Article XXXI.
On a scholar being discharged to sea the master is to give a certificate of the time spent in the Academy, deducting times of absence (except three weeks each year), and time forfeited as punishment.
Article XXXII.
A scholar on leaving is to leave his arms with the fencing master.
Article XXXIII.
On scholars leaving, vacancies are to be filled and numbers kept up in each class.
Article XXXIV.
Scholars on joining his Majesty’s ships shall be kept to the duties of seamen, but with the privilege of walking the quarter-deck, and shall be allotted a proper place to lie in, but no cabins; and shall be rated on the ship’s books as “Volunteers by Order,” and receive able seaman’s pay.
Article XXXV.
The captain shall make Volunteers keep journals, and draw the appearance of headlands, coasts, bays, and such like; and the master, boatswain, and schoolmaster shall instruct them.