844

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

Cornet Stannus Jones, to be Lieutenant.
Date of Commission, 11th August, 1863.
James Foley, to be Cornet. Date of Com-
mission, 11th August, 1863.

2nd Otahuhu Troop.

Benjamin Harris, to be Lieutenant. Date
of Commission, 10th August, 1863.
James Robertson, to be Cornet. Date of
Commission, 10th August, 1863.

In the First Battalion Auckland Militia.
Roxborough Richard Moore, to be Captain.
Date of Commission, 13th August, 1863.
Archibald William Ramsay Davidson, to be
Lieutenant. Date of Commission, 13th
August, 1863.
Henry Boyle Hunter, to be Ensign, Date
of Commission, 13th August, 1863.

In the First Battalion Auckland Militia (for
Third Class.)
James Naughton, to be Captain. Date of
Commission, 12th August, 1863.
T. RUSSELL.

MILITIA AND VOLUNTEERS.

Appointment of Lieutenant Jackson.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, August 14th, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to make the following appoint-
ment in the "Forest Rangers" Volunteers,
William Jackson, to be Lieutenant. Date
of Commission, 14th August, 1863.
T. RUSSELL.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland 14th August, 1863.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been
pleased to make the following appoint-
ments in the Colonial Defence Force, under
the "Colonial Defence Force Act, 1862,"
Marmaduke George Nixon, to be Com-
mandant.
James Walmsley, to be Inspector.
Charles Pye, to be Inspector.
Maurice Norman Bower, to be Sub-Inspec-
tor.
Archibald Cambell Turner, to be Sub-In-
spector.
Charles James Wilson, to be Sub-Inspector.
Thomas McDonnell, to be Sub. Inspector.
Richard George Clarke Spence, to be Sur-
geon.
T. RUSSELL.

Colonial Defence Office,
Auckland, 29th July, 1863.

THE Rules relative to Pay and Allow-
ances to Militia and Volunteers are pub-
lished for general information.
T. RUSSELL.

PAY AND ALLOWANCES TO OFFICERS.
Pay to officers will be issued at the same
rates as allowed in Her Majesty's service,
excepting to those holding appointments under
the General Government, who will be only
entitled to half the pay of their respective
ranks.

Pay to commence from the day on which
the battalion was called out for training or
actual service; and those officers who have
been appointed since that period, provided
that they have been available and done duty,
will be entitled to pay from the dates of their
respective commissions.

No pay will be issued to officers absent
from their battalions, either with or without
leave, unless under special authority.

Allowances.
Command and forage allowance will be
allowed to all officers that would be entitled
to the same in Her Majesty's army.

Officers when not called away from the
locality to which their battalion belongs will
be allowed, in addition to their regular pay,
2s. 6d. a day for the days they are on guard,
escort, or picquet.

Officers when called upon to leave their
homes and proceed on detachment will re-
ceive an allowance of 2s. 6d. a day for every
day they may be so situated, and a commis-
sariat ration in addition will be issued to them
free of charge.

Adjutants to get 3s. 6d. per diem, in addi-
tion to captain's pay.

PAY AND ALLOWANCES TO MEN.
Staff Sergeants 6s. per diem.
Sergeants 3s. "
Corporals 2s. 6d. "
Drummers 2s. "
Privates 2s. "

Pay to non-commissioned officers will be
issued consecutively from the date of their
promotions.

No pay will be issued to men absent from
their respective battalions.

Men going into Hospital will receive their
pay without any allowances.

The pay of men confined for a military
offence will be stopped for the days they are
in confinement; if on detachment they will
be provided with a commissariat ration, and
when not on detachment an allowance of 1s.
a day will be given to them to provide for
themselves.

Allowances.
When men are not called away from the
locality to which their battalion belongs, they
will receive pay only for the days they attend
drills and parades, but if required for guards,
escorts, or picquets, an allowance of 1s. 6d. a
day for the days they perform such duties will
be admitted, in addition to their daily pay.

When men leave their homes and proceed
on detachment, they will receive pay for every
day they may be so situated, a ration will be
issued to them free of charge, and an allow-
ance of 6d. (sixpence) a day in addition,