Sept. 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2913

such inventory, together with a list of debts (if any),
to the officer in charge of the district, who shall trans-
mit the same, with all necessary information regarding
pay and allowances due, to the Public Trustee or his
agent, with a view to the proper disposal of such pro-
perty in accordance with the law.

Defaulter and Merit Sheets.

240. Each member of the Force below the rank
     of Sub-Inspector shall have a defaulter sheet and a
     record of merit. All offences for misconduct, acts
     of indiscipline, &c., of which the man has been
     convicted shall be entered on the defaulter sheet.
     This sheet shall be kept at the district office of the
     district in which the man is for the time being
     stationed, and on his transfer to another district
     it shall be forwarded to the officer in charge of the
     district to which he is transferred.

241. A man’s defaulter sheet shall be a correct
     transcript of the offences of which he has been con-
     victed, and the punishment awarded for each offence.
     No monthly return of defaulters shall be sent to the
     Commissioner’s office until the Superintendent or
     Inspector has satisfied himself that every conviction
     recorded against a man during the month has been
     correctly entered on his defaulter sheet.

242. The record on the defaulter sheet of the
     decision arrived at by the Commissioner, Board of
     inquiry, Superintendent, or Inspector, after hearing
     the evidence on each charge, shall be given to the
     person charged to read, who must signify in writing
     below the record that he has seen and read it; and
     he must clearly understand that by doing so he in
     no way prejudices his right to appeal against the
     decision should he feel he has good grounds for
     doing so.

243. The original file dealing with each offence of
     which a member of the Force is convicted shall be
     forwarded to the Commissioner’s office.

244. The record number and date of the file re-
     lating to each entry on a man’s defaulter sheet is
     to be entered in the column of “ Remarks ” opposite
     such entry.

245. Cautions and reprimands must not be entered
     on defaulter sheets, except in cases where reprimands
     have been administered by the Commissioner, when
     they shall be entered.

246. In the record-of-merit sheet shall be entered
     all records of merit granted by the Commissioner to
     any non-commissioned officer or Constable for special
     services rendered—such as acts of bravery in saving
     life at great personal risk to one’s own life; the
     display of great tact and skill in working up a very
     difficult case and bringing it to a successful issue;
     or having shown in the discharge of his Police duties
     exceptional zeal and ability, exceeding that which
     is expected from zealous and efficient members of
     the Force of his own rank with similar opportunities.
     Rewards granted for the detection of sly-grog
     selling, gaming, and similar offences shall not be
     recorded on the merit sheet.

247. An entry shall also be made in the merit
     sheet recording the granting of the long-service and
     good-conduct or other medal; the passing of the
     Solicitors’ Examination, or any University, Civil
     Service, ambulance, or Police examination, or any
     examination showing that the man is proficient in
     any foreign or the Maori language, or that he is
     proficient in shorthand up to one hundred words
     per minute. Satisfactory proof of having passed
     any such examination must, however, be produced
     to the Commissioner before the desired entry can be
     made on the merit sheet.

248. On the discharge or death of a member of
     the Force, or on his promotion to the rank of officer,
     his defaulter and merit sheets shall be forwarded to
     the Commissioner’s office to be recorded and filed
     there.

249. A certificate of service and conduct as disclosed
     by the defaulter and merit sheets may be granted
     to any member of the Force applying for same on
     his discharge from the Force, provided that he has
     completed at least twelve months’ service and that
     he has not been dismissed or compelled to resign
     on account of misconduct or inefficiency. Such
     certificates shall be granted only by the Commis-
     sioner; other officers shall not give members of the
     Force certificates of service or testimonials, but
     shall refer applications for same to the Commissioner.

250. A record of the transfers of each member
     of the Force from station to station shall be kept
     with his defaulter sheet, and in which shall be
     entered the circumstances that have rendered each
     transfer necessary, so that it can be seen from the
     record whether any particular transfer was caused
     by misconduct or inefficiency, by causes altogether
     unconnected with the man transferred, or at his
     own request, or for any other reason. Some transfers
     are in the nature of punishments, while others are
     in the nature of rewards, as is the case where a man
     is frequently removed from station to station because
     of his superior capabilities. On the other hand, a
     comparatively inefficient Constable may be sent to
     an unimportant station where he will be subjected
     to but few transfers. It is therefore very necessary
     that the transfer record should be most carefully
     and correctly filled up, so that an officer, by a perusal
     of the particulars set forth therein, may be enabled
     to form a correct judgment concerning the character
     and efficiency of the Sergeant or Constable who has
     been transferred to his district. A copy of each
     entry made in a man’s transfer record is to be for-
     warded to the Commissioner, so that the duplicate
     of the record which is kept in the Commissioner’s
     office can be posted up accurately.

Depot.

251. A training-depot is established for the training
     of recruits.

All candidates who have not had considerable
previous Police experience shall undergo a course of
instruction therein before being sworn in, and should
they prove in any way unsuitable will not be per-
manently appointed to the Force.

252. The following rules shall be observed at the
     training-depot :—

(1.) The probationers shall be provided with free
lodgings at the depot, but shall provide their own
sheets, towels, boot-brushes, &c.

(2.) They shall be provided with food by the
depot caterer, and shall pay the amount fixed by
the Commissioner therefor.

(3.) During summer (from the 1st October to the
31st March) all probationers shall rise not later
than 6 a.m., and in winter 7 a.m. daily (except
Sunday, when they shall rise not later than 7.30 a.m.),
and shall do fatigue duty until breakfast-time.

(4.) The beds must be made, and bedrooms pre-
pared for inspection by 10 a.m.

(5.) The hours for meals shall be arranged by the
Superintendent of the district so that as many men
as possible belonging to the mess may sit down
together. All men must be neatly and properly
attired at meals. They must not sit down to meals
in shirt-sleeves or singlets.