Calendar: 1896-1897 Page 349

CIVIL SERVICE CLASSES 345 150 Freehand Drawing 100 Very Elementary Physics and Chemistry 100 Candidates to be successful must qualify in the first four subjects and obtain total of at least 700 marks Limits of age 14 and 17 Examinations are held every April The examination is an open competitive one The parents of each Engineer Student are required to pay £40 per annum for each year of training In certain cases these payments are reduced and in all Oases about £50 is returned to the Students in the shape of weekly pay The full pay of the Engineering Branch of the Navy varies from that of Assistant Engineers at £137 year to that of Inspectors of Machinery with £500 rising to £700 year י Candidates for Assistant Clerkships in the Navy Subjects of Examination -Obligatory Dictation Λ λ v" י י '4 י י marks 60 Writing 40 Writing Letter on given subject 75 Writing the substance of chapter read out 75 French 150 Addition 50 Arithmetic 250 Geography and History 150 Scripture 100 Optional Elementary Mathematics 200 Latin 200 German Spanish or Italian 100 Elementary Physics 150 Drawing 100 Shorthand 150 Three only of these unless Drawing make the fourth can be taken Limits of age 16 and 18 Examinations are held every June and November nomination from the Admiralty is required for these Appointments The full pay of Accountant Officers in the Navy varies from that of Assistant Clerk at £45 12s 6d to that of Paymaster at £602 bs C-ARMY EXAMINATIONS The general arrangements applying to this Section are given at the head of Division II In this section are received Candidates for the Sandhurst and Woolwich Examinations