There are two vacations in the course of twelve months, viz.—At Christmas and Midsummer, for a term not exceeding one month each vacation.
The administration of the funds of the establishment, is under the direction of the collegiate board.
The accounts are balanced at the expiration of six months in every year, and are laid before the supreme board; at which periods, reports of progress made in the several branches of literature and technical science, and of the public examinations, are made before the committee. These documents, accompanied by well digested remarks and seasonable suggestions, for the preservation of good order, &c. and the improvement of the institution, are laid before the king by the commander in chief, as president and governor of the college.
The supreme board of the college is composed in the following manner:
The commander in chief for the time being, president.
Secretary at war.
Governor.
Master-general of the ordnance.
Governor of Chelsea college.
Quarter-master-general.