APRIL 2.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1049

of section thirteen of ‘The Defence Act Amendment Act, 1900,’ and this regulation, on members of the Permanent Militia shall not be exercisable during any period in which members of the Permanent Militia are on actual service.”

Regulation 267 is hereby amended by inserting, after the word “ammunition,” the following words: “Establishments, vessels, electric-light installations, stores.”

Regulation 268 is hereby revoked.

Regulation 271 is hereby amended by omitting the words from “Matters,” on the fourth line, to “headquarters” respectively.

Regulation 272 is hereby amended by omitting the words “Submarine Mining.”

Regulations 297 and 298 are hereby revoked, and the following regulations substituted in lieu thereof:—

Regulation 297. No officer of the Permanent Force shall marry without the permission of the Minister previously obtained.

Regulation 298. Non-commissioned officers of the Permanent Force will be allowed to marry on attaining that rank and without permission being first obtained. Men below non-commissioned rank, and enrolled prior to the 7th December, 1907, will not be granted permission to marry until they have two years’ service; those enrolled subsequent to the 7th December, 1907, will be allowed to marry on attaining eight years’ service, and without permission being first obtained.

In all cases of the marriage of officers, non-commissioned officers, and men, certified copies of the marriage certificate must be produced to the O.C. Permanent Force for the necessary entries to be made.

Regulation 400, as remade on the 7th May, 1907, is hereby amended by omitting the words “and R.N.Z.E.”

The following new regulation is hereby added after Regulation 478: “478A. In every case where trustees have been or are hereafter appointed under section 10 of ‘The Volunteer Drill-sheds and Lands Act, 1888,’ the officer commanding the district for the time being shall be ex officio a trustee, notwithstanding that the number of trustees may thereby exceed the number prescribed by the said section.”

In the “Model Rules,” following Regulation 504, omit the words “Where necessary, read ‘unit’ for ‘company.’”

Regulation 539A of the 7th day of May, 1907, is hereby amended by omitting the word “unit.”

Regulation 540A: Paragraph (m) is hereby amended by omitting the word “regimental,” and substituting “regiment, battery, division”; and also by omitting the word “unit” wherever it occurs in this paragraph.

Regulation 540A: Paragraph (n) is hereby amended by omitting the word “units,” and substituting “Forces.”

Regulation 540B of the 7th day of May, 1907, is hereby amended by substituting the word “three” for the word “five.”

Regulation 592 is hereby revoked.

Regulation 598 is hereby amended by omitting the words “and Submarine Mining Engineer.”

Regulation 604 is hereby revoked.

Regulation 608 is hereby amended by omitting the word “unit,” and substituting “regiment, battery, division, or battalion”; and also by omitting the words “and Submarine Mining Engineer”; and also by omitting the words “Submarine Mining Engineer Volunteers” in last paragraph, and substituting “electric-light sections of Garrison Artillery companies.”

Regulations numbered 1, 4, 5, 21, 24, 29, 32, 33, 35, 37, 40, 53, 67, 85, 86, 87, 106, 116, 117, 140, 141, 150, 153, 155, 156, 159, 161, 162, 163, 164, 171, 172, 187, 188, 194, 197, 198, 199, 237, 301, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315, 318, 328, 332, 336A, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 351, 353, 360, 368, 369, 374A, 394, 399A, 403, 436, 438, 439, 440, 447, 453, 460, 471 (iv), 472 (ix), 473 (ii), 474 (ii), 476, 496, 497, 499, 503, 504, 538, 539, 540, 540B, 549, 562, 572, 575, are hereby amended by omitting the word “unit” wherever it occurs, and substituting therefor the word “corps.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twenty-sixth day of March, one thousand nine hundred and eight.

ROBERT MCNAB,
For Minister of Defence.

D. 08/163. D. 07/4288.
D. 08/417. D. 07/4031.
D. 08/546.