THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

56. They are not liable to be assembled as Volun-
    teers for actual service.

57. An honorary member is not exempt from
    enrolment or service in the New Zealand Militia;
    but if as a militiaman he should at any time be called
    out for actual service, and at the same time the
    Volunteer Corps of which he is an honorary member
    is also called out for actual service, he may at his
    option serve with the Volunteer Corps.

58. Arms are not supplied by Government to
    honorary members of a Volunteer Corps.

RULES.

59. In order to give legal force to the rules pro-
    posed by a Volunteer Corps for the management of
    its affairs, they must be submitted through the Com-
    manding Officer of the district, and by him forwarded
    for the approval of the Governor.

60. A model set of Rules is given in Appendix B.
    for the guidance of corps; but other sets of Rules will
    not necessarily be objected to because drawn up in a
    different manner.

61. Rules of Volunteer Corps which are to be
    forwarded for submission to the Governor must be
    transmitted in duplicate—one copy being for reten-
    tion in the Defence Office, the other to be returned
    to the corps.

COURTS OF INQUIRY.

62. A Court of Inquiry is not a judicial body: it
    has no power to administer an oath. It is to be
    considered as a Board of which the Commanding
    Officer of a district or an Officer in command of a
    corps, may make use to assist him in arriving at a
    correct conclusion on any subject upon which it
    may be expedient for him to institute an inquiry.

63. If it be found necessary to cause the conduct
    of an officer to be investigated by a Court of Inquiry,
    the Commander-in-chief or the Inspector or the
    Officer commanding the district can alone convene
    the Court, which in such a case must be composed
    exclusively of officers of the Militia or Volunteer
    Force.

64. The duties of a Court of Inquiry depend on
    the instructions which the convening authority may
    think proper to give. It may either be employed in
    collecting and arranging evidence, or it may in addi-
    tion be directed to give an opinion as to the facts
    established by that evidence; but it has no power to
    pronounce any judgment as to the course to be
    taken by the convening authority in dealing with
    these facts.

65. When facts connected with the conduct of an
    individual are submitted to the investigation of a
    Court of Inquiry it is necessary that the instructions
    for the guidance of the Court should be sufficiently
    explicit as regards matters, names, dates, and places,
    to convey clearly to the Court the nature of the sub-
    ject into which it is appointed to inquire, and also to
    enable the person whose conduct is called in question
    to know what he has to answer.

66. It rests with the authority who orders the
    assembly of a Court of Inquiry to decide whether it
    shall be open or closed.

67. All evidence taken by a Court of Inquiry is
    to be recorded as nearly as possible in the words of
    the witnesses, and in the order in which it is
    received.

68. The proceedings when closed are to be signed
    by the president and members, after which they are
    to be forwarded by the president to the convening
    authority.

69. A Court of Inquiry may be re-assembled as
    often as the convening authority may deem neces-
    sary; and on every occasion of its meeting, it is
    competent to receive and record new evidence.

INSPECTION PARADES.

70. The Commander-in-chief, may, once in each
    calendar month, order a parade of any Volunteer
    Corps for the inspection of arms, and any Officer or
    Volunteer who shall absent himself from such parade
    without permission, shall be liable to be at once
    dismissed from his corps, or to pay a fine of one
    pound, which shall be recovered and applied as
    provided in sections 37 and 34 of "The Volunteer
    Act, 1865."

71. The Inspector may once in each year order a
    parade of any Volunteer Corps for inspection, and
    any Officer or Volunteer who shall absent himself
    from such parade without permission of the Inspector
    shall be liable to be at once dismissed from his corps,
    or to pay a fine of five pounds, which shall be re-
    covered and applied as provided in sections 37 and
    34 of "The Volunteer Act, 1865.

ASSEMBLIES OF VOLUNTEER CORPS.

72. Volunteer Corps are not to assemble under
    arms for any purpose unconnected with military
    parade, drill, or rifle practice, except with the consent
    of the Government.

73. When corps of any arm or arms, exceeding in
    the aggregate 200 men, wish to assemble together for
    drill, the consent of the Government (applied for
    by the several Commanding Officers through the
    Officer commanding the district), must be first
    obtained. If the assembly is to take place in a
    different district to that to which the corps belongs,
    the previous consent of the Officer commanding such
    district must first have been obtained.

74. If it is intended that any manœuvres, other
    than those of an ordinary field day, should be per-
    formed, a statement of the nature of them must
    accompany the application.

75. The command of the brigade will devolve upon
    the senior Officer present.

76. If an inspecting Officer should be appointed
    by the Governor or Commander-in-chief, he will
    superintend the movements, and afterwards send in
    a report, but he will not take the command unless
    specially ordered to do so.

77. When Volunteers belonging to one or more
    corps are brought together under arms at rifle
    shooting matches, or on other occasions connected
    with rifle practice, the senior Officer present is to be
    considered as in command of all the Volunteers upon
    the ground, and although his position in this respect
    does not involve any authority for his interference in
    the arrangements of the meeting, yet he is held
    responsible for the due maintenance of order and
    discipline among the Volunteers under arms.

78. When corps of any arm or arms wish to obtain
    instruction in camp duties, the consent of the
    Government (applied for by the several Commanding
    Officers through the Officer commanding the district)
    must be first obtained. A statement, giving the
    place, date of formation, duration, and probable
    number of Volunteers, must accompany the applica-
    tion. If the camp is to be formed in a different
    district to that to which the corps belong, the
    previous consent of the Officer commanding such
    district must first have been obtained.

ARMS, ACCOUTREMENTS, AND AMMUNITION.

79. Arms and accoutrements will be supplied to
    all the enrolled members of a corps except the
    Commissioned Officers thereof.

80. Ammunition in the following Annual propor-
    tions, to be reckoned from the 1st July in each year,
    is allowed to Volunteer Corps of the several arms
    (vide Appendices C. and D.):