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APRIL 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1047
Regulations of New Zealand Defence Force amended.
PLUNKET, Governor.
IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by “The Defence Act, 1886,” and its amendments, I, William Lee, Baron Plunket, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke and amend, in the manner and to the extent set forth in the Schedule hereto, such of the General Regulations of the Defence Forces of New Zealand, made on the eighth day of February, one thousand nine hundred and six, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the same date, with amendments thereto, as are set forth in the said Schedule, and do hereby also make the additional regulations set out in such Schedule. And I do hereby declare that such revocation shall take effect and such amendments and additional regulations shall come into force on the twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and eight.
SCHEDULE.
- THE following regulations, including all amendments thereof heretofore made, are hereby amended as set forth hereunder:—
Regulation 1, as amended on the 18th day of August, 1906, is hereby further amended by revoking the words “‘Company’ means squadron, troop, battery, or company,” and substituting the following in lieu thereof: “‘Corps’ means a regiment of mounted rifles, a battery of artillery, a division of garrison artillery, or a battalion of infantry; and includes a portion of a battery or division of artillery, a company of engineers, rifles, or mounted infantry, a transport corps, a bearer corps, and a reserve corps forming part of the Defence Forces.”
Regulation 1 is also further amended by omitting the words “‘R.N.Z.E.’ means Royal New Zealand Engineers”; and also by omitting the definition of “unit.”
Regulation 3 is hereby amended by revoking the amended establishment for the Permanent Force (a) Depot and Regimental Staff made on the 7th day of May, 1907, and also by revoking the establishment for the Permanent Force (b) Royal New Zealand Artillery and (c) Royal New Zealand Engineers, and substituting the following:—
(1.) PERMANENT FORCE, ROYAL NEW ZEALAND ARTILLERY.
(a.) Gunnery Section.
| Major. | Captains. | Lieutenants. | Master Gunners. | Regimental Sergeant-major. | Sergeants-major (Gunnery Instructors). | Company Sergeant-major. | Company Sergeant-Major (Musketry Instructor). | Quartermaster-Sergeant. | Sergeants. | Corporals. | Bombardiers. | Bombardier Trumpeter. | Gunners. | Sergeant. | Bombardiers. | Drivers. | Armament. | Carpenters. | Painters. | Saddler. | Clerks. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 102 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 200 |
(b.) Electric-light Section.
| Captain. | Honorary Captain. | Lieutenants. | N.C.O. Instructor (W.O.). | Quartermaster-Sergeants. | Sergeants (Coxswain). | Sergeants (Electrician). | Instrument-repairing Mechanics. | Engineers. | Sergeants. | Corporals. | Bombardiers. | Gunners. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 30 | 55 |
Regulation 3 (i), Defence Rifle Clubs, is hereby amended by omitting the word “Captain,” and substituting “President”; and
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NZ Gazette 1908, No 24
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- William Lee, Baron Plunket, Governor