Aug. 24.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1561

Permanent Militia Regulations amended.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Defence Act, 1886,” it is, among other things, enacted that the Governor may from time to time make, alter, or revoke regulations respecting the enrolment, promotion, discipline, training, exercise, arms, accoutrements, clothing, equipment, conveyance, pay, rations, and lodging of the Forces or any portion thereof, and respecting the several other matters in the said Act mentioned: And whereas on the nineteenth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, certain regulations were made by Proclamation under the said Act, which were published in the New Zealand Gazette of the twenty-fifth day of February, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven: And whereas it is expedient now to revoke the said several regulations so made by the above-recited Proclamation, and to make others in lieu thereof: Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance and exercise of the above-recited power and authority, do hereby revoke the regulations so made and published as aforesaid, and do hereby make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto: And I do further declare that the revocation of the said recited regulations, and the regulations hereby made, shall come into force on the first day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

SCHEDULE.

1. APPLICANTS for appointment to the Permanent Militia must send in their applications to the Under-Secretary for Defence, Wellington, with their addresses, ages, medical certificates of fitness, and certificates of character. In the case of Volunteers, one of the latter certificates must be from the commanding officer of the corps in which such Volunteers are serving.

2. On being informed that he has been appointed, the candidate must report himself for enrolment at the Mount Cook Barracks, Buckle Street, Wellington, within twenty-one days; otherwise he will be held to have forfeited his appointment, unless in case of certified sickness, when he may be replaced at the head of the list within three months if then fit for service.

3. Candidates for appointment who do not receive intimation that they are to join the Forces before the first of January next after the date on which they made their original application are to renew such application. These further applications are to reach the officer named in paragraph 1 before the 1st of February in each year.

4. In the event of a candidate failing to renew his application, as in paragraph 3, his name will be struck off the list of those desirous of employment in the Permanent Militia.

5. The minimum height of candidates for the Artillery is 5 ft. 9 in.

6. The minimum height for the Submarine Miners is 5 ft. 6 in.

7. Candidates for both the Artillery and Submarine Mining Corps must have a chest-measurement of 36 in. at full inspiration, and must also have been efficiently vaccinated.

8. In selecting recruits for the Artillery (No. 1 Company Permanent Militia) and Submarine Mining Corps (No. 2 Company, Permanent Militia), preference will be given to members of the Volunteer Force who are between eighteen and twenty-eight years of age, and have performed at least one year’s efficient service at the time of making their application. Exception will be made in the case of special artificers, engineers, electricians, tradesmen, or men who have served in Her Majesty’s Naval or Military Forces.

9. A recruit will, for his first six months’ service, be on probation, and must within that period pass an examination in drills and prove himself suitable before being finally accepted for service in the Force. During this period of probation the rate of pay will be 4s. 6d. per diem.

10. On being finally accepted for service in the Force he will be rated as second-class gunner in No. 1 Service Company or second-class sapper in No. 2 Service Company, and as such will receive pay at the rate of 5s. 6d. per diem.

11. Second-class gunners may, as vacancies arise, receive promotion to the rank of first-class gunner by qualifying themselves as “specialists,” and will retain that rank and pay during efficiency only. “Specialists” will include men who are employed on special duties and men who qualify by examination in the more technical portion of artillery work. The rate of pay for a first-class gunner is 6s. 6d. per diem.

12. Second-class sappers may likewise receive promotion to the rank of first-class sapper as vacancies occur by qualifying themselves as “tradesmen”: that is, proving themselves proficient in any one of the following trades or occupations—namely, engineer or engine-driver, electrician, blacksmith, carpenter, instrument-repairer—or on being employed on special duty. The rate of pay for a first-class sapper is 7s. a day.

13. Second-class gunners or sappers will, after three years service as such, receive pay at the rate of 6s. a day if found by examination proficient in their duties.

14. Promotion to the ranks of non-commissioned officers will be made as vacancies occur.

15. After three years’ full service in the Force members will become eligible for transfer to the Police and Prison Departments.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this seventeenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

W. O. WALKER,
For Minister of Defence.

[D. 99/2202]

Notice of Intention to change the Purpose of a Reserve in the Wellington Land District.

RANFURLY, Governor.

WHEREAS by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” it is, amongst other things, enacted that the Governor may declare his intention to make, change, exchange, or alter the dedication of any public reserve now or hereafter vested in Her Majesty or the Governor for any of the purposes named in Class II. of the Schedule to the said Act, whether the same be granted or not; if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to change the purpose of such reserve or any part thereof from the purpose or presumed purpose for which it was set apart to any other purpose, or if it shall, in the opinion of the Governor, be expedient to exchange any of the land comprised in such reserve for other land of equal value, to be dedicated to one or more purposes named in the said Class II., the Governor may, by notice gazetted, declare his intention to make such change, exchange, or dedication, as the case may be, and in such notice declare the manner and terms in which the same is intended to be so made:

Now, therefore, I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby, in exercise and pursuance of the powers and authorities vested in me by “The Public Reserves Act, 1881,” aforesaid, declare my intention to change the specific purpose of the reserve described in the Schedule hereto from a site for public buildings to a site for a Mechanics’ Institute and Athenæum.

SCHEDULE.

All that parcel of land in the Wellington Land District, containing by admeasurement 1 acre, more or less, being Section No. 48, Township of Ohau. Bounded on the north by Section No. 49; on the east by Section No. 47; on the south by a public road; and on the west by Section No. 55: as the same is delineated on the plan deposited in the office of the Chief Surveyor, Wellington.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this eighth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

WM. HALL-JONES,
For Minister of Lands.

Postmaster appointed to take and receive Statutory Declarations.

PURSUANT to the authority conferred upon me by the eighth section of “The Justices of the Peace Act Amendment Act, 1888,” I, Uchter John Mark, Earl of Ranfurly, the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, do hereby notify and declare that

PATRICK HURLEY,

being a person holding the office of Postmaster under “The Post Office Act, 1881,” at Hurleyville, is authorised to take and receive statutory declarations under the two-hundred-and-thirty-fourth section of “The Justices of the Peace Act, 1882.”

As witness my hand, this tenth day of August, one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine.

RANFURLY, Governor.

Public Vaccinator, Fortrose District, appointed.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 17th August, 1899.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

JOSEPH ERNEST ROGERS, Esq., M.B. Mast. Surg. 1893, M.D. 1896, Univ. Edin.,

to be a Public Vaccinator for the District of Fortrose.

CARROLL.