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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 16

151. Targets for use of corps will be supplied to Officers Commanding Districts on requisition.

ALLOWANCES.

152. Officers and Volunteers (excepting officers and non-commissioned officers of the permanent staff), when out on actual military service in the field, or when doing garrison duty, shall receive the following rates of pay, with a free ration when in the field, but with no other allowances whatsoever, except for Cavalry, who will receive forage or 3s. per diem in lieu thereof:—

153. Lieutenant-Colonel commanding a district, 25s. per diem, with forage for two horses;

154. Lieutenant-Colonel as Staff Officer, 21s. per diem, with forage for one horse;

155. Brigade-Surgeon or Senior Medical Officer, 25s. per diem, and forage for one horse;

156. Senior Medical Officer of a battalion, 21s. per diem, with forage for one horse;

157. Major commanding a district or battalion, 21s. per diem, with forage for one horse;

158. Major of a battalion, 18s. per diem, and forage for one horse;

159. Captain, 15s. per diem;

160. Lieutenant, 11s.;

161. Adjutant, 3s. 6d. in addition to pay of rank, and forage for one horse;

162. Quartermaster, 13s. 6d.;

163. Surgeon, 18s.;

164. Staff Sergeants, 8s.;

165. Sergeants, 6s.;

166. Corporals, 5s.;

167. Trumpeters or Buglers, 4s.;

168. Privates, 4s.

169. An annual debit and credit account will be kept by the Government with each Volunteer corps, and, after the receipt of the nominal return showing the number of efficient Volunteers for whom the capitation grant is admissible, the corps to which the return relates will be credited with the full amount of capitation accruing to it, and will be debited with the cost of any material or uniforms supplied to or obtained for it, and for ammunition or other stores purchased from the Government.

170. Two copies of the debit account will be forwarded by the Defence Office to the Officer Commanding the Corps through the Officer Commanding the District in each year: one of the copies to be returned to the Defence Office, with an acknowledgment from the Commanding Officer of the Corps of the correctness of the account, together with any counter-statement he may consider necessary; the other copy to be retained for record by the corps, and as a voucher in support of the annual statement of accounts.

171. If in the annual debit and credit account of any corps a balance remains to its credit, it will be paid by the Treasury to the bank where the funds of the corps are deposited. If it is shown that a debit balance remains, the amount must be either paid to the Colonial Treasurer by the Officer Commanding the Corps on or before the 15th day of March following, or be carried on to the next year's account, as may be decided by the Government.

172. Whenever any Volunteer corps about to be disbanded is indebted to the Government, the amount due by the corps must be paid to the Colonial Treasurer by the Officer Commanding it before it is disbanded.

173. No claim for capitation will be admitted for any corps whose strength is below the minimum establishment on the last day of the Volunteer year.

174. Applications for advance of capitation will not be considered unless under urgent circumstances, which must be indorsed by the Officer in Command of the District, and in no case can they be entertained until the defence estimates for the financial year have been passed by Parliament.

175. The capitation allowance is deemed to be the property of the corps, and is to be expended on their behalf as follows: Not less than £1 5s. per man per annum of capitation is to be provided exclusively for the purpose of providing uniforms; the remainder may be used for camp or military equipment, orderly-rooms, drill- and boat-sheds and gymnasia, armours, ranges, expenses in connection with the annual course of drill and target practice, repairs, and advertising in connection with military duties.

176. The capitation allowance shall be kept in a separate account in a bank, and kept distinct from any private accounts of the corps, and an annual account of its expenditure in accordance with paragraph 159 shall be rendered to the Defence Office by Officers Commanding Districts (duly supported by vouchers) not later than the 31st day of March in each year. A similar statement will be required from garrison bands.

BADGES.

161. Badges will be worn by Naval and Garrison Artillery-men who have passed the examination prescribed.
162. Members of the Naval Artillery corps at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Port Chalmers who

qualify in the under-mentioned subjects, and pass an examination in them, will receive a certificate of qualification, carrying 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. The allowance or badge will not be given to any Volunteer who is not efficient for the current year.

163. The Subjects of examination for men qualifying for Garrison Artillery in heavy gun drill are:—
     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.
     The subjects of examination for men qualifying for Submarine Mining are:—
     (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.
164. Four badges will be issued to each battery of Field Artillery for competition, and will be allotted to the best qualified first-class gunners who have qualified for capitation.
165. Four badges will be issued to each Engineer corps, and will be allotted to the four best qualified men who have qualified for capitation.
166. Four badges will be issued to each corps or company of Mounted Rifles and of Rifles, to be allotted to men who are most proficient in signalling and have qualified for capitation, provided always that they have passed as proficient in signalling.
167. These badges will carry a personal payment of £1. Any man who can produce three consecutive badges will be awarded a distinguished badge and allowed a further sum of £1.

CAMS.

Camps of Instruction.

168. Naval Artillery Volunteer corps at Auckland, Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, and Port Chalmers will go into Camp of Instruction for a fortnight each year, receiving an allowance of 1s. 6d. per diem per man in camp.
169. Other corps (except Mounted Rifles and Cavalry) will be allowed to go into Camp of Instruction for six days (exclusive of Sundays), receiving an allowance of 1s. 6d. per man per diem in camp.
170. Mounted corps (Rifles and Cavalry) will, if they do their annual training in camp, go into camp for six days (exclusive of Sunday), receiving 1s. 6d. per man per diem in camp.

Easter Camps.

171. Volunteers attending Easter encampments will be granted free passes by railway, and an allowance of 2s. 6d. per diem for not more than four days, provided that at least four drills are attended. Forage allowance to mounted corps and mounted staff or battalion officers will be allowed, not exceeding 1s. 6d. per diem.