JUNE 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1305

Section I. (Gunnery).—The subjects for examination in gunnery are : knotting and splicing ; drill ; general knowledge of guns, carriages, sights, and equipment in use ; description and use of ammunition ; definition of gunnery terms ; theoretical gunnery ; use of clinometers ; auxiliary laying.

Section II. (Gun-laying).—The test shall be that laid down in “Instructions for Practice.”

Section III. (Range-finding).—The subjects for examination for men qualifying in range-finding shall be as follows : Care of mekometer or telemeter ; range-finding at stationary and at moving objects ; points to attend to when range-finding under fire and in view of an enemy ; map-reading.

Submarine Mining Engineer Volunteers.

415. Members who qualify in the undermentioned sections, and pass an examination in them, shall receive a certificate of qualification, carrying with it a personal payment of £1 each per annum, and be permitted to wear a badge ; and the four most proficient men in each section will be granted an extra personal payment of £1 each, provided that no one member can receive a personal payment for proficiency in more than one section during a year. The subjects of examination for men qualifying in Submarine Mining corps are :—

Section I. (Submarine Mining).—First year—To pass in subjects (2), (3), (5), (6), (8), (9) ; second year—To pass in subjects (1), (2), (3), (5), (6), (8), (9) ; third and subsequent years—To pass in all subjects.

Subjects : (1) Ropes, cordage, chain, blocks, and tackles ; (2) knots, splices, making boat fenders, &c. ; (3) rowing, and management of small boats ; (4) electric cables, wires, and stores connected therewith ; (5) preparing and jointing the ends of electric cables ; (6) mine cases, buoys, mooring-gear, trucks, apparatus, and inserting apparatus into mine cases ; (7) gun-cotton, and other explosive agents ; (8) loading ; (9) drills for connecting up, slinging, laying out, and raising.

Section II. (Testing).—First year—To pass in subjects (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (12) ; second year—To pass in subjects (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), and (12) ; third and subsequent years—To pass in all subjects.

Subjects : (1) Batteries ; (2) instruments ; (3) electrical tests ; (4) detonators and fuses ; (5) apparatus for testing and making watertight joints ; (6) description of circuit closer, and relays ; (7) fitting and testing relays, fitting up apparatus, priming apparatus ; (8) electro-contact mines ; (9) electro-observation mines ; (10) arrangement of test-room and observing station for signalling and firing mines ; (11) electrical testing in the test-room ; (12) regulations concerning live charges, &c.

Section III. (Electric Lighting).—First year—To pass in subjects (1), (4), (6), (10), (11), (12), (13), (16) ; second year—To pass in subjects (1), (3), (4), (5), (8), (11), (13), (16), (18) ; third and subsequent years—To pass in subjects.

Subjects : (1) Magnetism ; (2) principles of dynamic induction ; (3) armatures ; (4) electro-magnetism ; (5) field magnets ; (6) commutators, brushes, sparking, &c. ; (7) service dynamos ; (8) testing dynamos, and examination for faults ; (9) dynamos as motors ; (10) arc, carbons, &c. ; (11) lamps and their management ; (12) projectors, mirrors, &c. ; (13) measuring and testing instruments ; (14) leads and accessories ; (15) automatic shunts ; (16) directing the light ; (17) tactical use of the light ; (18) distance of light from dynamo.

Field Engineer Volunteers.

416. Members who qualify in the undermentioned sections, and pass an examination in them, shall receive a certificate of qualification, and be permitted to wear a badge. A personal payment of £1 shall be made to each of the eight men most proficient in signalling, and to each of the eight men most proficient in field engineering, and to each of the four men most proficient in field telegraphy, in their respective sections, per annum, provided that no one member can