MAR. 14] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 877

189. Officers and men joining a continuous course of instruction for which pay is drawn shall be allowed travelling-allowances from their places of residence to the nearest available place of instruction. Travelling-allowances in connection with the same course will be admitted only once. If an officer or man is permitted for his own convenience to attend a school or course which is not the nearest available one, any extra expense caused thereby will not be admissible. Officers and men attending a course of instruction shall not be entitled to travelling-allowances for their horses unless they are required to be mounted, and it is certified that they could not be supplied with a horse belonging to the Government.

190. Officers and men who reside at their homes while attending a continuous course of instruction will be allowed their actual daily travelling-expenses, if such expenses do not exceed the lodging-allowances to which they would otherwise have been entitled.

191. Travelling-allowances to and from voluntary courses of instruction, whether pay is given or not, may be admitted as laid down in para. 189, if the O.C. District so directs when sanctioning the attendance.

192. Officers will be allowed travelling-allowances not exceeding 10s. per diem of twenty-four hours to and from the nearest place at which arrangements can be conveniently made for their examination when attending,—
     (1.) The examination for promotion. Such travelling-allowances will be admitted for one journey only in respect of each examination, although the subjects of examination are taken up separately;
     (2.) An examination in a foreign language, provided they qualify as interpreters.

193. Travelling-allowances will not be admissible for officers attending voluntary examinations, except as provided in para. 192 (2).

194. Officers travelling on military duties, specially authorized by Headquarters or O.C. District, may be granted travelling-allowances as laid down in these instructions.

195. Officers travelling in the Dominion on duty of a nature which entitles them to travel at the public expense should be provided with a warrant, which must be given up at the railway booking office in exchange for a ticket. The warrant will be indorsed as follows, and signed by the authorized person : “Territorial Force officer travelling on military duty at the Government expense.”

ACCOMMODATION WHEN TRAVELLING IN THE DOMINION.

196. The following table shows the classes of accommodation by rail and sea :—

OUTFIT ISSUE.

197. Officers gazetted to the Territorial Force, other than those referred to in paragraph 199, who have not previously held commissions in the Volunteers, will be allowed on first appointment an outfit supplied free of charge by the Department. The issue of the outfit shall be subject to the conditions contained in the New Zealand Military Regulations for the time being in force.

198. Officers on first appointment to commissions on the Unattached List for service with the Senior Cadets, who have not previously served as Defence Cadet officers, will be supplied with an outfit free of charge by the Department. The issue of this grant is subject to the conditions of the last preceding paragraph, except that the officer will be required to serve only three years from the date of his appointment instead of five.

199. An outfit will not be issued to officers whose services are only available on mobilization until they are called up on mobilization being ordered. Such officers will then receive the outfit, and will not be required to qualify for it.

200. All claims for outfits will be submitted through O.C. units on the proper requisition form.

201. O.C. units will furnish a certificate to the effect that the outfit claimed is strictly in accordance with authority.

SECTION V.

Part I. - Compensation for Injuries received or Disease contracted on Duty.

ROYAL NEW ZEALAND ARTILLERY.

202. Compensation may be recommended by a Board appointed to inquire into the case of any member of the R.N.Z.A. who is retired or discharged on account of wounds or injuries received, or disease contracted on duty, if the wound, injury, or disease was not due to the member’s default. The compensation shall be according to the following scale, and will only be allowed in cases where superannuation is not claimable :—
     (a.) The maximum amount.
     (b.) Three-quarters of the maximum amount.
     (c.) One-half of the maximum amount.
     (d.) One-quarter of the maximum amount.