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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
No. 9

48. The Commandant may disrate or suspend any N.C.O. instructor for neglect of duty or insubordination, or for breach of discipline, and may recommend his dismissal to the Minister.

49. The principal duty of a N.C.O. instructor is to attend to the drill and instruction of the Volunteers of the district in which he is stationed; but he may also, at the discretion of the O.C. the District, be charged with such other military duties as usually devolve on a N.C.O.

50. The N.C.O. instructor shall also keep a record of attendance at Government parades, which he shall from time to time compare with the muster-rolls and records of attendance kept by the corps in the district to which he belongs.

51. A N.C.O. instructor may be required to do orderly-room work, to superintend the cleaning of guns, harness, and arms, and take charge of accoutrements, &c., in store, without extra payment.

52. A N.C.O. instructor, although ordinarily employed at the firing-point, may be directed by the O.C. the District to mark at class-firing; but he is not required to mark at private practice, nor to undertake at such practice any duties at the range not being those of an N.C.O., except with his own consent.

53. No N.C.O. instructor on the paid staff shall hold a commission or appointment in any Volunteer unit or company.

54. N.C.O. instructors must reside within one mile of the headquarters of the district or locality in which they are stationed, unless specially exempted by the O.C. the District.

55. The age for retirement of N.C.O. instructors shall be fifty-five years for those who were serving on 31st March, 1905, and fifty years for those subsequently appointed.

56. In special cases, where it may be desirable to retain a N.C.O. instructor for a period not exceeding two years beyond the age fixed for retirement, the case will be submitted to the Commandant, who shall advise the Minister thereon.

57. N.C.O. instructors must before being married obtain permission to marry from the Commandant.

OFFICERS OF DEFENCE FORCES.

58. All officers of the Defence Forces must be born subjects or naturalised subjects of the King.

59. All appointments, promotions, acceptances of resignations, or dismissals of officers of the Defence Forces will be made by the Governor, on the recommendation of the Minister.

60. Commissions of Permanent Force, Militia, and Volunteer officers will be issued for the New Zealand Permanent Force, Militia, or Volunteer Force respectively.

61. All appointments, promotions, resignations, and dismissals of officers of the Defence Forces shall be inserted in the Gazette, and resignations and dismissals shall, unless notified to the contrary, be held to mean absolute withdrawal from the Defence Forces.

62. A substantive major whose promotion to that rank is made after these regulations come into force, and who is in a branch of the service in which examination for promotion is prescribed, will not (except provisionally) be promoted to the rank of lieutenant-colonel until he has passed the prescribed examination for such rank.

63. The commission of an officer dates from the date His Excellency the Governor in the warrant appoints.

64. The resignation of a commission by an officer does not take effect until a notification thereof has appeared in the Gazette.

65. The commission of any officer who is absent from the colony for three months without the permission of the Minister or Commandant shall thereupon lapse.

66. The commission of any officer who becomes a bankrupt may be cancelled in the discretion of the Governor.

67. No officer of the Volunteer Force shall hold a commission or acting appointment in more than one unit or company of the Volunteer Force. This shall not, however, prohibit such an officer from holding a commission in the New Zealand Militia.

68. Quartermasters may be granted honorary commissions.

69. (1.) Officers appointed to the rank of colonel or lieutenant-colonel after the date of coming into force of these regulations shall retire at the age of sixty. Majors appointed after the date these regulations come into force shall retire at the age of fifty-five. Captains appointed after the date that these regulations come into force shall retire at the age of fifty. Lieutenants appointed after the coming into force of these regulations shall retire at the