than 15½ years of age on the 15th May following, nor for the examination in July or November who is not within those limits of age on the 15th September or 15th January following respectively.

7. Every candidate must be in good health, and free from any physical defect of body, impediment of speech, defect of sight or hearing, and also from any predisposition to constitutional or hereditary disease or weakness of any kind, and in all respects well developed and active in proportion to his age. Before being examined by the Civil Service Commissioners he will be required to pass the medical examination according to the prescribed regulations, and must have been found physically fit for the navy; rejection at such examination will finally exclude him from the navy.

8. The candidate will be required to produce (1) a Registrar’s certificate of the date of his birth, or a declaration thereof made before a Magistrate (a certificate of baptism will not be accepted); (2) a certificate of good conduct from the masters of the school or schools at which he may have been educated during the two previous years, or, if educated at home, from his tutor, or the clergyman of the parish in which he resides; and (3) proofs of good health.

9. Candidates will be examined in the following subjects grouped in Class I. In order to qualify for admission as naval cadets, candidates must obtain such an aggregate of the marks in arithmetic, algebra, and geometry combined, and also in the subjects of Class I. as a whole, as shall satisfy the Civil Service Commissioners.

Candidates will be permitted to present themselves for examination also in drawing and one other subject under Class II., for which they will be able to gain additional marks.

Class I.

Mathematics,—

Arithmetic — including vulgar and decimal fractions, rule of three, practice, interest, mensuration .. .. .. 400

Algebra — Definitions and elementary processes, factors, fractions, highest common divisor and lowest common multiple, indices, equations up to easy quadratics of two unknowns and problems arising from them .. 400

Geometry — Euclid, Books I., II., and III., with easy deductions .. .. .. 400

——— 1,200

English,—

Handwriting, dictation, and composition, to include the writing of a letter on some ordinary subject, and the reproduction of a passage read to candidates .. .. 400

Latin,—

Translation from Latin into English, and from English into Latin prose; grammatical questions .. .. .. 800

Applications for nominations should be addressed to the Assistant Private Secretary of the First Lord of the Admiralty, London, S.W., and should not be made until the candidate has reached the age of 13½.