JUNE 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1275

For Captain.—1, drills and tactics; 2, elementary military topography (including map-reading and field sketching); 3, practical. (2, optional.)
For Major.—1, duties in the field; 2, interior economy; 3, practical fitness for command.
For Lieutenant-Colonel.—(1.) Map-reading; setting a map; finding his position in the field on a small-scale map; facility in reading such maps and in identifying points, both distant and near; estimating distances on a map direct and by road. Map-reading to be tested indoors as well as in the field. (2.) Showing with coloured pencils on a map (not less than 1 in. to a mile) the dispositions of a Force consisting of one or two battalions, one battery (or a portion of one), and one or two squadrons, in compliance with the conditions of a tactical problem. The time allowed for making the dispositions should not exceed one hour. In case of any doubt with regard to the solution of a problem, the officer should be required to explain his dispositions to the Board. The purpose of this subject is to test an officer in the details of the proper distribution of troops. (3.) Writing the orders to be issued to Commanders of units of the Force disposed as is specified in (2). The time allotted for the preparation of these orders should not exceed one hour. (4.) (a.) Handling in a tactical operation in the field a regiment of mounted rifles, a battalion, or a battery of field artillery, at the option of the candidate. (b.) Carrying out changes of position, front, and formation, to meet surprise situations.

Rifle Volunteers.

For Lieutenant.—1, discipline; 2, duties; 3, musketry; 4, drills; 5, practical (including signalling).
For Captain.—1, command of a company under all circumstances (including tactics); 2, elementary military topography (including map-reading and field sketching); 3, practical. (2 optional.)
For Major.—1, duties in the field; 2, interior economy; 3, practical fitness for command (including equitation).
For Lieutenant-Colonel.—(The same as for Mounted Rifle Volunteers.)

Volunteer Cycle Corps.

For Lieutenant.—1, discipline; 2, duties; 3, musketry; 4, squad drill and cyclist drills; 5, information and reconnaissance; 6, field sketching; 7, practical (including signalling).

Volunteer Bearer Companies.

For Captain.—1, discipline; 2, duties; 3, drills; 4, practical.
For Major.—1, field training; 2, field hospital organization.
Pay- and Quarter-master.—1, discipline; 2, duties. The special duties of quartermasters are very comprehensive, comprising transport, rations and forage, cooking, pitching and striking camps, sanitary arrangements, water-supply, system of keeping accounts of money and stores, transport by land and sea, duties on mobilisation. (N.B.—An officer who has served as quartermaster for five years will be entitled to be appointed captain; but a quartermaster so appointed captain shall not be entitled to be appointed subsequently to the command of a battery or company unless or until he has passed the prescribed examination for a captain for the particular branch of the service.)

107. (1.) The maximum marks obtainable in each subject will be 100, and the minimum number of marks required to pass will be forty in each subject, and an average of sixty in the whole.
     (2.) Failure in any one subject means failure in the whole examination.
     (3.) An officer who obtains an aggregate of 0·75 marks (including optional subjects), together with 0·5 in each subject, will have S (Special) placed after his name in the New Zealand Army List; and should he obtain an aggregate of 0·80, together with 0·5 in each subject, he will have D (Distinguished) placed after his name in the New Zealand Army List.
     (4.) Officers who have already passed for a junior rank will be required to pass only in the subjects for the senior rank.
     (5.) Artillery questions will be set to suit the particular nature of ordnance which is in use by the corps to which the candidate belongs.