934
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 25

8. Candidates for examination in—
   March must not be less than twelve years and four months nor more than thirteen years of age on the following—15th May.
   July must not be less than twelve years and four months nor more than thirteen years of age on the following—15th September.
   December must not be less than twelve years and four months nor more than thirteen years of age on the following—15th January.

9. 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 be in all respects well developed and active in proportion to his age. Before undergoing the Qualifying Examination (Art. 10) he is required to pass the medical examination according to the prescribed regulations, and must be found physically fit for the Navy.

It should be particularly noted that full normal vision—as determined by Snellen’s tests—is required. A memorandum is issued by the Admiralty which gives details of the physical requirements of Candidates. This may be obtained on application.

10. • The Qualifying Examination is in the following subjects (see special notice to New Zealand candidates at foot) :—
      (1.) English (including writing from dictation, simple composition, and reproduction of the gist of a short passage twice read aloud to the Candidates).
      (2.) History and Geography, with special reference to the British Empire.
      (3.) Arithmetic and Algebra (two-thirds of the questions in this paper will be on Arithmetic. The use of Algebraic symbols and processes will be allowed).
      Arithmetic: The simple and compound rules, avoirdupois weight, linear and square and cubic measures, the elementary mensuration of rectangular surfaces and volumes, measure of capacity (pints, quarts, gallons), the metric system (the metre, gramme, and litre, with their multiples and sub-multiples), money (including the relationship of the cent to the dollar, and the centime to the franco), reduction, simple proportion, factors, the addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and simplification of vulgar fractions, and non-recurring decimal fractions.
      Algebra: The meaning of Algebraical symbols, substitution of values, easy identities, factors, fractions, equations of the first degree including simultaneous equations, verification of the solution of equations, problems leading to simple equations.
      (4.) Geometry: The paper will consist of questions both on Practical and on Theoretical Geometry.
      All Candidates must be provided with a ruler graduated in inches and tenths and also in centimetres and millimetres, a small set square, a protractor, pencil compasses, and a hard pencil.
      Any proof of a proposition will be accepted which appears to the Examiner to form part of a systematic treatment of the subject.
      Proofs of the validity of constructions will not as a rule be expected, but they may be asked for.
      Practical Geometry: Bisection of angles and straight lines, construction of perpendiculars to straight lines, construction of triangles with three parts given, formation of such angles as 60°, 30°, 45°, 22½°, without the use of the protractor, construction of angles equal to a given angle, construction of squares, rectangles, and parallelograms, construction of parallels to a given straight line, division of straight lines into a number of equal parts.
      Theoretical Geometry: Definitions of the principal terms used either in Practical or in Theoretical Geometry within the limits of the syllabus. The substance of the theorems contained in Euclid, Book I, Propositions 4–6, 8, 13–16, 18, 19, 26–30, 32–34. Very simple deductions from these theorems. The order in which the theorems are stated is not imposed as the sequence of their treatment.
      (5.) French or German, with an oral examination to which importance will be attached.

(6.) Latin (easy passages for translation from Latin into English and from English into Latin, and simple grammatical questions).
The list of successful candidates will be published in alphabetical order.

11. For all Cadets entered under these regulations the payment will be at the rate of £75 per annum for the period under training, to be paid every term in advance to the Cashier of the Bank of England on receipt of claim from the Accountant-General of the Navy. But the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve the power of selecting from among the Cadets entered at each Examination a limited number, being sons of officers of the Navy, Army, or Marines, or of Civil Officers under the Board of Admiralty, with respect to whom the annual payment will be £40 only. In this selection their Lordships will have regard solely to the pecuniary circumstances of the Cadet.
    Applications for the Reduced Scale must be received at the Admiralty not later than 1st January, 1st May, and 1st September.
    Parents or guardians are further required to make a private allowance of £50 per annum to Cadets from the expiration of their period of training until they reach the rank of Acting Sub-Lieutenant.

12. In addition to the annual payments mentioned in the foregoing paragraph, the parent or guardian is charged with the personal expenses incurred by the Cadet for washing, repairing boots and clothes, pocket-money, instruments, school-books, sports, &c., amounting to probably not more than £8 a term.

13. The period of training in the Colleges is four years; there are three terms in each year. The first term of each year is approximately from 15th January to 15th April, the second from 7th May to 7th August, and the third from 15th September to 15th December.
    The vacations are four weeks at Christmas, three weeks at Easter, and six weeks at Midsummer.

14. It is to be distinctly understood that the period of training is a time of probation, and the parent or guardian of every Cadet is required to sign a declaration on the admission of the Cadet, to the effect that he shall be immediately withdrawn on the receipt of an official request for his withdrawal. The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty reserve to themselves full discretion to request the withdrawal of any Cadet from the Royal Naval College if after a sufficient trial he is in their opinion, for any reason, unsuitable for the Naval Service. This discretion will, as a rule, be exercised at the end of the first year, but the proficiency and progress of the Cadets will be periodically determined, and they may be required, if necessary, to withdraw at a later stage.

15. (a.) Reports of progress and conduct will be made to the Admiralty at the end of each year of the Cadet’s study.
    (b.) In all subjects of instruction the principle will be followed of giving merit-marks for current work. At the end of each year of training the Cadet’s proficiency and progress will be determined, partly by examination, and partly by the marks gained for current work during the year.
    (c.) Cadets who fail to reach a certain standard, or who, for any reason, are considered unsuitable for the Naval Service, may be required to withdraw at any time.
    This rule will apply to those who do not show an aptitude for Naval life, as well as those who make insufficient progress, or whose constitution is weak, although no disease may have developed.

16. Cadets whose conduct is unsatisfactory may at any time be required to withdraw.

17. The parent or guardian of every cadet is required to provide outfit under the regulations in force.

18. No pay is allowed by Government to cadets in the training establishments. The pocket-money allowed to cadets is charged to the parents.

By Command of their Lordships,
Evan Macgregor.
Admiralty, 20th November, 1905.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR CANDIDATES FOR COMMISSIONS IN THE ROYAL NAVY.

With a view to preventing Candidates who may be physically unfit for His Majesty’s Service from incurring the inconvenience and expense of preparing for commissions in the Royal Navy, it is suggested that they undergo examination by the medical adviser of the family, or any other qualified medical practitioner, to whom the following points may be submitted as those upon which candidates will previously to entry be physically examined at the Admiralty.

• NOTE.—Copies of the papers set at one of the examinations held in each year are published by the Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board, and may be obtained from the following: Clarendon Press Depository, 116 High Street, Oxford; Henry Frowde, Amen Corner, London; Cambridge University Press Warehouse, Fetter Lane, London; Deighton, Bell, and Co., Trinity Street, Cambridge.