Nov. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1305

only one corps are firing, a member of another corps, when practicable, will be in the marker's butt during the whole time of firing.

215. Officers in charge of rifle ranges shall afford facilities for target practice to Cadet Corps, subject to such orders as may be issued from time to time.

ACTUAL SERVICE.

216. In case of actual or apprehended invasion of any part of New Zealand, or other emergency proclaimed by the Governor, Volunteer corps may be assembled for actual military service, and, whenever they are so assembled, they will be liable to serve in any part of the colony.

CORRESPONDENCE.

217. All official correspondence from Volunteer corps shall proceed from the Officer Commanding the Corps.

218. If correspondence is intended for the consideration of the Government it should be addressed to the Officer Commanding the District, and each letter must be confined to one subject only.

DISBANDMENT OF CORPS.

219. When a Volunteer corps is about to be disbanded, the Officer in Command of the District will make immediate arrangements for the return to store of all arms, accoutrements, and Government property on issue, and for the payment of the cost of such articles as may be deficient, and, on his report that this has been done, the assent of His Excellency the Governor will be obtained for the disbandment of the Corps.

NAVAL ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS.

220. At least one-third of the members of these corps should have served afloat either as seamen, watermen, fishermen, or boatmen, or in some occupation directly connected with seafaring life, and they will be assimilated to the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers as regards rank of officers and non-commissioned officers, command, dress, &c.

221. In the first month in each Volunteer year Officers Commanding Corps will forward to Officers in Command of Districts a report upon the state of the boats on issue to or in possession of the corps, and the Officer in Command of the District will, after a personal examination of the boats in question, forward the report (with any remarks he may have to make thereon) to the Defence Office.

222. Members of the Naval Artillery Corps at the four centres who qualify in the under-mentioned subjects, and pass an examination in them, will receive a certificate of qualification, which will carry with it a personal payment of £1 per head per annum, and be permitted to wear a distinguishing badge as provided for in the Dress Regulations. Members who at the end of three years’ service can produce three consecutive certificates will be awarded a further sum of £1, and permitted to wear a further distinguishing badge.

Heavy Gun Drill.

223. Subjects of examination for men qualifying for Garrison Artillery:—

Knotting and splicing.

Drill.

General knowledge of the guns, carriages, and platforms, and the names of their principal parts.

Knowledge of all stores connected with working the above, and their use.

Mounting and dismounting working gear for R.M.L. guns, carriages, and platforms.

General knowledge of the working of gear of B.L. and quick-firing guns and carriages.

Knowledge of sights, and the method of using them.

Description, weights, and marking of filled cartridges.

Description, weights, and marking of projectiles, and the circumstances under which the different natures would be used.

Description of ammunition for quick-firing guns.

Knowledge of the cases, cylinders, and boxes in which filled cartridges for R.M.L. and B.L. guns and ammunition for quick firing guns are stowed, and the means of opening and closing them.

Storage of shell and cartridge stores in forts, and the means of supplying ammunition to guns.

General description of fuzes in use with the R.M.L and B.L. guns, and how to fit them.

Description of tubes for use with R.M.L. and B.L. guns.

Knowledge of fuze and shell implements, and how to use them.

Method of filling cartridges and shells.

Theoretical: Definition of principal gunnery terms, as laid down in Manual of Garrison Artillery.

Submarine Mining.

(1.) Rowing, sculling, and signalling.

(2.) Knotting, splicing, and making fenders.

(3.) Jointing, crowning cable, and bending thimbles with wire rope.

(4.) Loading mines.

(5.) Connecting up single and multiple disconnecting boxes, and multiple junction boxes.

(6.) Connecting up E.C. mines on the fork system.

(7.) Connecting up lines of mines.

(8.) Slinging, laying out, and raising E.C. mines on the fork system.

(9.) Slinging, laying out, and raising lines of mines.

The Naval Artillery Corps, in addition to the establishment, will be allowed three Cadets, who will rank as officers, and be trained as such, and who will be eligible for election as Sub-Lieutenants on attaining the prescribed ages.

ARTILLERY VOLUNTEERS.

224. Correspondence relative to the interior management of batteries, as regards purely artillery matters, is to be forwarded by Officers Commanding Batteries to the Officer Commanding their Brigades for transmission to the Defence Office.

225. Correspondence relative to appointments, promotions, and resignations of officers, local matters, requisitions for ammunition, capitation rolls, parade states, &c., will be forwarded by Officers Commanding Batteries direct to Officers Commanding Districts for transmission to the Defence Office.

226. All deficiencies, damages, or losses of ordnance stores on issue to a battery are to be reported at once, and if not satisfactorily accounted for will be charged against capitation.

227. When ordnance stores require to be replaced from fair wear and tear they must be returned to store, or otherwise disposed of as may be ordered, before a fresh supply is issued.

228. No salute is to be fired by the members of any battery of Artillery without authority having been previously obtained from the Officer Commanding the District.

229. Members of Garrison Artillery Corps at the four centres who pass the examination in Garrison Artillery subjects, as laid down for members of Naval Artillery Corps, will be entitled to the same individual remuneration and badges.

NON-EFFICIENT MEMBERS.

230. Any member of a Volunteer corps, who, by reason of repeated absence from parade, is returned as a “non-efficient” for any Volunteer year, may, under clause 109 of “The Defence Act, 1886,” in addition to any fines inflicted for such absence, be fined a sum equal to the amount of capitation he could have earned, which amount is to be paid in to the credit of the capitation account of the corps.

231. Officers Commanding Corps will, on the last day of each quarter, furnish to Officers in Command of Districts a return (Form V.-9) of all fines inflicted, recovered, or remitted during the quarter.

232. In the event of there being any outstanding fines, the Officer Commanding the District will, after due inquiry, cause them to be remitted, or direct proceedings to be taken, as the case may be, by the Officer in Command of the Corps for the recovery of the same.

233. Officers Commanding Districts are strictly enjoined to see that this return is regularly furnished, and that all fines not remitted and unpaid are, in justice to other members of the corps, duly recovered.

Officers’ Unattached List.

234. There will be two unattached lists for officers of the Volunteer Force:—

(1.) Active list;

(2.) Honorary list.

(1.) Active List.

Officers eligible for the active list will comprise those who have passed the examination for their respective ranks since May, 1885, viz.:—

(a.) Officers of battalions which have been dissolved (except honorary officers);

(b.) Officers of corps which may be disbanded, provided they have the service as detailed under paragraph 234a;

(c.) Officers who, from force of circumstances, have been obliged to change their residence from one district to another, and thereby have been compelled to resign their appointments.

234a. Officers who have served as under, and have passed the aforesaid examination, may, on retirement from active duty, be placed on this list, viz.:—

(a.) A captain above ten years’ service, of which seven must have been in that rank, and who has passed the examination prescribed for a Field Officer, will be granted a step of rank on being posted to this list;

(b.) A captain of six years’ service, three of which must have been of that rank, as captain;