THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 589

Staff), when out on actual military service in the
field, or when doing garrison duty, shall receive the
following rates of pay*:----
Lieut.-Colonel,-23s. per diem, with forage for two
horses.
Major,-19s. per diem, with forage for one horse.
Surgeon,-18s. per diem, with forage for one
horse.
Captain,-14s. 7d. per diem.
Adjutant,-3s. 6d. in addition to regimental pay,
and forage for one horse.
Quartermaster,-12s. 6d.
Assistant-Surgeon,-13s.
Lieutenant,-9s. 6d.
Cornet or Ensign,-8s. 3d.
Staff Sergeants,-5s.
Sergeants,-3s. 6d.
Corporals,-3s.
Trumpeters or Buglers,-2s. 6d.
Privates,-2s. 6d.

92. A debit and credit account will be kept by the
    Government with each Volunteer Corps, and after
    the receipt of the nominal return specified in section
    44 of these Regulations, showing the number of
    efficient Volunteers for whom the capitation grant
    is admissible, the corps to whom such return relates
    will be credited with the full amount of the capita-
    tion grant accruing to it in accordance with these
    regulations, and the branch of the service to which it
    may belong, and it will be debited from time to time
    with the cost of any materials for uniforms supplied
    to it by the Government, and for ammunition or
    other stores supplied by Government on purchase.

93. A copy in duplicate of such debit and credit
    account will be forwarded to the Officer Commanding
    the Corps to which it refers, during the month of
    May in each year, one copy of which is to be returned
    to the Inspector with an acknowledgment by such
    Commanding Officer of the correctness of the ac-
    count, or with such counter statement as he may
    consider necessary; the other copy will be retained
    for record by the corps.

94. If in the annual debit and credit account of
    any corps it is shown that a balance remains to the
    credit of the corps, such balance will be paid into
    the funds of such corps through its Commanding
    Officer on or before the 30th day of June of the
    financial year to which the account relates. If it is
    shown that a balance remains to the debit of the
    corps, the amount so shown as due by such corps
    must be either paid to the Colonial Treasurer by the
    Officer commanding such corps on or before the 15th
    day of June of the same year, or be carried on to the
    next year's account, as may be decided by the
    Government.

95. Whenever any Volunteer Corps is disbanded,
    or its services are discontinued, and the same shall
    at the time be indebted to the Government, the
    amount due to the Government by any such corps
    must be forthwith paid to the Colonial Treasurer by
    the Officer Commanding such Corps at the time it is
    disbanded or its services are discontinued.

96. No claim for the capitation allowance will be
    admitted for any corps whose strength is below the
    minimum establishment.

ADJUTANTS.

97. All officers applying for the post of Adjutant
    of the Permanent Staff will be required to pass an
    examination before a Board of Officers, of which the
    Inspector will be President.

98. The Adjutant is appointed to give instruction
    to the Volunteers, and he is required to assist in

• With a free ration when in the field, but no other allow-
  ances whatsoever, except for Cavalry, who will receive forage in
  kind, or 3s. per diem in lieu thereof.

carrying on the military duties of the corps; but he
is not to take any part in its non-military affairs.

99. 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.

100. 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.

101. No Drill Instructor will be finally appointed
     to the Permanent Staff of a District until he has
     been examined by an Adjutant of the Permanent
     Staff, who will furnish a report of the qualification of
     such candidate to the Inspector.

102. 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.

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

RETURNS AND CORRESPONDENCE.

104. The following returns are to be rendered :----

105. 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.