Oct. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3201

126. In providing for the cost of removal only necessary household furniture and effects shall be taken into consideration. In the case of mounted soldiers, their horses may be transferred at the public expense if the Officer Commanding the District considers it necessary in the interests of the Forces.

127. All permanent transfers shall be subject to the following conditions:—
     (a.) A soldier shall not be entitled to any compensation from the Government for losses or damage arising from removal.
     (b.) In all cases where military transport is available it must be used.

CEREMONIAL PARADES.

(From 28th August, 1919.)

133A. Garrison and other bands ordered to attend ceremonial parades, guards of honour, &c., shall receive a personal payment of 2s. 6d. per man.

TRAVELLING-ALLOWANCE.—TERRITORIAL FORCE.

179. The rates of travelling-allowance for members of the Territorial Force shall be as laid down for the Permanent Force (Regulation 111 as amended by Gazette No. 40, of 3rd April, 1919), and subject to the same conditions.

180. All officers (including Brigadiers, Coast Defence Commanders, and Officers Commanding Units) shall be entitled to travelling-allowance in addition to steamer, rail, and coach fares when ordered to attend (1) staff tours, (2) courts-martial, (3) obligatory or voluntary courses of instruction, (4) Boards, (5) conferences. This allowance shall only be drawn for the day (or days) of arrival and departure.

181. All officers (including Brigadiers, Coast Defence Commanders, and Officers Commanding Units) shall be entitled to travelling-allowance in addition to steamer, rail, or coach fares when travelling to or from the annual camp, for each day on which pay is not drawn.

182. N.C.O.s and men shall be entitled to travelling-allowance in addition to steamer, rail, or coach fares when ordered to attend (1) courts-martial, (2) obligatory or voluntary courses of instruction, (3) Boards. This allowance shall only be drawn for the day (or days) of arrival and departure.

183. N.C.O.s and men shall be entitled to travelling-allowance in addition to steamer, rail, or coach fares when attending the annual camp, for each day on which pay is not drawn. The four extra days in camp are not to be reckoned as days for which pay is not drawn (i.e., no travelling-allowance is payable for the four extra days in camp, although pay is not drawn for that period).

184. All travelling-allowances are to be computed from the officers’ official headquarters, or, if no greater expense is involved, may be computed from the officers’ residences.

185. The cost of conveyance of units to and from annual training in camp, drills, and musketry shall be defrayed from the district training grant.

186. No grant from public funds shall be made for the conveyance of officers’ horses or other horses in excess of the number laid down in the Territorial Force establishments.

187. Officers and men joining a continuous course of instruction for which pay is drawn shall be allowed travelling-allowances from their place 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 be defrayed by the officer or man concerned, and will not be admitted as a public charge. Officers and men attending a course of instruction shall not be entitled to any allowances in connection with their horses unless such horses are required for mounted duties, a certificate to that effect being required.

188. Officers and men who reside at their homes whilst 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.

189. Travelling-allowances to and from voluntary courses of instruction, whether pay is given or not, may be admitted as laid down in paragraph 187 if the O.C. District so directs when sanctioning the attendance.

190. Officers will be allowed travelling-allowances 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.

191. Travelling-allowances will not be admissible for officers attending voluntary examinations, except as provided in paragraph 190 (2).

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

193. 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 endorsed as follows, and signed by the authorized person: “Territorial Force officer travelling on military duty at the Government expense.”

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this seventeenth day of October, one thousand nine hundred and nineteen.

J. ALLEN, Minister of Defence.