EXPENDITURE FOR MILITARY ACADEMY AT WOOLWICH:
In 1858, £27,969; in 1861-62, £25,188; in 1866-67, £36,416,—exclusive of payments made by the cadets.
REGULATIONS FOR ADMISSION.
N.B.—All candidates for commissions in the Royal Artillery and Royal Engineers are required to go through a course of instruction at the Royal Military Academy.
I. Competitive examinations for admission are held in London twice a year, in January and July. They are conducted by examiners appointed for the purpose, in the presence and under the superintendence of the Council of Military Education.
The candidates must be between 16 and 19 years of age.
II. The admissions will be determined by the result of the examination, the subjects of which will be as follows, viz.:
| Marks. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Mathematics | Pure | Section I. Arithmetic, algebra, Euclid, planetrigonometry, | 2,000 | 3,500 |
Section II. Spherical trignometry, elements of co-ordinategeometry, and of the differential and integral calculus, | 500 | |||
| Mixed: Statics, dynamics, and hydrostatics, | 1,000 | |||
| 2. English language and composition, | 1,000 | |||
| 3. History of England, its dependencies andcolonies, | 1,000 | |||
| 4. Geography (modern), | 1,000 | |||
| 5. Classics | Latin language, | 1,500 | ||
| Greek do., | 1,500 | |||
| 6. French language, | 1,000 | |||
| 7. German do., | 1,000 | |||
| 8. Hindustani do., | 1,000 | |||
The examination in French, German, and Hindustani,will include writing from dictation. | ||||
| 9. Experimental sciences, i.e., chemistry,heat, electricity, magnetism, | 1,000 | |||
| 10. Natural sciences, i.e., mineralogy andgeology, | 1,000 | |||
| 11. Drawing | Free-hand drawing of machinery, architectural,topographical, landscape or figure subjects, | 1,000 | ||
Every candidate must qualify in geometrical drawing; i.e., drawing in ink, with accuracy, neatness, and to scale, the several problems of Euclid. The standard of qualification in this subject is 100 marks, which must be gained, out of a maximum of 300 nominally assigned to it. But the marks so gained will not count toward the general aggregate.
III. No candidate will be allowed to be examined in more than five subjects, of which one must be mathematics, and no one who does not obtain at least 700 marks in section I. of pure mathematics, will be eligible for an appointment.