MAY 1.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 963

COLONIAL AUXILIARY FORCES LONG-SERVICE MEDAL.

1. Members of the auxiliary Forces of all ranks may be granted a medal, designated “The Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal,” after twenty years’ service (which need not be continuous) in such Forces. Service rendered partly in the auxiliary Forces of one colony or protectorate and partly in the auxiliary Forces of another colony or protectorate, or partly in the auxiliary Forces of one or more colonies or protectorates, or Indian Volunteers, and partly in the Volunteer Force of Great Britain, shall be reckoned as qualifying service for the medal, provided that no officer or men shall be eligible unless at least half his service has been rendered in the Militia or Volunteer Forces of one or more colonies or protectorates, service on the west coast of Africa counting double. The medal may also be granted to Volunteers who have retired after completing twenty years’ service, and officers who have served in the ranks but have not qualified for the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration.

2. Service on the Permanent Staff or service in Defence rifle clubs shall not reckon as qualifying service for the medal.

3. Applications for the medal will be made through the Officer commanding the District, who will forward same, stating why, in his opinion, the applicant is entitled to receive the medal. The applicant’s record of service will then be furnished and verified on Form D by the Under-Secretary of Defence, after which the application will be recommended by the Officer commanding the District and Commandant New Zealand Forces, also on Form D, and forwarded through the usual channel of correspondence to the Governor, whose decision upon the validity or otherwise of any claim to the medal will be final. Retired members will, in the first instance, apply through the officer commanding the corps in which they last served.

4. Applicants who have performed part of the necessary qualifying service in other portions of the Empire than New Zealand must produce particulars of their previous service certified to by competent authority, and forward such with their application.

5. Names of recipients will be promulgated in the Government Gazette, after the publication of which the original applications (Form D) will be returned by the Governor to the headquarters for record and retention. Arrangements for the distribution of the medals will be made by the Officer commanding the District, or as the Governor shall decide, at the earliest time that a good muster of the corps can be reckoned upon.

6. Any officer who is subsequently awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration will not be required to surrender the medal, but he will not be permitted to wear both.

7. When the conduct of any member of the auxiliary Forces after he has been awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal has been such as to disqualify him from wearing it, he may be deprived of it by the Governor.

8. A medal forfeited by a member of the auxiliary Forces under paragraph 7 may be restored to him by the Governor.

9. When a long-service medal has been lost and it is desired to replace it, a declaration must be made before a Magistrate stating the circumstances under which the loss occurred, and the rank, name, and corps of the individual to whom the medal belonged. The declaration will be forwarded to the Governor through the usual channel of correspondence in the case of an individual who is still serving, and direct to the Governor in the case of one who has retired. The medal will be replaced on payment if the explanation as to its loss is considered satisfactory.

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Form D.

INDIVIDUAL APPLICATION FOR THE COLONIAL AUXILIARY FORCES LONG-SERVICE MEDAL.

STATEMENT of service of , of the
Headquarters:
Date:

Grand total

I certify that the above statement of service is correct.
, Under-Secretary Defence.
Defence Office, Wellington, N.Z., , 190 .

I hereby certify that I consider the applicant to have rendered meritorious service which renders him eligible for the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal.
, Officer commanding District.

Date:
Recommended: , Commandant N.Z. Forces.
Headquarters, Wellington, New Zealand.
[C.F. 01/4469.

Approved.
RANFURLY, Governor.
9th April, 1902.

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Despatches.—Acts assented to.

Colonial Secretary’s Office,
Wellington, 29th April, 1902.

THE following despatches received from the Secretary of State for the Colonies are published for general information.

J. G. WARD.

(New Zealand.—No. 12.)
Downing Street, 31st January, 1902.
My Lord,—I have the honour to inform you that His Majesty will not be advised to exercise his powers of disallowance with respect to the Act No. 3 of 1901 of the Legislature of New Zealand, entitled “An Act to amend ‘The Chinese Immigrants Act, 1881,’” a transcript of which accompanied your despatch No. 126, of the 18th December last.
I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
The Officer administering the Government
of New Zealand.

(New Zealand.—No. 17.)
Downing Street, 6th February, 1902.
My Lord,—I have the honour to inform you that His Majesty will not be advised to exercise his powers of disallowance with respect to the Act No. 53 of 1901 of the Legislature of New Zealand, entitled “An Act to amend ‘The Military Pensions Act, 1866,’ and to extend the Provisions of ‘The Military Pensions Extension to Contingents Act, 1900,’ so as to include the Sixth and Seventh Contingents,” a transcript of which accompanied your despatch No. 126, of the 18th December last.
I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
The Officer administering the Government
of New Zealand.

(New Zealand.—No. 18.)
Downing Street, 7th February, 1902.
My Lord,—I have the honour to inform you that His Majesty will not be advised to exercise his powers of disallowance with respect to the Act No. 44 of 1901 of the Legislature of New Zealand, entitled “An Act to provide temporarily for the Government of the Cook and other Islands in the Pacific within the Boundaries of the Colony of New Zealand,” a transcript of which accompanied your despatch No. 126, of the 18th December last.
I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
The Officer administering the Government
of New Zealand.

(New Zealand.—No. 21.)
Downing Street, 14th February, 1902.
My Lord,—I have the honour to inform you that His Majesty will not be advised to exercise his power of disallowance with respect to the following Acts of the Legislature of New Zealand, transcripts of which accompanied your despatch No. 126, of the 18th December last:—

No. 1. An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public Account and other Accounts to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March, One thousand nine hundred and two.

No. 2. An Act to indemnify various Local Authorities for the Expenditure of Moneys in connection with the Visit of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York.

No. 4. An Act to make Provision for an Independent Medical Examination in Cases of Claims for Compensation for Accidents.

No. 5. An Act to apply a Sum of Money out of the Public Account and other Accounts to the Service of the Year ending the Thirty-first Day of March, One thousand nine hundred and two.

No. 6. An Act to extend the Term of the Patent Rights acquired under “The Cyanide Process Gold-extraction Act, 1897.”