II. The examination will be in the following subjects, viz. : 2. Arithmetic (including Vulgar and Decimal Fractions). 4. Practical Geometry (so far as relates to perpendiculars, parallels, the mode of dividing lines, and of determining a position from two or more angles). 5. Map and Chart Projection (i.e., the principles of the projection of Mercator's chart; and the mode of computing the scale for a Mercator's chart of certain limits of latitude and longitude; and laying off these in degrees, &c.) 6. Topographical Plan-drawing (i.e., the principles of topographical plan-drawing by scale and compass bearing; copying such plans by squares on the same, or reduced or enlarged scales; adapting them to altered relative positions of points. Also fair practical proficiency in topographical and perspective drawing with pencil, pen, and brush). 7. Translation from French, Spanish, or some other modern language. III. Candidates must pass to the satisfaction of the Civil Service Commissioners in all the first six subjects. They will also be required to show what preliminary training or technical education they have undergone to qualify them for a situation of this nature, and they must satisfy the Commissioners that they possess the special qualifications necessary for the office. These include particularly aptness in hydrographical chart drawing, and on this point the Commissioners will ask for a report from the Hydrographer of the Admiralty. IV. Application for permission to attend an examination may be made at such times and in such manner as the Civil Service Commissioners may appoint. V. A fee of £1 will be required from each candidate attending the examination. ASSISTANT SCHOOLMASTERS IN HER MAJESTY'S DOCKYARDS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE ADMIRALTY. I. The limits of age for this situation are 20 and 35, and candidates must be of the prescribed age on the first day of the examination. II. No candidate will be eligible who does not produce satisfactory proof of his ability and experience in teaching. Evidence on this point must be sent in at least a week before the date of the competition. If it prove prima facie satisfactory, the candidate will be admitted to compete, subject to such further inquiry as may be necessary. III. The examination will be in the following subjects, viz. :— 1. Handwriting and Orthography. 2. Arithmetic and Mensuration. 3. Grammar and Analysis of Sentences. 4. English Composition. 5. Physical and Political Geography of the World, especially of England and Europe. 6. English History. 7. Euclid (first four Books, Book VI., and the first 21 Propositions of Book XI.) 8. Algebra. 9. Plane Trigonometry. 10. Differential and Integral Calculus (elementary) and Plane Co-ordinate Geometry (elementary). 11. The elementary principles of Mechanics and Hydrostatics, not requiring the Differential Calculus. * *Candidates will also be competitively examined in the following subjects; and, although it will not be necessary for each candidate to have a knowledge of these latter subjects, a high value will be set on them. 12. Plane Trigonometry (analytical) and Spherical Trigonometry. 13. Plane Co-ordinate Geometry (more advanced), and Analytical Geometry of three dimensions. 14. Differential and Integral Calculus (more advanced), and the easier Differential Equations. 15. Higher Mechanics and Hydrostatics. 16. Elementary Chemistry and Physics. IV. A fee of £1 will be required from each candidate attending this examination. ASSISTANTS OF EXCISE. Candidates I. The limits of age for this situation are 19 and 22. must be of the prescribed age on the first day of the month in which the examination is held. II. Candidates must be unmarried and without family. III. The examination will be in the following subjects, viz. : IV. Application for permission to attend an examination must be at such times and in such manner as the Commissioners may appoint. V. A fee of £1 is required from each candidate. OUTDOOR OFFICERS OF CUSTOMS. I. The limits of age for this situation are 19 and 25. Candidates must be of the prescribed age on the first day of the month in which the examination is held. II. The examination will be in the following subjects, viz. :— 1. Handwriting 2. Orthography Marks 200 200 3. Arithmetic (to Vulgar and Decimal Fractions) 300 ... 200 III. Candidates failing in any of the above-named subjects will not be eligible. IV. Application for permission to attend an examination must be made at such times and in such manner as the Commissioners may appoint. V. A fee of 15s. will be required from each candidate attending the examination. STUDENT ENGINEERS.* EXTRACT FROM THE REGULATIONS RESPECTING THE ENTRY OF ENGINEER STUDENTS IN HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE. My Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are pleased to direct that the following regulations for the entry of engineer students in Her Majesty's dockyards shall be substituted for those now in force. 2. Vacancies for appointments as engineer students in the dockyards are open to public competition. The dockyard at which engineer students are entered each year will be fixed by their Lordships. 3. The list of candidates for these appointments will be kept at the Admiralty in London. All applications for the forms to be filled up by persons who wish to compete must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty before the 1st of March in each year. Such applications should state the place at which the candidate desires to be examined. 