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the respective territories : Starting from the coast in the neighbourhood of Mitre Eock on the Btb parallel of south latitude, and following this parallel to the point where it is cut by the 147th degree of east longitude, then in a straight line in a north-westerly direction to the point where the 6th parallel of south latitude cuts the 144th degree of east longitude, and continuing in a west-north-westerly direction to the point of intersection of the sth parallel of south latitude and of the 141st degree of east longitude. The British possessions lie to the south of the line thus defined, tho German to the north. The British possessions will not include Long Island or Eook Island, or any islands adjacent to New Guinea to the northward of the Bth parallel of south latitude.
No". 62. (New Zealand, No. 38.) Sir, — Downing Street, 23rd June, 1885. With reference to the telegram which on the 20th instant I addressed to Answer. the Governor of South Australia, with the request that it should be communicated No- 71, to you, respecting an offer of commissions in the Imperial Army on certain conditions, I have the honour to transmit to you, for communication to your Government, a copy of the letter from the War Office on which that telegram was founded. You will observe that the offer of commissions applies to the present year only. I have, &c, Governor Sir W. E. D. Jervois, G.C.M.G., C.8., &c. DERBY.
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Enclosure. Sir,— Pall Mall, 12th June, 1885. With reference to previous correspondence relative to a proposal to offer, for the present year only, a limited number of commissions in the Imperial Army to members of the colonial local military forces, I have now the honour, by direction of the Secretary of State for War, to request you will lay before the Secretary of State for the Colonies the following conditions under which the arrangement in question will be carried out, and to request that the same may be notified to the Governors of the respective colonies named in the margin : (a.) Two commissions to be offered to each of the colonies referred to; (b.) candidates to be nominated by the respective Governors; (c.) each candidate to have served at least two years in the local military forces; (d.) the limits of age to be nineteen and twenty-two, to be ruled by the Ist January, 1885 ; (e.) each nominated candidate previous to appointment to the army will be required to pass a qualifying professional examination, such examination to be held in the colonies in accordance with papers which will bo sent out by the Director-General of Military Education for that purpose. The scope and subjects of the examination will be seen on reference to paragraphs 21, 22, and 23 of the accompanying regulations, and are the same as those required of officers of the Militia of the United Kingdom. I have, &c, The Under-Secretary of State, Colonial Office. Ealph Thompson.
Sub-Enclosure. Extracts from Eegulations under which Commissions in the Army may be obtained by Lieutenants of Militia. 21. The subjects of the competitive examination and the maximum marks obtainable in each subject will be as follows :— Marks. 1. The elements of field fortification ... . . ... ... ... 600 2. Military topography ... ... ... ... ... ... 600 3. The elements of tactics ... ... ... ... ... ... 600 4. Military law ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 600 22. In addition to obtaining a sufficiently high place in the order of merit, a candidate will be required to obtain in any case *25 of the marks in each subject, and *5 of the aggregate. 23. The scope will be that embraced by the synopsis of the course of instruction (in the subsubjects specified, in paragraph 21) at the Eoyal Military College. There will, however, be no practical out-of-door examination in any subject. The text-books will be those in use at the time at the Eoyal Military College, which, for the present, are as follows : — 1. The elements of field fortifications ... Phillips's Course of Artillery and Fortification. 2. Military topography ... ... ... Official Text-book of Military Topography. 3. The elements of tactics ... .... Field Exercises. Clery's Minor Tactics. 4. Military law ... ... ... ... Army Act. Queen's Eegulations. Elements of Military Administration and Law (Boughey).
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