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THE. HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH JULY, 1887.

iv. English: handwriting, dictation, reading with intelligence, and composition........ v. French: translating French into English, and. English into French; grammatical

questions, speaking, and dictation

(No dictionary will be allowed, but the equivalents of the less usual words in either language will be given.)

vi. Scripture

Candidates will be required to obtain half marks in arithmetic, and 40 per cent. in each of the other subjects.

Candidates will be further examined in,-

vii. Mathematics: harder questions in arithmetic, algebra, and geometry, as above

defined

viii. Latin translation, grammar, and prose composition

835

Marks. 150

250

100

300

(No dictionary will be allowed, but the equivalents for the less usual words will be given.)

300

ix. Geography: including the subjects treated of in Grove's Primer, and an elementary

knowledge of the principal places in the British Isles and dependencies

x. English history: a short selected period. (A text book to be nanted)

xi. Drawing, freehand and simple rectangular model.........................

The final order of merit will be dertermined by the sum of the marks obtained in the test and in the further examination.

150

150

100

10. Colonial and Service Cadets will be appointed on passing the test examination; they must, However, obtain 660 marks in the aggregate, as well as the proportion of marks in arithmetic and other subjects required from the candidates who compete.

11. A candidate who passes the test examination, but does not succeed in the competition, will be entitled to compete at the next examination, provided he is within the limits of age at that time. No candidate will be allowed to compete more than twice. A candidate who fails to pass the test will not be entitled to another trial, but he will be allowed to compete at the next examination if he receives a fresh nomination and is still within the limits of age.

12. A candidate who, owing to illness, fails to appear at the examination for which he has obtained his nomination may receive a second nomination, provided he is still within the limits of age. 13. For all Cadets entered under these regulations, the payment will be at the rate of 70l. per annum for the period in the Britannia, to be paid half-yearly in advance to 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 half-yearly examination, a number, not to exceed 10, 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.

14. 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. 15. There will be examinations in Seamanship and Study at the end of each term.

Cadets who pass unsatisfactory examinations, or who are reported for unsatisfactory conduct, will be "warned," and they will be liable to be discharged at the end of the following or any subsequent term, should they again be reported as failing to attain the proper number of marks at the examinations, or for unsatisfactory conduct."

If a Cadet is reported for unsatisfactory conduct during his final term he will be discharged *without being allowed to present himself at the examination for passing out of the Britannia.

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 consti- tution, although no actual organic disease may have been developed.

16. 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.

17. 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 påss out of the Britannia.

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

19. No pay or pocket money will be allowed by Government to Cadets in the Britannia.

ADMIRALTY, May 1887.

By Command of their Lordships,

EVAN MACGREGOR.