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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
two Government monthly inspection parades during
the past year.

Certificate confirmed.
Head-quarters,

Officer Commanding Corps.
Adjutant.
Officer Commanding District.
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(Form B.)
For Artillery, Engineer, Rifle, and Naval Volunteers.
We hereby certify-

1. That A.B. was enrolled in the on the
2. That he has during the past twelve months
   attended seven (7) parades.*
3. That he has attended five (5) other parades or
   company drills.
4. That he possesses a knowledge of squad and
   company drill, including the manual and platoon
   exercises.

For Artillery. That he possesses a knowledge
of gun drill, and of the general duties of a
gunner.

For Engineers. That he has been instructed in
sapping and mining, and the mode of making
gabions and fascines.

For Naval Volunteers. That he possesses a
knowledge of gun drill, of the general duties
of a gunner, and of the management of a boat
either by sailing or rowing.

5. That he has not been absent without leave from
   two Government monthly inspection parades during
   the past year.

Certificate confirmed.
Head-quarters,

Officer Commanding Corps.
Adjutant.
Officer Commanding District.
187

HONORARY MEMBERS.
41. The number of Honorary Members attached
to any corps is not limited, and such members are
not included in the muster roll of the corps to which
they are attached.
42. They are not subject to military discipline, nor
allowed to interfere with the military duties of the
corps, but they are permitted to wear its uniform.
43. They are not liable to be assembled as Volun-
teers for actual service.
44. 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.
45. Arms are not supplied by Government to
honorary members of a Volunteer Corps.

RULES.
46. 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
Commanding Officer of the District, or through an
Adjutant of the Permanent Staff, by one or other of
whom they will be forwarded for the approval of the
Governor.
47. A model set of Rules is given in Appendix A
for the guidance of corps; but other sets of Rules
will not necessarily be objected to because drawn up
in a different manner.

• A parade, referred to in section 2, shall mean a monthly
  inspection parade; and a parade or drill, referred to in section 3,
  shall mean a squad or company drill. No parade or drill will
  count unless it shall have lasted one hour from the time of
  falling-in to the time of dismissal, and unless one commissioned
  officer of the corps at least, or a non-commissioned officer of the
  Permanent Staff, shall have been present during the whole
  time.

48. 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 by the Inspector, the other to be returned to
    the corps.
49. If any Volunteer Corps shall not within one
    month after the publication of these Regulations, or
    within one month after the acceptance by the
    Governor of its services, submit for approval by the
    Governor a set of Private Rules for the guidance of
    such corps, the model set of Rules given in Appendix
    A shall be deemed to apply to any such Volunteer
    Corps, and shall have the same force and effect in
    respect to such Volunteer Corps as though they had
    been adopted and submitted in accordance with
    section 46 of these Regulations.

COURTS OF INQUIRY.
50. 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.
51. 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
Forces.
52. 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.
53. 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
subject 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.
54. It rests with the authority who orders the
assembly of a Court of Inquiry to decide whether it
shall be open or closed.
55. 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 re-
ceived.
56. 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.
57. A Court of Inquiry may be reassembled 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.
58. 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
Volunteer 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