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7. Mode of Application. —A candidate desirous of attending an army entrance examination must apply to his commanding officer at such date as will allow of the nominating authority forwarding the application so as to reach the War Office by the Ist April or Ist September for a June or November examination respectively. The nominating authhority, in forwarding the application, will certify that the candidate is, having regard to the limits laid down in paragraphs 3 and 6, eligible in point of age, and that he will be prepared, when necessary, to recommend him in the manner prescribed in paragraph 11. The necessary papers and instructions for carrying out the examination will then be sent to the local section of the Imperial General Staff. 8. Examinations accepted in lieu of the Army Entrance Examination. —A candidate will be exempt from qualifying at an army entrance examination — (a.) If he has obtained a leaving certificate for army purposes, or an army qualifying certificate, under the regulations in force up to and including 31st March, 1912. N.B.—A candidate for the Royal Artillery whose leaving or qualifying certificate does not include mathematics I and science will be required, in order to be considered qualified after 31st March, 1912, to supplement his certificate by qualifying in mathematics B or science or both these subjects, as the case may be, at an army entrance examination. A candidate who, under the regulations in force up to 31st March, 1912, requires, in order to complete his leaving certificate for army purposes, to qualify in practical measurements or geometrical drawing, or both these subjects, will, after 31st March, 1912, be permitted to complete his certificate by qualifying in mathematics A (elementary) at an army entrance examination. (b.) If he has passed the examination for the degree of 8.A., B.Sc, or M.A. at one of the following Universities : Oxford, Cambridge, St. Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Dublin, Durham, London, Manchester, Wales, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds, National University of Ireland, Belfast, Bristol, a University in the Commonwealth of Australia, the University of the Cape of Good Hope, the University of New Zealand. Or one of the following University examinations : OxfordThe First Public Examination; Cambridge —one of the parts of the general examination, or Part 1 of any tripos examination, or Part I of any special examination; Scottish Universities —the preliminary examination and the first science examination, or the first and second professional examinations for a degree in medicine; Dublin—-the final examination of the senior freshman year, or the final examination of the school of engineering; Durham —the first year's examinations; London —an intermediate examination in the faculties of arts, law, science, engineering, or economics, or the first examination and the second examination (Part I) in the faculty of medicine; Manchester —the intermediate examination; University of Wales —completion of three " intermediate " courses in the of science, or of four courses in the faculty of arts; Birmingham —the intermediate examination in arts or science; Liverpool—the intermediate examination in arts, science, or engineering; Leeds —the intermediate examination in arts or science; Belfast —the intermediate examination in science, or the passing of the five compulsory subjects for the pass degree of 8.A.; Bristol —the intermediate examination in arts or science; Universities in the Commonwealth of Australia —the junior or the senior public examination, provided that the candidate has passed in. English; English history, geography, arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and two of the following subjects : (1) Physics or chemistry, (2) French or German, (3) Latin or Greek; the University of the Cape of Good Hope —the matriculation examination, provided that the candidate has passed in English, French or German, mathematics, history; the intermediate examination; the University of New Zealand —the matriculation examination, provided that the candidate has passed in English, English history, geography, elementary mathematics, French, or German; the entrance examina tion in engineering; the intermediate examination in medicine; the first examination for the degree of Bachelor of Commerce; the first section of the degree of Bachelor of Arts, provided that the candidate has passed in elementary mathematics of not lower than matriculation standard; the first section of the degree of Bachelor of Science; the first five subjects of the degree of Bachelor of Agriculture. Or some other test which is accepted by the University as exempting from the above examinations : a certificate that the examination, is accepted by the authorities concerned must be produced. An equivalent examination at any other University in the overseas dominions will likewise be accepted as a sufficient ground for exemption. (c.) If he has passed one of the following examinations: (i) The educational examination for admission to the Permanent Forces of the Commonwealth of Australia; (ii) the examination for the professional division of the public service of the Commonwealth of Australia; (iii) the examination for admission to the Royal MilitaryCollege, Kingston. Canada; (iv) any examination conducted by the New Zealand Education Department, provided that the candidate is certified to have reached matriculation standard in English, English history and geography, elementary mathematics, French, or German. N.B. —A candidate for the Royal Artillery who has passed any of the examinations mentioned in (b) or (c) above will, in addition, be required to produce evidence that he has attained the standard in. the subjects of mathematics B and science required of a candidate for that branch of the service who attends an army entrance examination.