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98. There will be only one sergeant-major clerk. Promotion to the rank of sergeant-major clerk (W.O.) shall be made on the recommendation of the Officer Commanding the R.N.Z.A. and approved by the G.O.C.

All promotions will be subject to good conduct and efficiency.

Regulation 164 is hereby revoked, and the following regulation substituted in lieu thereof:—

164. Provided that there are at least fifty of his denomination present in camp, one chaplain of each denomination shown in the Army List shall be appointed for duty at every statutory camp, and shall be entitled to pay according to rank as classed in the New Zealand Army List, and allowances as for Territorial Officers—i.e., 4s. per diem messing allowance whilst in camp, and travelling-allowance while going to and from same.

Regulation 180 is hereby revoked, and the following regulation substituted in lieu thereof:—

180. Brigadiers and Coast Defence Commanders shall draw the above allowance of 15s. per diem in addition to steamer, rail, or coach fares, for a period not exceeding twenty-one days per annum, for the purpose of inspecting their units, and when ordered to attend any camps not connected with their own unit. Officers commanding units shall draw the above allowance of 12s. 6d. per diem in addition to steamer, rail, or coach fares, for a period not exceeding twenty-one days per annum, for the purpose of inspecting their units.

Regulation 268 is hereby amended by deleting the first three lines, and substituting in lieu thereof:—

268. Fuel and light shall be granted to warrant officers, N.C.O.s, and men of the R.N.Z.A. occupying Government quarters, according to the scale below.

Regulation 276 is hereby amended by deleting the words “for subsistence” in the ninth line.

Regulation 281 is hereby amended by inserting the word “not” between the words “shall” and “be” in the second line; and by adding, after the word “regulations” in the third line, the words “except when such sickness or injury has been caused by misconduct.”

The following regulations are hereby made:—

71A. Unless otherwise specified, all regulations governing the pay and allowances of non-commissioned officers shall apply also to warrant officers.

98A. N.C.O.s and men of the R.N.Z.A. while actually performing the duty of clerks to Imprestees shall draw extra duty pay at the rate of 6d. per diem.

143A. Married officers shall be granted first-class passages for their wives and families, or in lieu of this they shall be entitled to draw a separation allowance at the rate of £60 per annum.

158A. Members of the Territorial Force shall be granted extra duty pay at the rate of 2s. 6d. per diem while performing the duties of cooks or assistant cooks at the annual camps.

158B. Extra duty pay at the rate of 2s. per diem shall be granted to members of the brigade supply and ordnance staffs for the days they are detailed for duty in connection with brigade or coast defence camps.

143B. Officers sent abroad for instruction prior to the 1st March, 1913, may elect to come under the present regulations or continue to draw the allowance as approved prior to their embarkation.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this twentieth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

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Regulations for the Military Forces of the Dominion of New Zealand revoked and amended.

LIVERPOOL, Governor.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by the Defence Act, 1909, and its amendments, I, Arthur William de Brito Savile, Earl of Liverpool, the Governor of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby revoke the regulation made on the twenty-ninth day of April, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, and published in the New Zealand Gazette of the eighth day of May of the same year, and in lieu thereof do hereby make the regulation set forth in the Schedule hereto; and I do hereby declare that such revocation shall take effect and such regulation shall come into force on the nineteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

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SCHEDULE.

EXEMPTIONS FROM PERSONAL SERVICE.

REGULATION 427A is hereby revoked, and the following substituted in lieu thereof:—

427A. A member of the Military Forces desirous of obtaining exemption from personal service on the grounds that undue hardship is caused by the requirements of such service (section 33 (π), Defence Amendment Act, 1912) will first give fourteen days’ notice to the officer commanding his unit, and at the expiration of that period the applicant will make written application to the nearest Magistrates’ Court.

The officer commanding the unit will inquire into the merits of each case, and within the fourteen days will notify the Clerk of the Magistrates’ Court whether he recommends or intends to oppose the application, and the application shall be heard and determined by a Magistrate.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor, this nineteenth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

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Officer under the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed.

Government Buildings,
Wellington, 27th August, 1913.

IT is hereby notified that His Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance of the provisions of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

DOUGLAS GARDNER,

of Paiaka, Levin, to be an Officer for the purposes of Part II of that Act.

H. D. BELL.

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Officer for the Purposes of Part II of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed.

Government Buildings,
Wellington, 2nd September, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has, in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred by section 79 of the Fisheries Act, 1908, appointed

WILLIAM HUGH DICK

to be an Officer for the purposes of Part II of that Act.

H. D. BELL.

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Arrangements for First Election, &c., Kawakawa Town District, County of Bay of Islands.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 28th August, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

ERNEST HOLMES BLUNDELL,

of Kawakawa, to be Returning Officer for the purpose of conducting the first election of Commissioners of the Town District of Kawakawa as constituted under the Town Boards Act, 1908; also to appoint Wednesday, the 17th day of September, 1913, to be the date, and the Council Chambers, Kawakawa, to be the place at which the said first election shall be held; also to appoint Thursday, the 2nd day of October, 1913, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon, to be the time, and the Council Chambers, Kawakawa, to be the place, at which the first meeting of the said Commissioners shall be held.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs

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Registrar of Marriages, &c., appointed.

Department of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 1st September, 1913.

HIS Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint

MATHERS WILLIAM LETTS

to be the Registrar of Marriages and of Births and Deaths for the District of Hokianga.

H. D. BELL,
Minister of Internal Affairs.