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60. It rests with the authority who orders the
    assembly of a Court of Inquiry to decide whether it
    shall be opened or closed.
61. 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.
62. 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.
63. A Court of Inquiry may be re-assembled as
    often as the convening authority may deem necessary;
    and on every occasion of its meeting, it is competent
    to receive and record new evidence.

PARADES.

64. Every Volunteer Corps shall, once in each
    calendar month, on such day and at such time and
    place as may be appointed by the Officer commanding
    the district, or by an Adjutant of the Permanent
    Staff, parade for inspection, and any Officer or Volun-
    teer who shall absent himself from such parade
    without the permission of the Officer who shall order
    the same, shall be liable to have his commission can-
    celled or to be at once dismissed from the corps, as
    the case may be, or to pay a fine of one pound.
65. 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 have his commission cancelled, or to
    be at once dismissed from the corps, as the case may
    be, or to pay a fine of five pounds.
66. Every Volunteer whose arms or accoutre-
    ments are not at such monthly or annual inspec-
    tion parades, in the opinion of the inspecting Officer,
    in clean and good order, shall pay a fine of two (2)
    shillings. And every Volunteer who shall at such
    parades be found to be deficient in the amount of
    ammunition which he may from time to time be
    required to carry in his pouches, shall, unless he can
    account for such deficiency to the satisfaction of the
    inspecting Officer, pay a fine of two (2) shillings, in
    addition to the price of the ammunition which may
    be required to make good the deficiency.
67. An Officer commanding a district or an
    Adjutant of the Permanent Staff may, at any time,
    under the authority of the Government, order a
    parade of any Volunteer Corps for the purposes of
    State Ceremony—such as forming Guards of Honor,
    &c., and any Officer or Volunteer who shall absent
    himself from such parade without permission of the
    Officer who shall order the same, shall pay a fine of
    five (5) shillings: Provided always that attendance
    at any Ceremonial parade shall exempt an Officer or
    Volunteer from attendance at the next Government
    inspection parade.
68. All fines inflicted under the provisions of the
    last four preceding sections shall be recovered and
    applied as provided in sections 37 and 34 of "The
    Volunteer Act, 1865."

ASSEMBLIES OF VOLUNTEER CORPS.

69. 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.

70. 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.

71. 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.

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

73. 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.

74. 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.

75. When corps of any arm or arms wish to obtain
    instructions in camp duties, the consent of the
    Government (applied for by the several Commanding
    Officers through the Officer commanding the districts)
    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.

76. Arms and accoutrements will be supplied to
    all the enrolled members of a corps except the Com-
    missioned Officers thereof.
77. 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 B. and C.) :-

| | • Gratis. | Allowed to be Purchased. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Ball. | Blank. | Caps. | |
| LIGHT HORSE. | | | | |
| For every enrolled member— | 100 | 20 | 150 | |
| ARTILLERY AND NAVAL. | | | | |
| For Guns. | | | | |
| Per Battery | Shot | | | In such quanti- |
| Per Sub-division ... | or | 48 | 24 | ... | ties as the sup- |
| * Per Section ... | Shell | | | | plies in store |
| | | | | | may permit, |
| For small Arms. | | | | |
| For every enrolled member— | 70 | 10 | 98 | |
| ENGINEER AND RIFLE. | | | | |
| For every enrolled member— | 100 | 20 | 150 | |

SALUTING.

78. When both are in uniform, Volunteers will
    invariably salute all Officers, whether of Militia or
    Volunteers, as also those of Her Majesty's service ;
    Officers will return the compliment.
79. The salute from the Volunteer, and the
    acknowledgment from the Officer, are not only useful
    for the sake of discipline, but afford the means of
    courteous greeting between the different grades
    which Volunteers occupy so long as they are in
    uniform.

CLOTHING.

80. Volunteers may obtain at cost price from the
    Government the materials for their uniforms, requi-