§ COLONEL BERESFORDsaid, he would beg to ask the Secretary of State for War, Whether the Examinations for Woolwich after next July will be discontinued; and, if so, for what period; and, if not discontinued, will they be conducted on the system recommended in the Report of the Military Commission, and when will the first such examination take place?
CAPTAIN VIVIANsaid, that the examinations would take place at Woolwich in July, and they would be conducted 799 by the Civil Service Commissioners, and under the old regulations. Subsequent examinations would take place every six months, the number of candidates to be regulated from time to time. The future examinations would be conducted under regulations framed upon the recommendations of the Royal Commissioners. These regulations had been framed, and would be circulated immediately.