When a Volunteer by Order is paid off, upon bringing his certificate of good behaviour to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty they may, if he desires it, give orders for him to have free use of the Academy.
Article XLI.
Volunteers educated in the Academy, and sent from thence by order of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to serve in his Majesty’s ships, shall be qualified, in point of time, for lieutenants after so many years’ service at sea as, together with the time specified in the certificate given them upon leaving the Academy (not exceeding three years for the sons of sea officers before mentioned) shall complete the term of six years, provided they have served two years thereof as mates, midshipmen, or midshipmen ordinary in his Majesty’s ships, and are not under twenty years of age, but shall pass the usual examination of their abilities before they can be preferred.
APPENDIX II.
ADMIRALTY CIRCULAR of February 23rd, 1857 (in so far as it relates to Naval Cadets).
I. A naval cadet must, on nomination, be not less than thirteen or more than fifteen years of age.
II. He must undergo the examination at the Royal Naval College within three months of the date of nomination.
III. He must produce a certificate of birth, or a declaration of the date of birth, made before a magistrate.
IV. He must be in good health, free from impediment of speech, defect of vision, rupture, etc.
V. The subjects in which a cadet is required to pass are as follows:—