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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 89

6. For the present the following is a list of the bodies whose “leaving” certificate for Army purposes is accepted:—

For Schools in Scotland.
(1.) The Scotch Education Department.

For Schools in Wales.
(2.) The Central Welsh Board for intermediate education.

For Schools in England and Ireland.
(3.) Oxford and Cambridge Schools Examination Board.
(4.) The University of London.
(5.) The University of Birmingham.
(6.) The Oxford Local Examination Delegacy.
(7.) The Cambridge Local Examination Syndicate.

7. A “qualifying” certificate is a certificate including the subjects mentioned in paragraph 11, granted by the Army Qualifying Board to a candidate not less than 17 years of age.

8. Examinations will be held, commencing on or about the first Tuesday in March and the third Tuesday in September, at which candidates who wish to obtain “qualifying” certificates may present themselves, provided they have completed their seventeenth year before the first day of the month in which the examination is held.

The examination will be held in the Colony. The fee for the examination will be £3.

9. A candidate who is desirous of attending one of these examinations must apply to his Commanding Officer, at such date as will allow of the nominating authority forwarding the application so as to reach the War Office not later than the 1st of January or the 1st of July for the March and September examinations respectively. The nominating authority, in forwarding the application, will certify that the candidate is, having regard to the limits laid down in paragraph 3, (b), eligible in point of age, and that he will be prepared, when necessary, to recommend him in the manner prescribed in paragraph 15. The necessary papers will then be sent to the nominating authority.

10. Candidates must clearly understand that the fact of their obtaining a “leaving” or “qualifying” certificate, or of having passed one of the examinations laid down in paragraph 12, does not entitle them to nomination unless they are eligible in other respects, as laid down in paragraph 3.

11. The subjects covered by a “leaving” or “qualifying” certificate (see Syllabus, in Appendix II) are divided into classes, as follows:—

Class I.
(1.) English.
(2.) English History and Geography.
(3.) Mathematics (elementary).

N.B.—A candidate must take up and qualify in each of the subjects of Class I. If he is a candidate for the Royal Artillery, he must in addition take up and qualify in Mathematics I (see page 3036).

Class II.
(4.) Science.
(5.) French or German.
(6.) Latin or Greek.

N.B.—A candidate must take up and qualify in any two of the three subjects, (4), (5), and (6), of Class II.

(Science in a “leaving” certificate means such combination of experimental or natural science as the Army Council may approve, provided always that the sciences recognised shall have been taught in a sufficiently extended course, including a due amount of laboratory and field work.)

(Any “leaving” certificate accepted as exempting from the qualifying examination must certify that the candidate has taken a sufficient course of elementary geometrical drawing and practical geometry, and also an elementary course of practical measurements as specified in the syllabus of elementary mathematics for the qualifying examination, and must also certify that the candidate has passed in these subjects; but it will be in the option of the candidate to take those subjects separately in the qualifying examination.)

12. A candidate will be exempt from attending a qualifying examination—
    (a.) If he has qualified for admission to the Royal Military Academy or Royal Military College at a competitive examination held under the regulations in force up to and including June, 1905; or if he has attained a similar standard in one of the following examinations held by the Civil Service Commissioners up to and including June, 1905:—
    The examination of candidates for the India Forest Service.
    The examination of candidates for the India Police Service.

The examination of candidates for junior appointments in the Supply and Accounting Departments of the Admiralty.
The examination of candidates for junior appointments in the Royal Ordnance Factories of the War Office.
The examination of Officers of the Militia and Imperial Yeomanry and Colonial Military Forces for commissions in the Regular Forces.
(b.) If he has, at a competitive examination of Militia and Imperial Yeomanry Officers, held by the War Office, under the regulations in force up to March, 1904, attained such a standard in the literary portion of the examination as may be determined by the Army Council.
(c.) If he has passed the examination for the degree of B.A. or M.A. at one of the following Universities:—

Oxford. Aberdeen.
Cambridge. The Royal University, Ireland.
Dublin. Victoria University, Manchester.
Durham. Liverpool.
London. Leeds.
Edinburgh. Birmingham.
St. Andrews. Wales.
Glasgow.

Or for the degree of B.Sc. at the Universities of Edinburgh, St. Andrews, Glasgow, or Aberdeen.

Or one of the following University Examinations:—
Oxford—The First Public Examination.
Cambridge—One of the parts of the General Examination, or Part I of any Tripos Examination.
Dublin—The Final Examination of the Senior Freshman year, or the Final Examination of the School of Engineering.
Durham—The First Year’s Examinations.
London—The Intermediate Examinations in Arts, Law, Science, or Medicine.
Scottish Universities—The Examination of Candidates for the Army, or the Preliminary Examination and the First Science Examination.
The Royal University, Ireland—The Second University Examination in Arts, or the Second Professional Examination in Engineering.
Victoria University, Manchester—The Intermediate Examination.
The University of Wales—Completion of three “Intermediate” courses in the Faculty of Science, or of four courses in the Faculty of Arts.
Birmingham—The Intermediate Examination in Arts or Science.
Liverpool—The Intermediate Examination in Arts, Science, or Engineering.
Leeds—The Intermediate Examination in Arts or Science.

Or some other test which is accepted by the University as exempting from the above examinations. A certificate that the examination is accepted by the authorities concerned must be produced.

An equivalent examination at one of the chartered Colonial Universities will likewise be accepted as a sufficient ground for exemption.

[A candidate for the Royal Artillery must—
In the case of (a), have attained the Royal Military Academy Standard in Mathematics I and II.
In the case of (b), have qualified in Higher Mathematics.
In the case of (c), have attained such a standard in mathematics as may be certified as equal to Mathematics I of the syllabus in Appendix II.]

III. Attachment to Regular Forces or Permanent Local Forces.

13. Commencing with the nomination of 1st July, 1908, a candidate to be eligible for nomination must have been attached to a Regular Unit or to a unit of the Permanent Military Forces of the Colony for two consecutive months at any time after the completion of his first annual training, and must have obtained a satisfactory certificate as set forth in Appendix IV.

During the attachment a candidate will be instructed in drill, discipline and interior economy, musketry, semaphore signalling, and practical tactics (including Sections 124–150 inclusive, and 169, Part IV, Infantry Training).

14. The attachment will be arranged by the general officer commanding the Regular or Permanent Forces in the Colony, who will cause a candidate who has qualified to be furnished with a certificate as set forth in Appendix IV.

No charges will be admissible against Imperial Funds in connection with this attachment.