Dec. 16.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1585

Now, therefore, I, William Francis Drummond Jervois, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the said recited power and authority, do, by this present order, revoke the aforesaid rules and regulations, and do make the rules and regulations specified in the Schedule hereinafter written, such regulations to come into force from the first day of January, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir William Francis Drummond Jervois, Lieutenant-General in Her Majesty’s Army, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty’s Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government House, at Wellington, this fifteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six.

P. A. BUCKLEY.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

REGULATIONS.

ENROLMENT.

1. Every person, upon enrolling himself, will sign an engagement to serve until lawfully discharged, and take and sign the oath or make a solemn affirmation as prescribed by the Act, and the document so signed shall be attached to the attestation paper (Form V.—1). The attestation paper, duly numbered and recorded, is to be kept in the District Office.

2. No person under seventeen years of age will be enrolled as a Volunteer, except by special authority, or in the case of boys who are to be trained as trumpeters, drummers, buglers, or musicians, not exceeding two to a corps or company, who may be enrolled at twelve years of age, with the sanction of the Officer Commanding the District.

3. Apprentices are not to be enrolled without consent in writing of their masters.

4. Enrolments will take place quarterly, namely, in the months of January, April, July, and October in each year, except in the case of trained bandsmen; and persons desirous of joining the Force must submit their names to the Officer Commanding the Corps they wish to enter, for his approval, and must give him the following particulars: Age, height, occupation, and address. Provided that the Governor may direct an enrolment at other times if he shall see fit.

5. A Volunteer shall be entitled to his discharge after one year’s service, upon complying with the provisions of section 53 of “The Defence Act, 1886.”

6. No member of one corps shall be enrolled in another until he has legally ceased to be a member of his former corps.

7. The members of a Volunteer corps are either enrolled, reserve, or honorary. The minimum height for Volunteers shall be, for Artillery Corps, 5ft. 6in., and for all other corps 5ft. 4in.; but exceptions to this standard may be allowed by the Officer Commanding the District in the case of bandsmen, or under special circumstances.

ESTABLISHMENT.

8. The establishment of officers, non-commissioned officers, and men of all corps will be according to the following table:—

• In the case of corps forming part of a battalion, one additional man will be allowed as a pioneer and one extra as bugler.

If desired, Volunteer corps will be allowed to enrol up to their maximum strength as above laid down. Accoutrements and ammunition will be provided by Government, but no claim for capitation will be admitted, except in the case of trained bandsmen, for any member in excess of the number quoted in above table.

9. Any corps will be entitled to an Honorary Surgeon, an Honorary Chaplain, and such other honorary members or officers as the Governor may allow. Mounted corps will be entitled to an Honorary Veterinary Surgeon.

PRECEDENCE.

10. The Volunteer Force shall consist of the following different arms, which will rank in the order named:—

Naval Artillery Volunteers.

Cavalry Volunteers, when dismounted (when mounted they take precedence of all infantry or dismounted corps).

Mounted Infantry Volunteers, ditto.

Artillery Volunteers, ditto.

Engineer Volunteers.

Rifle Volunteers.

11. Honorary Reserve Volunteers shall take precedence over all corps of the same arm.

12. Relative precedence of battalions and corps of the same arm will be determined by the date on which the Governor accepted their services.

13. The relative precedence of officers of the entire Volunteer Force shall be determined solely by the ranks and dates of commissions in that Force.

14. Officers of Honorary Corps who have passed the prescribed examination for their rank will rank with other Volunteer officers according to the dates of their respective commissions.

Other officers of Honorary Corps who are in possession of acting commissions, not having passed such examination, will rank according to dates of acting commissions with other acting officers only.

15. On parade, battalions and corps shall be distributed and drawn up in the mode which the senior officer present in command may judge most convenient and best adapted to the purposes of the service and occasion.

16. An officer holding a substantive commission will take precedence of all officers holding acting appointments in the same rank.

17. The rank of Captain-Commandant is to be regarded as equivalent to that of Major; and at all Courts-martial, Courts, or Boards of Inquiry, and on all occasions except when a single corps of their division is included with infantry corps in a battalion for drill purposes only, they will act as Majors. In the exceptional case of there being but one corps present and drilling with other Volunteer Corps as a battalion, the attendance of the Captain-Commandant is, however, optional.

OFFICERS IN COMMAND OF DISTRICTS.

18. Officers in command of districts are responsible for the maintenance of proper order and discipline in the Force under their command, the accuracy of all returns rendered or called for, the conduct of all correspondence in connection with the several corps and battalions in their command, and that the non-commissioned officers of the permanent staff efficiently and faithfully perform their various duties.

19. Correspondence from corps and battalions (except in case of Artillery batteries) with the Defence Office must be forwarded through the Officer Commanding the District, and all communications will be replied to through the same channel.

20. All circulars, orders, and instructions emanating from the Defence Office are to be promulgated to corps and battalions immediately on receipt of same by a district order or such other means as under local circumstances may prove more convenient or expeditious.

21. All correspondence between Officers Commanding Battalions and Officers Commanding Districts shall be direct, and signed by the Officer Commanding such Battalion.

22. In the absence of the officer appointed to the command of a district, the senior combatant officer, unless otherwise ordered, will assume the command, and perform all duties attached to that office.

DISTRICT ADJUTANTS.

23. A District Adjutant of Volunteers shall be purely a staff officer, and shall not be allowed to hold a commission in any corps, and, except under special circumstances approved by the Governor, must possess a certificate from a recognized School of Musketry.

24. A District Adjutant is appointed to give instruction to Volunteers in the district to which he shall be attached. He shall be subject to the orders of the Officer Commanding the District, and shall assist him in carrying on all military duties; but he shall not take any part in non-military affairs of any corps. It shall be his duty to visit the Volunteers of his district in accordance with such orders as may be issued,