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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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range or character of the light. A fresh site will be chosen
for the tower which is now being removed.
Charts, &c., affected: Admiralty Charts Nos. 8343, 2527,
2528, and Plan 3321; “New Zealand Pilot,” eighth edition,
1908, Chapter iv, page 125; “New Zealand Nautical
Almanac,” 1910, pages 112 and 123.

J. G. WARD,
For Minister of Marine.

Forbidding Money-order and Postal Correspondence for the
Brown Export Company, New York.

THE Postmaster-General of the Dominion of New Zea-
land having reasonable ground for supposing that the
company whose name and address are shown in the Schedule
hereunder is engaged in advertising the treatment of diseases
of the sexual organs, it is hereby ordered, under section 28
of “The Post and Telegraph Act, 1908,” that no money-
order in favour of the said company shall be issued, and that
no postal packet addressed to the said company (either by its
own or any fictitious or assumed name), or to such address
without a name, shall be either registered, forwarded, or
delivered by the Post Office of New Zealand.

SCHEDULE.

THE Brown Export Company, 95–97 Liberty Street, New
York City, New York, U.S.A.

Dated this 5th day of April, 1910.

JOHN G. FINDLAY,
For Postmaster-General.

Regulations under which Commissions in the British Army
may be obtained by University Candidates.

Education Department,
Wellington, 23rd March, 1910.

THE following revised regulations (issued with “Army
Orders” of 1st October, 1909), under which com-
missions in the British army may be obtained by university
candidates, are in substitution for those contained in the
New Zealand Gazette of the 13th February, 1908, and are
published for general information.

GEO. FOWLDS,
Minister of Education.

REGULATIONS UNDER WHICH COMMISSIONS IN THE REGULAR
ARMY MAY BE OBTAINED BY UNIVERSITY CANDIDATES,
1909.

1. Commissions in the Cavalry, the Royal Artillery, the
   Infantry, Indian army, and the Army Service Corps will
   be granted each half-year on the nomination of such recog-
   nised universities, or of groups of recognised universities,
   as have established courses of military instruction ap-
   proved by the Army Council, to candidates who have
   fulfilled certain conditions of academic and military quali-
   fications.*

2. Subject to such additions or alterations as the Army
   Council may from time to time determine, the following
   is the list of recognised universities, arranged as units
   for purposes of nomination:—
   (a.) The University of Oxford.
   (b.)
   ,,
   Cambridge.
   (c.)
   ,,
   Trinity College, Dublin.
   (d.)
   ,,
   London.
   (e.) The Universities of Scotland.
   (1.) The Victoria University of Manchester.
   The University of Liverpool.
   Leeds.
   (2.)
   ,,
   Durham.
   ,,
   Birmingham.
   ,,
   Wales.
   The Royal University of Ireland.†
   (g.) Such chartered universities in the colonies as have
   established courses of military instruction ap-
   proved by the Army Council.

For the number and distribution of commissions between
the nominating units or groups, see paragraph 12.

3. Each approved university, or group of approved uni-
   versities, in the United Kingdom will appoint a Nomina-
   tion Board, to which the War Office will add one or more
   military members, who will have a veto on any selection.

The approved universities in the colonies will, until
groups have been formed, each appoint a Board.
The names of fully qualified candidates who have been
nominated by the Nomination Board will be rendered to
the War Office by the 15th January and 15th July each
year.

4. A candidate for nomination—
   (a.) Must be between the ages of twenty and twenty-
   five* on the 1st of April or on the 1st of October
   immediately preceding the half-yearly nomina-
   tion for which he presents himself.
   (b.) Must be unmarried.
   (c.) Must be, in the opinion of the Army Council, in
   all respects suitable to hold a commission in the
   regular forces.

5. A candidate, in addition to the military qualifications
   specified in paragraph 10, must—
   (a.) Reside for three academic years at an approved
   university or college of the same.
   (b.) Qualify for a degree in an approved subject or
   group of subjects.
   (c.) Produce a certificate of good conduct from the
   head or other competent authority of the univer-
   sity, or college of the same, in which he has
   resided.

At the Scottish universities a candidate must have
graduated after a course of study extended over three
academic years.
At the London University, and certain others where
there are both internal and external students, a candidate
must be an internal student, which is defined as “one
who has completed a three-years course under recognised
teachers.”

6. Candidates may graduate in any of the subjects, or
   groups of subjects, current at the several universities, with
   the exception of theology, medicine, music, and commerce.

7. A candidate who has graduated with first-class
   honours in an approved subject or group of subjects, or
   with other distinctions recognised by the Army Council
   as equivalent thereto, will, if nominated, be entitled to
   count one year of seniority on obtaining his commission.

8. First-class honours are defined as follows:—
   (a.) For the University of Oxford, a first class in any
   final school.
   (b.) For the University of Cambridge, a first class in
   any tripos.
   (c.) For the University of Durham, a first class in
   classics or mathematics in the final examination
   for the degree of B.A.; or special distinction
   in the final examination for the degree of B.Sc.
   (d.) For the University of London, a first class in any
   subject in which degrees in honours are
   awarded.
   (e.) For the Victoria University of Manchester, a first
   class in any honours school for the B.A. or B.Sc.
   degrees.
   (f.) For the University of Birmingham, a master’s or
   doctor’s degree in arts or science.
   (g.) For the University of Liverpool, a first class in
   the final examination of any honours school in
   the faculties of arts or science, or in the
   honours school of engineering.
   (h.) For the University of Leeds, a first class in the
   final examination of any honours school in the
   faculties of arts or science.
   (i.) For the University of Wales, the degree of B.A.
   or B.Sc. with first-class honours in any depart-
   ment.
   (j.) For the Scottish universities, a first class in any
   honours group, or the B.Sc. degree in pure
   science or in engineering, provided that the
   diploma of the graduate certifies that he has
   obtained special distinction in at least one of the
   subjects of his final science examination.
   (k.) For Trinity College, Dublin, the standard of
   silver medal at the degree examination in
   honours.
   (l.) For the Royal University of Ireland, a first class
   in any honours group for the M.A. degree.
   (m.) For approved universities in the colonies, as may
   be decided in each case by the Army Council.
   (n.) Any other distinction recognised by the Army
   Council as equivalent to first-class honours in
   any approved branch of study.

9. A candidate for a commission in the Royal Artillery
   must produce evidence satisfactory to the Nomination
   Board that he has duly qualified in the mathematical sub-
   jects set forth in Appendix II.

10. In addition to the academic qualifications specified
    in paragraph 5, a candidate for nomination must present

• Candidates selected for the Indian army will, in the first place, be
  gazetted as 2nd Lieutenants in the Unattached List of the British army
  under the conditions set forth in the pamphlet “Information regarding
  Appointment, Promotion, Pay, &c., in His Majesty’s Indian Army.”
  † References to the new universities in Ireland will be issued separately
  in due course.

• A candidate for nomination to the Indian army must be within the
  ages of twenty and twenty-four on the dates named.