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Lieutenants Masters Time served as Master, shall, in future, be considered as time served as Lieutenant, to qualify an Officer to receive a Commission as Commander, under Her Majesty's Regulations, Art. 2, Sec. 4, Chap. 3, in the event of any particularly distinguished conduct which in the opinion of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty it may be proper to reward by such advancement. A Master's Assistant (when such rating shall be allowed by the Admiralty) may be so rated, on receiving the sanction of the Admiralty, and on passing such Examination as the Admiralty may direct. He shall have been at sea either in Her Majesty's Navy three complete years, or in the Merchant Service four years (one of which as Mate or Inferior Mate) ; or for combined periods of two years is the Royal Navy, and two in the Merchant Service; or one year n the Royal Navy, and three in the Merchant Service, and shall be full 16 years of age. He will be required to have a thorough knowledge of Practical Observations of the Sun, Moon, and Stars, for ascertaining the Latitude; to work double Altitudes; the Longitude by Chronometer; and to keep a Ship's reckoning by the common Rules, usually denominated a day's work. He will also be required to produce Certificates of Servitude and Regularity of Conduct. Candidates for the appointment of Acting Master's Assistant are to be strictly and carefully examined in the presence of the Captain, or Commander, by a Master and Naval Instructor, and, when there shall not be an Officer of the latter Class, by two Masters, touching their abilities in Seamanship, Navigation, &c. The Certificates of Qualifications are to be signed by the Captain, or Commander, as well as by the examining Officers ; and all Candidates who shall be found qualified, agreeably to the before-mentioned provisions, will be considered eligible to be appointed by their Lordships as Acting Masters� Assistants in Her Majesty's Navy accordingly. Such Masters as shall not have served afloat as Masters in the Royal Navy six complete years, and are not already in the receipt of higher half pay, shall not be entitled to any increase of pay beyond five shillings a day, except in cases where it shall appear to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, that inability to serve the prescribed term of six years shall have been caused by wounds or ill health, arising from the service. Mates. All Midshipmen who shall have passed such Examination respecting their Qualifications for the appointment of Lieutenant as the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty may from time to time direct, (if abroad, for Seamanship and Navigation, and if at home also at the Royal Naval College), shall be considered eligible to have Warrants or Commissions as Mates in whatever Ship they may be serving; such Warrant or Commission will be given by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, upon the recommendation of the Commanding Officer of the Ship in which the person may be serving, transmitted by the Commander-in-Chief or Senior Officer on the Station. During their first three years of actual service as Mates in the Royal Navy they will take Rank with Ensigns in the Army, and after three years' service with Lieutenants in the Army, according to their seniority as Mates, to be computed from the dates of their original Warrants from their respective Captains, under the former regulations in respect to Mates. Commanders-in-Chief on Foreign Stations may give Acting Warrants as Mates to such Midshipmen as may pass abroad for Seamanship and Navigation, which Warrants will be confirmed from their original dates if approved by their Lordships, provided they pass their examination at the Royal Naval College in two months after their arrival in England; but no person appointed to act as Mate or as Lieutenant is to be sent home from a Foreign Station for the purpose of passing such examination. To qualify a gentleman for an appointment as Midshipman, he must have served in Her Majesty's Navy two complete years as a Cadet, or three complete years in any other capacity ; and shall pass such Examination as may from time to time be ordered by the Admiralty, and shall be full fourteen years of age. A Naval Cadet, before his admission into the Navy, shall undergo such Examination as the Admiralty may from time to time direct. Naval Cadets must not be under twelve years. They must be in good health, fit for Service, and able to write English from dictation, and must be acquainted with the four first Rules of Arithmetic, Reduction, and the Rule of Three. Medical Officers. Notice is hereby given to the Medical Officers of the Royal Navy, that Sir Gilbert Blane, Bart., First Physician to his Majesty, and formerly Member of the Board for Sick and Wounded Seamen, with to concurrence and approbation of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, has, for the encouragement of Naval Medical Science, and the excitement of an emulation that may conduce to the interests of an important branch of the public service, established a Fund in perpetuity, for the purpose of providing the means of conferring a gold medal, once in every two years, on such two Medical Officers, whether Surgeons, or Assistant-Surgeons or acting as Surgeons, as shall produce the most approved journals of their of their practice, whilst actually serving in King's Ships. The selection of the journals will, in the first instance. be made by the Medical Commissioners of the Victualling Board, on the 12th of August, 1831, and will consist of not more than ten, nor less than five of those journals delivered into office between the 12th of July, 1827, and the 12th of July, 1831 ; as the subsequent selections will be made from those delivered within the period of every two succeeding years and the adjudication of the medals will. during the life of Sir Gilbert Blane, be made him, and will subsequently be vested in the Senior Medical Commissioner, the President of the College of Physicians, and the President of the College of Surgeons, London. Surgeons Paymasters and Pursers, and Clerks A Clerk, to be admitted into the Service, must be able to write a good and clear hand, and must be more than 17, and less than 35 years of age. Chaplains, Naval Instructors. Chaplains appointed to act as Naval Instructors are to be designated "Chaplains and Naval instructors," and will be allowed �5 a year to be deducted from the pay of every young gentleman instructed by them, in addition to their pay as Chaplains and to three-fourths of the amount of the Rate of Pay of Naval Instructors, according to the length of their service as such, but the Bounty of �30 a year is to be discontinued. Regulations for the Qualification, and Half-pay of Naval Instructors and Schoolmasters, established by Order in Council of the 22 Dec 1836, 10 Aug 1840, and 11 Mar 1842. Naval Instructors and Schoolmasters are hereafter to be designated "Naval Instructors," and Chaplains on being appointed to act as Naval Instructors are to be designated "Chaplains and Naval Instructors." No person will be considered eligible for a Warrant as Naval Instructor who is under 20 years age or more than 35. Before any person can hereafter be received on board Her Majesty's ship "Excellent," as a candidate for an appointment as Naval Instructor, he will be required to produce a certificate of his age, and testimonials of good character ; and both laymen and clergymen when appointed too as Naval Instructors must pass an examination as to their qualifications to instruct the young Officers in the following branches:-
The final examination of Candidates for Naval Instructorships will comprise :-
Although the knowledge of French, as well as of other modern languages, and of the principles of drawing, is not considered as indispensable, it is very desirable that Naval Instructors should be able to give instruction in these branches of education ; and preference will always be given to such as possess these attainments. The Naval Instructor is to he considered in all respects a Ward Room Warrant Officer. Unless he be in Holy Orders, they an to wear the same uniform as Masters, but without epaulettes or gold lace on the trowsers. The Full Pay of Naval Instructors is to be :-
The Half Pay of Naval Instructors is to be :-
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