JULY 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1451

Promotion.

Assistant engineers, qualified for advancement are eligible for promotion to the rank of engineer after five years' service. Assistant engineers count their probationary time towards increase of pay and promotion as stated in paragraph 34 of these regulations.

The promotion of engineers, fleet engineers, and inspectors of machinery depends on the number of vacancies that occur in the several superior ranks.

Retired-pay.

The following table shows the age for retirement from active service of engineer officers, and the maximum retired pay of each rank:—

*Qualified for promotion.
†Not qualified for promotion.

On attaining the rank of chief engineer, and afterwards, and if forty years of age or over, the amount of retired-pay depends both on age and length of service, the maximum for each rank being as above, and the minimum rate the amount of half-pay of the officer as per scale previously given. Retirement would take place between the ages given in the above table, except in the following cases:—

(1.) Five years' half-pay time in either of the ranks of assistant engineer, engineer, chief, staff, or fleet engineer; or seven years' half-pay time in the ranks of inspector or chief inspector of machinery:

(2.) Physical unfitness for service:

(3.) Misconduct.

Pensions or gratuities for wounds or injuries can be granted by the Admiralty in addition to the ordinary retiring-allowances.

Retired-pay and half-pay are subject to deductions in case of misconduct.

Naval and Greenwich Hospital Pensions.

These pensions are established for affording some relief to retired officers, and are awarded to such retired officers as may be, in the opinion of the Admiralty, most deserving, under the conditions published in the Queen’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions.

Pensions to Widows.

The widows and children of engineer officers who had completed ten years' commissioned service are eligible, under stipulated conditions, to pensions and compassionate allowances.

The rates payable and the regulations governing their award are published in the Queen’s Regulations and the Quarterly Naval List.

Relative Rank.

Engineer students rank with naval cadets according to date of entry.

Assistant engineers rank with sub-lieutenants according to date of commission.

Engineers rank with lieutenants under eight years' seniority according to date of commission.

Chief engineers rank with lieutenants above eight years' seniority.

Fleet engineers rank with commanders according to date of commission.

Inspectors of machinery, under eight years' service on full pay as such, rank with captains under three years.

Inspectors of machinery of eight years' service on full pay as such rank with captains of three years. The captain to reckon his seniority from the date of completing three years in that rank. The inspector of machinery to reckon his seniority from the date of completing eight years' service as such.

Chief inspectors of machinery rank with captains of three years' seniority according to date of commission.

Engineer-in-chief ranks with rear-admiral according to date of commission.

Pay, etc., of the Royal Corps of Naval Constructors.

The number, the designation, and the salaries of the members of the corps are as follow:—

Admiralty.—Director of Naval Construction, £1,500 a year, rising to £1,800 after five years' service. One senior chief constructor, £850 a year, rising to £1,000 by £50 a year, and a London allowance of £150 a year. One chief constructor, £850 a year, rising to £1,000 by £50 a year, and a London allowance of £150 a year. Two chief constructors, £700 a year, rising to £850 by £25 a year, and a London allowance of £150 a year. Six constructors, £400 a year, rising to £550 by £20 a year, and a London allowance of £120 a year; allowance of £100 a year to one for electrical duties. Eight assistant constructors, first class, £300 a year, rising to £400 by £15 a year, and a London allowance of £75 a year; duty-pay of £50 a year to assistant constructor in charge of foreign records; duty-pay of £50 a year to assistant constructor acting for chief constructor. One assistant constructor, first class (for scientific experiments), £300 a year, rising to £400 by £15 a year. Eleven assistant constructors, second class, £200 a year, rising to £300 by £10 a year, and a London allowance of £50 a year.

Dockyards.—Three chief constructors, viz., one for each of Chatham, Portsmouth, and Devonport Dockyards, £700 a year, rising to £850 by £25 a year, and a house. Two chief constructors, viz., one for each of Sheerness and Pembroke Dockyards, £600 a year, rising to £750 by £25 a year, and a house. One chief constructor, Malta Dockyard, £650 a year, rising to £800 by £25 a year, a house, and colonial allowance of £50 a year. One chief constructor, Hongkong, £600 a year, rising to £750 by £25 a year, a house, or an allowance of $1,066⅔ a year in lieu thereof; and a colonial allowance of $1,066⅔ a year. One chief constructor, Bermuda, £600 a year, rising to £750 by £25 a year, a house, and a colonial allowance of £100 a year. Nine constructors, viz., three for Portsmouth, two for Chatham, two for Devonport, one for Haulbowline, and one for Malta, £400 a year, rising to £550 by £20 a year, and a house, or an allowance in lieu; one at Malta receives a colonial allowance of £50 per annum. Fourteen assistant constructors, first class, viz., nine for Portsmouth, Devonport, Pembroke, Chatham, and Sheerness, and one for Gibraltar, one for Malta, one for Bermuda, one for Hongkong, and one for Cape of Good Hope, £300 a year, rising to £400 by £15 a year; those serving abroad receive colonial allowances, and are provided with houses, or allowances in lieu. Eighteen assistant constructors, second class, viz., seventeen for Portsmouth, Devonport, Pembroke, Chatham, and Sheerness, and one for Malta, £200 a year, rising to £300 by £10 a year; the assistant constructor, second class, at Malta receives colonial allowance of £50 a year and house allowance of £50 a year. Nine assistant constructors, third class, £140 a year, rising to £180 by £10 a year.

Third-class assistant constructors appointed for service at sea shall have the rank, pay, and privileges in all respects appertaining to assistant engineers who have passed through a similar training.

They shall be paid a gratuity of £50 for uniform and outfit.

While any officer in the constructive corps is appointed for service at sea his time shall count for purposes of civil superannuation.

All regulations as to pay, pension, retired-pay, allowances, are subject to alterations.

D. 1901/2720.]

Tenders.

Public Works Department,
Wellington, 10th July, 1901.

THE following list of successful and unsuccessful tenders for the Ohinemuri Bridge contract on the Paeroa-Waihi Railway is published for general information.

WM. HALL-JONES,
Minister for Public Works.

Accepted.
£ s. d.
Messrs. J. and A. Anderson, Christchurch .. 8,771 15 11

Declined.
Messrs. J. Lindsay and Son, Auckland .. 9,014 14 7