APRIL 5.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 935

It is to be understood that this private examination is merely suggested as a guide for intending Candidates, and to lessen the chances of disappointment, and that it is by no means intended to take the place of, or to influence in any way, the regular Official Physical Examination.

1. A weak constitution, imperfect development, physical weakness, either hereditary or from chronic disease, wounds, or injuries.

2. Skin-disease, unless temporary or trivial.

3. Malformation of the head, deformity from fracture or depression of the bones of the skull, impaired intellect, epilepsy, paralysis, or impediment of speech.

4. Blindness or defective vision, imperfect perception of colours, fistula lachrymalis, or any chronic disease of the eyes or eyelids. Full normal vision is required as determined by Snellen’s tests, each eye being separately examined, for all Candidates for appointments in the executive or engineer branches, and for the Royal Marines.* Full normal vision is not required for Candidates for other branches of the Royal Navy, but any defect of vision must be due to errors of refraction which can be corrected to normal by glasses, and each case will be specially considered on its merits.

5. Impaired hearing, or discharge from one or both ears, or any disease of the external, middle, or internal ears.

6. Disease of the bones of the nose, or of its cartilages, nasal polypus, or disease of the naso-pharynx.

7. Disease of the throat, tongue, palate, or tonsils; many unsound teeth,† unhealthy gums, disease of the glands of the throat or neck, external cicatrices, if at all extensive, and especially if adherent.

8. Functional or organic disease of the heart or blood-vessels, deformity or contraction of the chest, phthisis, hæmoptysis, bronchitis, asthma, dyspnoea, aphonia, chronic cough, or any symptom of lung-disease or tendency thereto.

9. Undue swelling or distension of the abdomen, obesity, disease or enlargement of the liver, spleen, or kidneys. Rupture, weakness or distension of the abdominal rings; any disease of the bladder or incontinence of urine.

10. The existence of any defect of the genital organs, or of varicocele.

11. Any disease of the stomach or bowels.

12. Paralysis, weakness, impaired motion, or deformity of the upper or lower extremities, from whatever cause; a varicose state of the veins, especially of the legs. Bunions, distortion or malformation of the hands, feet, fingers, or toes.

13. Distortion of the spine, of the bones of the chest, or pelvis, from injury or constitutional defect.

No person will be admitted into His Majesty’s Service unless he has had small-pox or has been vaccinated. Before joining he must produce a certificate of having been revaccinated since infancy.

It is requested that in the case of a nominated candidate, should the preliminary private examination make it apparent that he is not likely to pass the subsequent official physical examination, the Admiralty may be informed of the fact without delay.

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SPECIAL NOTICE FOR NEW ZEALAND CANDIDATES.

Two nominations are reserved in each year for New Zealand candidates, but not more than one of these nominations will be made at one time.

These nominations are open to boys otherwise qualified who belong to families resident in the Colony, and are being educated in the Colony. The names of approved candidates will be submitted to the Secretary of State by His Excellency the Governor of New Zealand. New Zealand candidates for nomination must comply with all the conditions required in the case of other candidates, except that in respect of the date and method of application and in respect of the Qualifying Examination the following provisions will hold:—

(i.) Such candidates must forward their applications for nomination so as to reach the Under-Secretary for Defence on or before the 1st January, the 15th April, and the 1st August in each year; but no nomination can be made in August if both the nominations allotted to the Colony in that year have already been filled.

Each application for nomination must be accompanied by a declaration from the parent of the boy that he is willing to comply with all the conditions that apply to boys admitted to the Royal Naval College; by certificates of good character from the headmaster of the school attended by the candidate and from some other well-known person; and also by a certificate of birth showing that he will be not less than twelve years four months and not more than thirteen years of age at the date (15th May, 15th September, or 15th January, as the case may be) on which he would, if his nomination is accepted by the Lords of the Admiralty, enter the Royal Naval College at Osborne. Each candidate should also state in his application whether, in addition to the subjects prescribed for the Junior National Scholarship Examination, he has received any instruction in Algebra, Geometry, French, German, or Latin.

(ii.) If the candidate’s application is accepted he will be required to pass a medical examination by a medical officer approved by the Minister of Defence, at a time and place of which he will be duly advised.

(iii.) Every candidate for nomination will be expected to sit for the Junior National Scholarship Examination in the December preceding the date of his application, particulars of which are given below.

He will be further examined if need be, by writing or orally, or in both ways, by the Supervisor appointed to act on behalf of the Government in this matter.

Due notice will be given to him of the time and place of such further examination.

Candidates who are nominated must be prepared to proceed to England as soon as they are informed of their nomination, so as to enter the Royal Naval College on the 15th May, 15th September, or 15th January next ensuing, as the case may be.

Junior National Scholarship Examination.

The examination will be held in December, at the places which are centres for the Civil Service Junior Examination, and at such other places as may be determined. Candidates’ applications to be examined must be made on the blue forms provided, and must be forwarded by their teachers to the Secretary of the Education Board so as to be delivered at his office not later than the 30th September. Forms of application may be obtained from the head teachers of the public schools, from the Secretaries of the Education Boards, or from the Inspector-General of Schools, Wellington.

The examination will be in the subjects of the Fifth Standard. Papers will be set in English, arithmetic, geography, drawing, and there will also be a paper containing questions in history and elementary science, and questions to test the candidates’ general knowledge, their intelligence, and their powers of observation.

The drawing will comprise (a) freehand drawing with pencil or brush, including elementary design without instruments; and (b) drawing with instruments, including elementary design with instruments.

The highest marks attainable in the several subjects of the examination will be as follows: In English, 300; in arithmetic, 200; in geography, 100; in the general paper, 100; and in drawing, 100: total, 800.

To pass the examination a candidate must obtain not less than 75 marks in English, not less than 50 in arithmetic, and a total of not less than 400 on the whole examination.

No fee is payable for this examination.

Candidates for nomination for admission in September, 1906, must forward their nominations so as to reach the Under-Secretary for Defence, Wellington, not later than the 1st day of May. If necessary, arrangements will be made to examine those candidates who did not sit for the Junior National Scholarship Examination in December, 1905, in the work prescribed for that examination.

[D.1906/236.]

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Notification of Deposit of Rules, as amended, of Canterbury Acclimatisation Society.

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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 2nd April, 1906.

HIS Excellency the Governor directs it to be notified that a copy of the Amended Rules of the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, duly signed, has been deposited in this office under “The Animals Protection Act, 1880.”

JAS. McGOWAN,
Acting Colonial Secretary.

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Designs for a Coat of Arms for the Colony of New Zealand.

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Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 4th April, 1906.

TWO prizes—first, £20; second, £15—are offered for designs for an official coat of arms for the Colony of New Zealand.

Under present regulations, candidates for the Royal Marines are examined by an Army Medical Board, and must conform to the Army Medical Regulations. When the direct entry of candidates into the Royal Marines ceases, all candidates will come under the above regulations.

†i.e.—Seven teeth defective or deficient in persons under seventeen years of age on the date of entry, ten defective or deficient teeth in persons above the age of seventeen—a tooth being considered as defective when it cannot be made permanently serviceable by dental repair. Credit is also given for teeth which have not erupted. Candidates must, however, possess some sound opposing molars and incisors. The numbers given above are intended as a general guide, and are not necessarily strictly adhered to, provided the general condition of the teeth is good.

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