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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

111. At any Government monthly inspection
     parade of a battery of Artillery, troop of Cavalry, or
     company of Engineer, Rifle, or Naval Volunteers, the
     Officer commanding the same shall, at the request of
     an Adjutant of the Permanent Staff, permit such
     Adjutant to inspect the corps.

112. Every Adjutant of the Permanent Staff is
     required to keep a diary (vide Appendix K) of the
     instruction imparted by him to the Volunteers, or of
     other duties performed by him in his official capacity.

113. The Adjutant is also to prepare and furnish
     all such returns as may from time to time be required
     by the Government in connection with the Volunteer
     Force.

114. No Adjutant of the Permanent Staff is per-
     mitted to absent himself from the district to which
     he has been appointed without having first obtained
     leave of absence from the Government, and, without
     having made proper provision for the performance of
     his duties during his proposed absence.

INSTRUCTORS.

115. The principal duty of a Sergeant Instructor
     is to attend to the drill and instruction of the corps
     to which he is posted; but he may also, at the dis-
     cretion of the Adjutant, be intrusted with the custody
     of Government arms, ammunition, and other pro-
     perty, or charged with such other military duties as
     usually devolve on a Non-commissioned Officer.

116. A Sergeant Instructor is not to be employed
     in receiving or disbursing the funds of the corps.

RETURNS AND CORRESPONDENCE.

117. The following Returns are to be rendered :

5th January
5th April
5th July | Appendix M. |
| Quarterly Report of Artillery and Naval Practice | Ditto | Ditto | 5th of each Month | Appendix N. |
| Annual Return of state of Volunteer Batteries | Commanding Officers of Engineer Corps | ... | 5th July | Appendix O. |
| Diary of Adjutant's Duties | Adjutants, through their Commanding Officers | ... | 5th each Month | Appendix K. |

118. All official correspondence from a Volunteer
     Corps is to proceed from the Commanding Officer of
     such corps, or to pass through him, and if intended
     for the consideration of the Government it should be
     addressed to the Officer commanding the district, or
     the Adjutant of the Permanent Staff.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

APPENDIX A.
MODEL RULES.

Rules of the Volunteer Corps.

1. The corps serving under "The Volunteer Act,
   1865," the members are consequently subject to the
   provisions of that Act, and of any other Act by which
   it shall be amended, and to all regulations which
   have or shall be issued under the authority of His
   Excellency the Governor.

2. The corps shall consist of two classes-(1.)
   Enrolled Members, consisting of efficients and non-
   efficients; and of (2.) Honorary Members, the latter
   contributing to the funds of the corps, but not being
   enrolled for service.

3. All subscriptions shall fall due on the first of
   the month succeeding that in which His Excellency
   the Governor shall have signified his acceptance of
   the services of the corps.

4. The annual subscription of members of the corps
   shall be twelve shillings.

5. The Officer commanding will propose gentlemen
   to the members of the corps for commissions as
   Officers, but the appointment of all Officers is subject
   to the Governor's approval.

6. The Non-commissioned Officers shall be ap-
   pointed by the Commanding Officer.

7. After the acceptance of the services of the corps,
   no person shall be admitted as a member unless with
   the approval of the Commanding Officer on the
   proposal of three gentlemen, two at least of whom
   shall be efficient members of the corps.

8. Each member must be provided with uniform
   and accoutrements of the pattern approved by the
   Government.

9. Each member shall be responsible for the due
   preservation of all articles issued to him which are
   the property of the Government or of the corps, fair
   wear and tear only excepted.

10. The expression "property of the corps" shall
    include all articles which have been purchased out of
    the general funds of the corps, or presented to the
    corps.

11. The Commanding Officer shall fix the time and
    place for parades, drills, and rifle practice.

12. The Senior Officer in command shall have
    power, subject to the approval of the Commanding
    Officer, to inflict the following fines, viz.:----

Talking in the ranks ... 0 1 0
For each absence from Company parade-
Commissioned Officer... 0 3 0
Non-commissioned Officer 0 2 0
Private 0 1 0
Wearing uniform when not on duty.. 0 2 6
For loading contrary to orders, or
shooting out of time 0 2 6
For discharging the rifle accidentally. 0 2 6
For pointing the rifle loaded or un-
loaded at any person without
orders 0 10 0

13. All fines imposed on members of the corps
    shall be entered in a book kept by the Commanding
    Officer for that purpose.

14. All fines shall become due on the first day of
    every month succeeding that on which they have
    been incurred, and shall be collected by one of the