4. Candidates must not be less than 14 nor more than 16 years of age on the first day of the examination. Proof of age will be required by the production of a certificate of birth, or by declaration before a magistrate. Evidence of respectability and good character must also be produced. All candidates must be children of British subjects. 5. Candidates are to understand clearly that they will be first required to satisfy the Admiralty as regards their age, respectability, good character, and physical fitness, before they can be considered eligible for entry into the dockyard, and if these conditions are satis *It is considered probable that there will shortly be some alterations in these Regulations. Intending competitors are advised, therefore, to make application to the Commissioners for the latest papers on the subject, factory, they will then be examined by the Civil Service Commissioners in educational subjects. 6. Candidates in or near London will be medically examined by the Medical Director-General of the Navy at the Admiralty. Those residing near one of Her Majesty's dockyards, or one of the first reserve ships, will be examined by the medical officers attached thereto. Special arrangements will be made, if necessary, on application, with reference to candidates from more distant localities. All candidates must produce certificates to the satisfaction of the examining medical officers that they have been re-vaccinated, or they will be re-vaccinated before they can be considered eligible for entry into the dockyard. 7. The examination will commence on the first Tuesday in May in each year, and will be held by the Civil Service Commissioners in London, Liverpool, Portsmouth, Devonport, Bristol, Leeds, Newcastleon-Tyne, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dublin, Belfast, and Cork. 8. The following will be the subjects of examination, and the maximum number of marks for each subject: 300 300 1,500 Algebra (up to and including quadratic equations) Candidates will also be tested as to their ability to read aloud with clearness, distinctness, and accuracy, and without hesitation. Stammering, or any imperfection of utterance, will be regarded as a disqualification. 9. Candidates who fail to pass in the first three subjects (those marked with an asterisk), or in reading aloud, will be disqualified, and their other papers will not be examined. The candidates who display a competent knowledge of all those subjects, and who obtain not less than 750 marks in the aggregate, will be classed in one general list in order of merit, according to the number of marks gained, and will be eligible for appointment as engineer students in one of the dockyards, according to the number of appointments which it may be decided to make that year. 10. The successful candidates will be entered as engineer students before the 1st July in each year, and must join with their parents or guardians in a bond for 3007. to enter, if required, into Her Majesty's Naval Service as assistant engineers, if at the expiration of their training they should obtain certificates of good conduct and efficiency for entry in that capacity. 11. The parents or guardians of all engineer students entered in future will be required to pay the sum of 251. a year for each student during the first three years of his training. 12. The first payment of 257. is to be made before the student is entered in the yard, and the second and third payments of 251. each are to be made on or before the 30th day of June in each of the two succeeding years. The payments are to be made to the cashier of the yard to which the student is appointed. In case of failure of payment the student will be discharged. 13. Board and lodging will be provided for engineer students, and they will be required to reside in one of the dockyards. 14. The weekly pay of engineer students during their training will be as follows, provided they are well reported on by the officers :One shilling) Two shillings First year Third Fourth,. Three Five a week. 15. Engineer students will be under the supervision of the Captain of the Steam Reserve and a staff of competent officers, and subject to such rules and regulations as their Lordships may deem necessary. 16. Special regulations will be made for engineer students in the dockyards, so as to make a distinction between them and the workmen. 17. Engineer students will remain for six years at one of the dockyards for practical training in the workshops, and to receive instruction in iron shipbuilding. While the engineer students are being instructed in iron shipbuilding they are to be under the direction of the chief constructor. They will attend the dockyard schools for such periods, and to pursue such studies as may from time to time be determined on; they will also pass a portion of their time in the drawing office. Means will be afforded them of acquiring the groundwork of the knowledge required by a naval engineer respecting the working of marine engines and boilers, including those repairs which can be carried out afloat, the practical use of the various instruments used in the engine-room, including the indicator, and of becoming generally acquainted with the duties of a naval engineer. 18. Engineer students will be examined once a year under the direction of the President of the Royal Naval College. They will be examined by the engineer officers of the Admiralty at the end of the fourth, fifth, and sixth years of their service as to their practical acquirements and knowledge of steam machinery. Two prizes will be given annually at each dockyard to the engineer students most highly reported on as regards their skill as workmen. Practical engineering |