1304
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 52

in gunnery shall receive a personal payment of £1 per head per annum. The twelve members most proficient in gun-laying in a company of the lower establishment and the twenty members most proficient in gun-laying in a company of the higher establishment shall receive a personal payment of £1 per head per annum in addition to the payment for gunnery. The twelve members in a company of the lower establishment and the eighteen members in a company of the higher establishment most proficient in range-finding shall receive a personal payment of £1 per head per annum. The eight members in a company of the lower establishment and the twelve members in a company of the higher establishment most proficient in signalling shall receive a personal payment of £1 per head per annum. The above shall not apply to companies armed with guns of position.

Section I. (Gunnery).—The subjects of examination for men qualifying for gunnery 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 stored, 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 fuses 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 fuse and shell implements, and how to use them; method of filling cartridges and shells. Theoretical: Definition of the principal gunnery terms, as laid down in the “Manual of Garrison Artillery.”

Section II. (Gun-laying).—Badges and certificates for gun-laying will only be issued to such members as hold certificates for gunnery for current year. The test shall be that laid down from time to time in “Instructions for Practice.”

Section III. (Range-finding).—Badges and certificates will only be issued to members who have once qualified in gunnery: provided that no member shall receive a personal payment for efficiency in range-finding in addition to a personal payment in any other section. The subjects for examination for men qualifying for D.R.F. certificates are: Setting up instrument accurately; the four tests for adjustment; finding correct height, with and without datum points; orienting; electric lamp and electric batteries in use; duties of a depression range-finder detachment; accuracy in finding ranges at a moving and stationary target; general care of D.R.F. instruments, and electrical dials.

Section IV. (Signalling).—Badges and certificates will only be issued to members who have once qualified in gunnery: provided that no member shall receive a personal payment for efficiency in signalling in addition to a personal payment in any other section. The subjects for examination in signalling are as laid down for all arms, in addition to which garrison artillery must pass in telephone operating.

414. Garrison Artillery Volunteers whose armament consists of guns of position shall receive the following badges and payments:— Members who qualify in the undermentioned sections, and pass an examination in them, shall receive a certificate of qualification, and be permitted to wear a badge. A personal payment of £1 shall be made to each of the two men most proficient in gunnery per gun, and to each of the two men most proficient in gun-laying per gun, and to each of the four men most proficient in signalling, and the three men most proficient in range-finding in the company, per annum, provided that no one member can receive a personal payment for proficiency in more than one section during a year:—