VIII. A local committee must in all cases be formed, and from them the teacher will receive the necessary vouchers.
IX. The sum above fixed can only be considered experimental, and may be altered from year to year.
[COLLEGE OF NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING.]
The course of instruction at the Royal College of Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering at South Kensington was originally in subjects the same as at Portsmouth, but after careful observation of what could be accomplished in connection with practical instruction and observation in the dock-yards, the subjects have been redistributed, and the number of sessions increased.
The first year embraces mathematics, practical ship-building (laying off work), chemistry and metals, machinery, steam and its management, physics, drawing, and French.
The second year embraces the same subjects, with the addition of heat, and strength of materials.
The third year includes the same subjects still further pursued.
A fourth year was added to the course in 1868, and the whole scheme in its details has not yet been fully tested.
A portion of each year is spent in the dock-yards in practical work, under the superintendence of officers in charge of different departments of the local service.
At the close of each session of theoretical study, a rigid examination is instituted, and promotion from class to class, and final graduation with the diploma of Associate or Fellow is awarded on the results.