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

ADJUTANTS.

95. All Officers applying for the post of Adjutant
    of the Permanent Staff will be required to pass an
    examination before a Board of Officers. -

96. The Adjutant is appointed to give instruction
    to the Volunteers, and he is required to assist in
    carrying on the military duties of the corps; but he
    is not to take any part in its non-military affairs.

97. 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.

98. 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.

99. 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 Under Secretary for Defence.

100. 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 discretion
     of the Adjutant, be intrusted with the custody of
     Government arms, ammunition, and other property,
     or charged with such other military duties as usually
     devolve on a Non-commissioned Officer.

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

RETURNS AND CORRESPONDENCE.

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

103. All official correspondence from a Volunteer
     Corps is to proceed from the Commanding Officer of
     such corps, or to pass through him. 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, and each letter
must be confined to one subject only.

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 three classes-(1.)
   Enrolled Members, consisting of efficients and non-
   efficients; (2.) Honorary Members, the latter con-
   tributing to the funds of the corps, but not being
   enrolled for service; and (3.) Reserve.

3. All subscriptions shall fall due on the 1st 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 ... £ s. d.
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. A record of all fines imposed on members of
    the corps shall be entered in a book kept by the
    Commanding Officer for that purpose.