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Clubs will not be eligible for appointment to the corps. Reserve
officers and members of Rifle Clubs over the age limit for service
with the Territorial Force will, however, be eligible.

DRESS.

685. The uniform to be worn will be as laid down in the New
     Zealand Dress Regulations. Officers must provide themselves with
     Service Dress only, the provision of other uniform being optional.

ABSENCE FROM NEW ZEALAND.

686. Officers who will be absent from New Zealand or in any
     way prevented from performing their duties must inform the Officer
     Commanding the District to that effect, in writing.

PAY.

687. Officers shall receive the following rates of pay applicable
     to Territorial Officers of their rank, when called upon for duty,
     but only half these rates if called out for a half-day's tour of duty
     (see para. 688), viz.-
     Lieutenant-Colonel, at the rate of 15s. per diem.
     Major,
     Captain,
     Lieutenant,
     ", 12s.
     ", 10s.
     ", 8s.

ALLOWANCE FOR USE OF CARS.

688. (1.) Allowances will be granted to officers as follows in
     connection with their employment on duty in peace time:-
     Class "A" cars of not less than 20 horse-power and
     26 cwt. in weight, having seating capacity for four
     persons (including driver), 40s. per diem.
     Class "B," cars of under 20 horse-power or under 26 cwt.
     in weight, having seating capacity for four persons
     (including driver), 37s. 6d. per diem.
     Class "C," cars of not less than 10 horse-power having
     seating capacity for one or two persons in addition
     to driver, 30s. per diem.
     (2.) An officer may also be called out for a half-day's tour of
     duty, when half the above rates only will be paid. A half-day's
     tour of duty will not exceed five hours.

(3.) This allowance must cover all expenses, including wear
and tear, cost of petrol and lubricating oil, cost of repairs, ferry
tolls, &c. Days on which out and home journeys only are per-
formed do not count for the daily allowance unless the total mileage
for these journeys exceeds twenty-five miles, when an extra day's
pay (para. 687) will be paid.

PRECEDENCE.

689. Officers of the New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve take
     precedence as follows: (1) For the purposes of command, with
     their unit only; (2) for purposes other than command, according
     to the date of their seniority in the Territorial Force.

DISCIPLINE.

690. Officers of the New Zealand Forces Motor Reserve will
     be subject to the regulations relating to discipline which are in
     force for the Territorial Force.

FORMS.

691. All claims for payments, authorization of payments, and
     reports of duty performed must be forwarded, on the special forms
     authorized by the Officer Commanding the District, direct to the
     Permanent Staff Officer administering the corps, at Headquarters,
     Wellington, who will, if satisfied that they are correct, forward
     them to the Quartermaster-General for approval.

EXAMINATION.

692. There will be no examination for promotion in connection
     with the Motor Reserve, and first appointments will be recommended
     by the General Officer Commanding, New Zealand Military Forces,
     in ranks suitable to the ages of applicants. Promotions will be
     subsequently made in the Motor Reserve as vacancies in the estab-
     lishment of the various ranks occur.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor,
this twenty-second day of December, one
thousand nine hundred and thirteen.

J. ALLEN,
Minister of Defence.

Hdqts. 67/14.]

By Authority: JOHN MACKAY, Government Printer, Wellington.

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