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her in each year, by the Professor of the Roca N 'eel College,
assisted by the Instructor in the Theory of NAe.i.l Architecture,
inthe presence of the Commissioner of the Yard, the Lieutenant-
I Governor of the C'oTlege, and Mager Shipwright, who shall
jointly report the result of the examinatiod to the Lords Cont-
i missioners of the Admiralty, carefully inserting the names of the
Candidates in succession accerding to their respective merits.
The following shall be the subjects of examination, with whiz%
i every successful Candidate must be perfectly acquainted :
Ist.—Reading English, and writing it with facility from dic-
tation.

`2d.= the first four Rules of Arithmetic, ald. the Rule of
Three in whole numbers, and also in vulgar and Decimal Frac-

2.l.—The frit three Books of Euclid's Elements, by R. Simp-
Boa, with th. 2 exception of Propositions 42, 44, 45, Book I. :sod
of Propositions 8,9, In, 11, 14, Book 2. In this part of the ex-
am tiatiers, besides giving the most precise demonstrations, the
Candidates will be expected to make the constructions in a prac-
tical manner with compasses and ruler.
lth.—The French Language, a knowktlge of which, although
nnt absolutely required in the Candidates who may pre.ent them•
:elvcs at the IlrA examination winch is to be bell, will, never-

theles., give a preference to those who are in all other respects
equally quaWled; at all subsequent examinations, however, the
Candidates will be required to read and Iran. late French with
facility.
After admission into the Superior Class, the Apprentices shall
attend at the Royal Naval College three or four hours on the
mornings of every day in the week, except Sunday, and the esta-
blished Holidays, where they shall he instructed in such parts of
the following Subjects, as shall appear to the Professor of the
College to be best adapted to the object of the Establislituent, viz.
the Formation of able and %Battu) Ship guilders .
Geometry, Fluxions,
Algebra, henry of Naval Architecture,
Plane Trigonometry, Drawing,
Mechanics, l'he French Language.
I lyeirmtatics,
On Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays, the Apprentices
shall be employed at the College during the hours abovemen-
-1101041 in the :itudy of Mathematics, under the Professor or the
instructor; on 'Thursday and Friday mornings in Drawing, un-
der the Drawing Master, the art of Perspective being most par-
ticularly applied in drawing the different parts of a Ship ; and the
morning of eaturday shall be apprspriated to the Study of such
books and exercises in the Fieuch Language, under the French
Master, as may pertect them therein, and at the same time ad-
vance their professional knowle,!ge. This division of time al-
lotted for their studies is, however, to be subject to such altera-
tions as shall appear to the Processor hest calculated fur promoting
the object of the Institution.
In the remaining part of the day, when not attending at the
College, they shall be employed under the Master Shipwright or
instructor of Naval Arcletecture, in the Mould-loft, in the
various kinds of manual labour connected with Ship building;.
in the acquirement of a complete knowletlge of the &Mtn nt
parts of a Ship, and of the method of constructing and fastening
the sante, as well as in discriminating her different properties
deducible from theoretical calculations ; also in the manage-
ment and conversion of timber, and generally, in such other
manner as the Master Shipwright may consider as best adapted
to make them fully acquainted with all the detail of the duties of
a practical Shipwright.
To ensure the punishment of offences committed by them dur-
ing their attendance at the College, a book shall he kept by the
Instructor, in which such offences shall he entered ; and at the
end of each week, or oftener if there be octesion, ,t his book shall
be sent to the Office of the Commissioner, who will order such
punishment to be inflicted, as may he conformable to the usu..l
treatment of Apprentices in the Dock Yard.
And at the end of each year, a public Examination shall take
place h the presence of the Officers mentioned in the 3tl Article,
and a Eeneral statement of the improvement of the respective
Apprentices in the theoretical part of their profession shall be
transmitted by the Professor of the College, and of their pro-
gress in the practical part by the Master Saipwright, through
the Commissioner of the Duck Yard to the Admiralty Office ;
to the end that, if it shall appear that an Apprentice has parti-
cularly distingetthed himself in any of the departments of his
profession, the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty may con-
fer on him such mark of their approbation as their Lor.!ihips may
deem expedient.
The last year of their Apprenticeship, or such part thereof as
the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty may think proper,
dial! be served at Sea, in such of his Majesty's Ships as their
Lordships shall direct, with a view of obtaining some practical
knowledee in the steering, sailing, inflaming, and ballasting of
ships; in making remarks on the motion and working of a ship,
in all her parts, in bad weather, and on a high sea; the standing
and stra'nit•g of the masts and yards under such circumstances;
the placing of the fixed blocks, with a view to the proper leading
of ropes, z!cc. aati, eeneraiN, in obtaining such information as
the Captain, Capenter' and other Officers of the ship may, by
their experience, comolunicate, and such as their own observations
may suggest.
dez the time that such an Appreotlee shall be on board a
ship he will be requited to keep a journal of his remarks and
observations, arranged und-r distinct heads; noting suck im-
provements in any part of the ship, or any thing connected there-
with, as may suggest themselves to him, from a minute attention
to the circunistatices by which a ship is affected at sea ; a copy
of whisk journal is to be transmitted to the Admiralty.
A cabin or birth will be allotted to him in the gun-room, or in
some other suitable part of the ship ; lie shall mess with some of
the Officers, and he treated in all respects as a Gentleman.
Salaries to be allowed Apprentices of the Superior Class.
It th. Apprentice I it' the Apprentice if the Apprentice
shall not have shall have served I shall hare served I Sum.
served u years in two years in that three years inthat
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Upon their return from eratuntil they can he appointed ollicere
in consequence of vacancies hiving occurred, they shall be etn-
Voyed :iv Overseers of Ships building ; in avvisting the Nlastet-
ShipwrOitv in the different Yardv, :viol their Assistants or Fore-
man; in the mmaa Loft, order the Timber-master, or in iuy
other vi:uation in which the Master Fhipwright may have ti,:ca-
Ilion to employ them, with the approhat ion of the Corennivvionet ;
timing that ii.terv..l the) Olga have per mutant; and if suc.i