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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

If in the Artillery
or Engineers, below
the rank of Colonel
If in the Cavalry
or Infantry, below
the rank of Regi-
mental Lieutenant
Colonel.

being below the rank noted in the
margin at the time of retirement, will
submit his claims to compensation for
the loss of sums subscribed for the
purpose of assisting his seniors to re-
tire, through the usual channel, to the
Government of his Presidency, by
whom they will be referred to the above Committee.
He will submit, at the same time, a declaration, upon
honor, as to the sum of money, if any, that he has
received or expects to receive, from the Officers of
his cadre on retirement.

13. It will be the duty of the Committee to ascer-
    tain, with all possible accuracy, the following circum-
    stances:—

(1.) The number of retirements among his
brother Officers to the purchase of which the
Officer had contributed up to the 18th Feb-
ruary, 1861. This will, of course, not include
arrangements which may have been made with
Officers transferred to the Invalid Establish-
ment.

(2.) The amount ascertained to have been actu-
ally paid in each case by the Officer in question
to the retiring Officer.

14. These facts may be gathered from the state-
    ment of the Officer himself, supported by such proof
    as the Committee may consider sufficient; but it will
    be competent for your Government, in communication
    with those of Madras and Bombay, to lay down any
    general rules that you may think fit for the guidance
    of these Committees.

15. The above sums will be placed to the credit of
    the officers in each case.

16. On the other hand, the Committee will esti-
    mate the value in money of the advance in rank or
    position which accrued to the Officer from the above
    arrangements, and will debit him therewith.

17. The balance, reduced by the sum, if any, which
    he may receive from the Officer of his cadre on his
    retirement, and, in the case of Officers who have
    already retired, by the value of any special annuity
    that may have been granted to them in addition to
    the regulated pension, will be paid to the Officer on
    his resignation of the service appearing in orders,
    provided, in the case of the Cavalry, Infantry, and
    Staff Corps, such retirement or resignation takes
    place before he attains the rank of regimental
    neers before he attains the rank of Colonel Com-
    mandant.

18. Special periodical reports of the sums so paid
    will be made to Her Majesty's Government.

I have, &c.,
(Signed) CRANBORNE.

Officers desirous of entering the Staff Corps under
the provisions of the Despatch from the Right Hon.
the Secretary of State, No. 159, of the 8th August,
1866, are required to communicate their wish to that
effect to the Adjutant-General's Office, at their
respective Presidencies, by the 1st of January, 1867,
if in India, or if out of India, by the 31st March,
1867.

2. The admission of Officers to the Staff Corps,
   under the provisions of the Despatch now published,
   will have effect from the 13th September, 1866—the
   date of receipt of that Despatch by the Government
   of India.

3. Officers now belonging to the Staff Corps who
   are eligible for promotion to a higher substantive
   yrade by length of Army Service, but who have not as
   get fulfilled the conditions of Staff Service hitherto
   exacted, will be at once promoted; and Officers

entering the Staff Corps under the conditions laid
down in the Despatch of the 8th August, 1866, No.
159, will receive the substantive promotion to which
their length of Army Service may entitle them under
Staff Corps Rules, without reference to any qualify-
ing period of Staff Service.

4. Promotions made under the provisions of the
   foregoing paragraph, whether of Officers now belong-
   ing to the Staff Corps, or of those entering it under
   the new conditions, will date from the 12th Sep-
   tember, 1866. These Officers will retain the
   Army rank conferred upon them under the pro-
   visions of paragraph 69 of G. G. O. No. 632, of
   the 4th August, 1864, and will, in due course, on
   completing the prescribed periods of army service
   receive such further substantive promotion as they
   may become entitled to under Staff Corps rules,
   without the restriction of two years' interval before
   advancement to a higher grade which was exacted on
   the formation of the Corps, under Clause 3 of the
   Royal Warrant of 16th January, 1861. In the case
   of Lieutenant-Colonels, the Brevet rank conferred
   under the order the 4th August, 1864, will be allowed
   to reckon towards the prescribed service in that grade
   qualifying for the Colonel's allowance.

5. Officers entering the Staff Corps from the 12th
   September, 1866, and who may not be in the receipt
   of consolidated salaries or of Staff salary in addition
   to pay and allowances, will continue to draw the
   latter on the scale hitherto received, until they obtain
   promotion to a higher substantive rank, or come into
   the receipt of Staff salary.

6. Officers entering the Staff Corps on the terms
   laid down in paragraph 58 and 59 of the Despatch,
   will not be subjected, in consequence of any cancel-
   ment of rank, to any retrenchment of pay actually
   drawn in a higher rank prior to the 12th September,

8. Orders will hereafter be issued in furtherance
   of the instructions conveyed in Lord Cranborne's
   Despatch, No. 160, of the 18th August, 1866.

H. K. BURNE, Lieut.-Col.,
Offg. Sec. to the Govt. of India.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
(Judicial Branch,)
Wellington, 23rd May, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation by

FREDERICK JOSEPH MOSS, Esq.,
of his appointment as a Justice of the Peace for the
Colony.

E. W. STAFFORD.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
make the undermentioned appointment in the
Auckland Naval Volunteers.

George Cammell to be Sub-Lieutenant. Date of
commission, 17th April, 1868.

T. M. HAULTAIN.

Colonial Defence Office,
Wellington, 23rd May, 1868.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to
accept the resignation of the commission held
by the undermentioned officer, viz. :—

Captain M. N. Bower, Auckland Militia.

T. M. HAULTAIN.