New Zealand Gazette – 1861 – No. 14

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✨ Volunteer Regulations Order



Numb. 14.

The New Zealand Gazette.
Published by Authority.

TUESDAY, MARCH 12, 1861.

Order in Council making Regulations under
which the services of Volunteers shall be
accepted in the Marlborough District.

AT THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE, AT AUCKLAND,
This 12th day of March.
Present :
His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by an Act of the General
Assembly of New Zealand, intituled
"The Militia Act, 1858," it is enacted that it
shall be lawful for the Governor in Council
from time to time to make, vary, and abolish
Regulations under which the services of
Volunteers shall be accepted in any Militia
District: Now, therefore, His Excellency the
Governor, by and with the advice and consent
of the Executive Council of the Colony, and
in exercise of the powers in this behalf vested
in him by the said recited Act, doth hereby
make and ordain the following Regulations,
under which the services of Volunteers shall
be accepted in the District of Marlborough.

REGULATIONS.

  1. The term of service for each Volunteer
    to be one year from the day his services are,
    or in the case of Volunteers already enrolled
    were accepted: Provided always that if any
    Volunteer shall go to reside out of the Dis-
    trict, he shall, if he desire, be discharged
    from further service as a Volunteer.

  2. Every Volunteer shall attend to be
    trained and exercised at such times as shall
    be appointed by the Governor, or by such
    person or persons as he may from time to time
    authorize in that behalf: Provided always

that no Volunteer shall be compelled to attend
more than one hundred and sixty-eight hours
in any one year.

  1. Every Volunteer who shall absent him-
    self during any part of the time appointed for
    training or exercise, and shall not account for
    such absence to the satisfaction of the Adju-
    tant and the Captain of his Company, shall
    forfeit and pay any sum not exceeding one
    pound for every day on which he shall be so
    absent, to be recovered in a summary way.

  2. All Officers of Companies will be ap-
    pointed by the Governor, and names for that
    purpose are to be submitted to him for his
    approval, by the Company to which they are
    proposed to be appointed.

  3. The Adjutant and Staff Sergeant of the
    Regiment or Battalion of Militia of the Dis-
    trict in which Volunteers are serving shall
    ex officio act as Adjutant and Sergeant of the
    Volunteers, and all Sergeants and Corporals
    must be examined and passed as competent
    by the Adjutant before they will be appointed.

  4. All rolls, documents, and correspondence
    shall be kept at the office of the Adjutant,
    and shall be open at all times during office
    hours for the inspection and information of
    the Officers of the Company to which they
    relate.

  5. All orders and communications from the
    Governor, or Government of the Colony,
    shall be given out by the Adjutant or in his
    absence by the Senior Officer present.

  6. If any arms, accoutrements, or other
    Government property shall be injured or
    destroyed by being used except on service, a
    fine, not exceeding the value of the arms,



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🛡️ Order in Council making Regulations for Volunteer services in Marlborough District.

🛡️ Defence & Military
12 March 1861
Militia Act 1858, Volunteers, Regulations, Marlborough District, Service term, Training, Fines, Officers
  • His Excellency the Governor in Council