(11) Candidates obtaining the necessary number of marks for passing, but who are not successful, will be allowed a second trial without a fresh nomination.
(12) Candidates who are rejected for the first time in August, 1869, will be allowed a second trial, but they must compete with the others on the same terms, and will be allowed no further trial.
(13) Candidates who fail to appear at the next examination after nomination must obtain a fresh nomination, unless they are certified as unfit to appear by a doctor, in which case non-appearance will be considered equivalent to one failure, and they will be allowed a second trial.
(14) Every flag officer (except an admiral superintendent of a dockyard) will, on hoisting his flag, be allowed three nominations for competition; commodores of the first class, two nominations; captains appointed to a ship of any class (except captains of stationary ships, captain superintendents of dockyards or victualling yards, and the captain of the Royal yacht), one nomination; but no officer will be allowed to exercise this right a second time within three years. And no captain appointed to a ship during her commission will be allowed a nomination if the right has been exercised within one year by the previous captain.
(15) Seven nominations will be allowed annually to the Colonies.
(16) Cadets will be required to pay £70 per annum while in the Britannia, and £50 for the twelve months in the sea-going training ship; but a number, not exceeding twelve, of sons of Royal Naval or Royal Marine officers, or of civil officers under the Board of Admiralty, may be selected by the Admiralty for a payment of £40 per annum.
(17) Successful cadets will be appointed to the Britannia.
(18) The date of entry of those who pass in June is to reckon from July 15th following, and of those who pass in November from January 15th following.
(19) The period of training will be, as now, four terms, but there will be two terms in each year instead of three—viz. from February to July, and from August to December.
(20) An examination will be held at the end of each term, and an intermediate one at Easter for cadets in their first year.