2762
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 68

Regulation 84 is hereby revoked, and the following regulation substituted in lieu thereof:—

Proficiency Pay.

84. Proficiency pay, as under, is only payable to gunners and drivers of not less than six months’ service. Warrant officers, N.C.O.s, artificers, and clerks are ineligible for proficiency pay.

Regulation 86 is hereby revoked, and the following regulation substituted in lieu thereof:—

Good-conduct Pay.

86. Good-conduct pay at the following rates shall be awarded, in accordance with R.N.Z.A. Standing Orders, to gunners and drivers, and to artificers and clerks of under three years’ service as such, if not holding N.C.O. rank on appointment. Warrant and non-commissioned officers are ineligible for good-conduct pay.

Regulation 87, including heading, is hereby revoked, and the following regulation substituted in lieu thereof:—

DIVISIONAL SERGEANTS-MAJOR.

87. The N.C.O. detailed to act as divisional sergeant-major to a garrison artillery division or to the garrison artillery company at Lyttelton and Dunedin respectively, also the N.C.O. of the R.N.Z.A. acting as company sergeant-major at Westport, shall receive regimental pay equal to the minimum pay of a second-class staff sergeant in the regiment, but shall only be entitled to receive allowances permissible for his permanent grade in the R.N.Z.A.

Regulation 88, including heading, is hereby revoked, and the following regulation substituted in lieu thereof:—

ARTIFICER SECTION.

Regulation 89 is hereby revoked, and the following regulation substituted in lieu thereof:—

89. (a.) Only two warrant officers shall be allowed on the establishment of artificers—i.e., the armament sergeant-major in charge of armament workshops at Auckland and Wellington respectively. Promotion to armament sergeant-major shall be made on the recommendation of the O.C. R.N.Z.A. and approved by the G.O.C.

(b.) The term “artificer” includes all tradesmen on the establishment of artificers of each section of R.N.Z.A., and the above rates of pay shall apply equally to corresponding ranks.

(c.) The above assumes that men enter the artificer section as gunners or drivers, but N.C.O.s may be transferred to the section with the rank they hold, provided the interim period separating promotion to the various ranks given above (as affecting individual cases) must be served in the section before promotion to the next higher rank.

(d.) Only those artificers in the R.N.Z.A. who were serving as such on or before 1st October, 1907, shall count their total service as qualifying service for promotion in the artificer section; artificers appointed subsequent to 1st October, 1907, shall only count service for promotion from date of appointment as artificers, except as provided in subparagraph (c) above.

Regulation 90 is hereby revoked, and the following regulation substituted in lieu thereof:—

90. When public quarters are not available, a monthly allowance in lieu of quarters shall be granted to warrant officers, N.C.O.s, and men on the married establishment according to the following scale:—

Warrant officers and staff sergeants £25 per annum.
Sergeants .. .. .. .. £20 „
Rank and file .. .. .. £15 „

Warrant officers and staff sergeants who were, prior to the 1st October, 1907, drawing a higher rate of house allowance will continue to draw the higher rate.

Regulation 91, with heading, is hereby revoked, and the following regulation substituted in lieu thereof:—

ALLOWANCE FOR DETENTION DUTY.

91. Officers in charge of detention barracks, and warrant officers, N.C.O.s, and men of the R.N.Z.A. while actually employed on duty in connection with the military detention of members of the Territorial Force or Senior Cadets, shall draw the following daily allowance:—

The above allowance shall only be drawn during the period members of the Territorial Force or Senior Cadets are actually undergoing detention.

Regulation 92 is hereby revoked, and the following regulation substituted in lieu thereof:—

SEPARATION ALLOWANCE, MARRIED W.O.S, N.C.O.S, AND MEN, R.N.Z.A.

92. Warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and men on the married establishment who are ordered away from their permanent stations on duty shall receive separation allowance at the rate of 1s. 6d. per diem. Separation allowance shall not be permissible for days on which travelling-allowance is drawn.

Regulations 95, 96, 97, and 98, with heading, are hereby revoked, and the following regulations substituted in lieu thereof:—

CLERICAL SECTION.

95. Appointment to the Clerical Section of the R.N.Z.A. shall be confined to such men as are educationally qualified and who have served for at least one year, have passed all their drills, and are efficient.

96. On appointment to the Clerical Section a clerk shall serve for six months on probation before being confirmed in the appointment.

97. The scale of promotion in the Clerical Section shall be as follows:—

On completion of three years’ service from date of appointment as clerk, if a gunner or driver, to be promoted to the rank of bombardier. N.C.O.s may be appointed to the Clerical Section provided the interim period separating promotion to the various ranks in the section (as affecting individual cases) must be served before promotion to the next higher rank. And thereafter,—
On completion of seven years’ service or four years’ as bombardier, to be promoted corporal.
On completion of ten years’ service or three years’ as corporal, to be promoted sergeant.
On completion of twelve years’ service or two years as sergeant, to be promoted staff sergeant (second class).
On completion of fifteen years’ service or three years as staff sergeant, to be promoted quartermaster-sergeant (first class).
On completion of twenty years’ service or five years as quartermaster-sergeant, to receive pay at the rate of 11s. per day.