THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 59

to transfer the sum therein mentioned from the
Public Account to the Commissioner of Government
Annuities' Account, and no moneys shall be drawn
from such last-named Account except in pursuance
of a cheque or order signed by the said Commissioner
and countersigned by the Auditor of the Public
Accounts of the Colony, and such Auditor shall
before countersigning the same satisfy himself that
such sums are due and payable, and that there are
moneys at the credit of such Account available to
satisfy the same:" And whereas it is by the thirty-
first section of the said Act enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time
to make, alter, amend, and revoke regulations for all
or any of the purposes for which it is therein ex-
pressly provided that he may make regulations:
Now therefore, His Excellency Sir George Fergu-
son Bowen, the Governor of New Zealand, in pur-
suance and exercise of the powers and authorities
vested in him by the said Act, and with the advice
and consent of the Executive Council thereof, doth
hereby make the following Regulations for the
purposes aforesaid :-

Regulations.

1. That the forms hereunder written, marked A and
   B respectively, shall be the forms of Requisition and
   Order referred to and required by the said twelfth
   section of the said Act.
2. That whenever the Commissioner shall receive
   an order to transfer any sum of money from the
   Public Account, he shall give a receipt for such order
   in the form marked C hereunder also written.

FORM A.
"Government Annuities Act, 1869."
To the Controller of the Public Account.
Requisition No.
Government Annuities Office, 187
In accordance with the provisions of an Act of the
General Assembly, entitled "The Government An-
nuities Act, 1869," I hereby require that the several
sums as hereinafter classified and arranged under the
heads of service for which they are required, amount-
ing in the whole to the sum of , and which
are likely to be required for payment during a period
not exceeding one month from the date hereof, shall
be transferred from the Public Trust Fund of the
Public Account to the Account of the Commissioner
of Government Annuities.

Service for which required.
Payment of Assurance Claims
دو Assurance Surrenders
دو Annuities
دو Annuities Surrendered
Repayment of Annuity Premiums
Payment of Endowment Claims
Repayment of Endowment Premiums
Payment of Endowment Surrenders
" Expenses
Total

Sums required.
£ s. d.

Commissioner of Go-
vernment Annuities.
Colonial Treasurer.
Controller.

FORM B.
"Government Annuities Act, 1869."
Controller's Order, No.
Controller's Office, 187
To the Manager of the Bank of New Zealand,
Wellington.
In accordance with the provisions of "The Govern-
ment Annuities Act, 1869," you are hereby authorized

and directed to transfer the sum of from the
Public Account to the Account of the Commissioner
of Government Annuities.
£ : : Controller.
Colonial Treasurer.

FORM C.
Treasury Voucher No. [Box]
"Government Annuities Act, 1869."
Wellington, New Zealand, 187.
Government Annuities Office,
RECEIVED from the Hon. the Colonial Treasurer, a
Controller's Order to transfer the sum of
from the Public Account to "The Commissioner of
Government Annuities' Account," for payment of
as set forth in my Requisition No. dated
187
Commissioner.
The above-mentioned sum was transferred
from the Public Account in terms of
Controller's Order No. on
the day of 187
........ Assistant Treasurer.

W. GISBORNE, Presiding.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings, at Wellington, this
tenth day of January, 1871.
Present :
THE HONORABLE WILLIAM GISBORNE, COLONIAL
SECRETARY, PRESIDING, AND MEMBERS OF THE
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Militia Act, 1870," it is
enacted that "the Governor in Council may
from time to time make, alter, and revoke Regula-
tions respecting the enrolment, discipline, training,
exercise, arms, accoutrements, clothing, equipment,
conveyance, pay, rations, and lodging of the Militia,
or any part thereof, and generally for the more effec-
tual carrying out of this Act, and may appoint any
penalty not exceeding five pounds for any offence
therein specified, or for any breach of such Regula-
tions, recoverable in the same manner as if such
offence or breach were one of the offences mentioned
in the thirty-fourth section of this Act: Provided
always that the Regulations so to be made shall not
be in any way repugnant to the provisions of this
Act:"

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council
of the Colony of New Zealand, and in exercise and
pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in
him by the said Act, doth hereby make the following
Regulations for the purposes aforesaid under the said
Act, and doth order that the same shall come into
operation from the date of publication thereof:-

REGULATIONS.

1. The pay of privates, when on actual duty
   within their own districts, will be two shillings and
   sixpence a day and rations, or four shillings a
   day if they are required to provide their own pro-
   visions, except when ordered to attend instruction
   drills or inspection of arms, as specified in clause 4.
2. Until the Government are prepared to supply
   clothing to Militia on actual service, six shillings will
   be allowed to every non-commissioned officer and