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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH MARCH, 1889.

14. In addition to the annual payments mentioned in the foregoing paragraph, the parent or guardian will be charged with the personal expenses incurred by the Cadet for washing, repairing boots and clothes, hair cutting, pocket-money, &c.

15. The period of training on board the Britannia will be four terms; there will be two terms in each year. The first term of each year will be from February to July, the second from September to December.

The vacations will be five weeks at Christmas, two weeks at Easter, and six weeks at Mid-

summer.

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16. (a) Examinations in Seamanship and Study will be held at the end of each term.

(b) Cadets who fail at the end of their second term to obtain 40 per cent. of marks in Mathe-

matical subjects will be ordered to be withdrawn.

(c) Cadets who fail at the final examination to obtain 40 per cent. in the Mathematical subjects, including the Theory of Navigation and Nautical Astronomy, and 50 per cent. in the Technical subjects, combined with Physics and French, will be ordered to be withdrawn.

(d) Cadets reported to the Admiralty for unsatisfactory conduct will be "warned,” and should they be again reported they will be discharged: any Cadet however who is reported for unsatisfactory conduct during his final term will be discharged without being allowed to present himself at the examination for passing but of the Britannia. (e) Any Cadet who shall at any time appear to their Lordships to be unfit for the Naval Service, for any reason whatever, will be removed from the Britannia, and it must be understood that this rule will apply to those who are considered unfit from insufficient physical development or weakness of constitution, although no actual organic disease may have been developed.

17. It is to be distinctly understood that the period of training on board the Britannia is a time of probation, and the parent or guardian of every Cadet. will be required to sign a declaration (on the admission of the Cadet to the Britannia), to the effect that he shall be immediately withdrawn on the receipt of an official intimation of his being considered unfit for the Navy.

18. Cadets will, on passing out of the Britannia, rank according to the amount of sea time they obtain at their final examination, and those who obtain equal amounts of sea time will rank in the order of merit in which they pass out of the Britannia.

19. The parent or guardian of every Cadet will be required to provide outfit under the regulations in force.

20. No pay will be allowed by Government to Cadets in the Britannia. The pocket-money allowed to Cadets will be charged to the parents.

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21. As only Cadets who are able to swim are permitted to use the boats belonging to H.M.S. Britannia," the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty desire to inpress upon parents and guardians the importance of Cadets being taught to swim before they join the Training Ship, so as to enable them to obtain the full benefits of use of the boats.

By Command of their Lordships,

EVAN MACGREGOR.

Admiralty, December 1888.

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NAME OF CANDIDATE (Christian Names to be inserted in full)

Name and Address of Parent or Guardian

Profession or Status of Father

(This Form is to be filled in and returned to the Secretary

of the Admiralty with as little delay as possible.).

Schools

at which Candidate has been prepared for the last three years

Address up to date of Examination

Date of Birth

If Parent is prepared to pay £75 a year (besides expense of outfit and personal expenses for wash- ing, mending clothes and boots, pocket-money, &c.) while Cadet. is in Training Ship, and £50 a year (besides expense of outät) subsequently until he passes for the rank of Lieutenant.

Signature of Parent or Guardian