MAY 8.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1297

Regulations under Section 5 of the Military Decorations and Distinctive Badges Act, 1918 (relating to the Boy Scouts Association).

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of April, 1919.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers conferred on him by section five of the Military Decorations and Distinctive Badges Act, 1918, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, doth hereby make the regulations set forth in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

1. In these regulations “Association” means the Dominion Boy Scouts Association (being the New Zealand branch of the Boy Scouts Association established by Royal Charter).

PART I.
CONDITIONS OF MEMBERSHIP IN NEW ZEALAND OF THE BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION.

2. (1.) For the purposes of section 5 of the Military Decorations and Distinctive Badges Act, 1918, no person shall be deemed a member of the Association in New Zealand who is not for the time being registered as such pursuant to these regulations.
   (2.) For the purpose of these regulations the Chief Commissioner of the Association in New Zealand shall keep, or cause to be kept, a register in which shall be recorded—
   (a.) The names and addresses of all patrols of Boy Scouts established in New Zealand;
   (b.) The names and addresses of all commissioned officers of the Association; and
   (c.) The names and addresses of all persons appointed or elected as honorary members of the Association pursuant to its rules.
   (3.) There shall also be kept a register for each Boy Scout district, in which shall be recorded—
   (a.) The names and addresses of all patrols existent in the district; and
   (b.) The names and addresses of all persons for the time being enrolled as members of any such patrol.
   (4.) The registers to be kept pursuant to these regulations shall from time to time be amended by the addition of the names of new patrols or new members (as the case may require), or by the removal of the names of patrols that have been disbanded or of persons who have ceased in any manner to be members of the Association.

PART II.
UNIFORMS OF OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION.

3. The uniforms of the officers and members of the Association in New Zealand shall be as under:—

Staff.

Material.—Khaki cloth or serge.
Shoulder-straps, collar, and lapels of frock in myrtle green. Sleeves with pointed cuffs, having a tracing of narrow green cloth or braid round pointed cuffs; and bands of green cloth or braid, ½ in. wide and ¼ in. apart, round the cuffs.
Garters.—Green B.P. with tasseled ends.
Hat.—B.P. pattern with leather or galloon band, and with Dominion B.P. badge (a fleur-de-lis within a circle of fern-leaves and having the words “Be Prepared—Dominion Scouts” stamped or engraved thereon) in front.
Staff Badges.—Fern-leaves in silver or in brass worn on lapels of frock.

Scoutmasters’ and Assistants’ Uniform.

Material.—Khaki drill or serge.
Four Scout buttons down front of Norfolk jacket, small button on pockets, leather belt with swivel and two braces, white shoulder-knot.
Garters.—Green B.P., as for Staff.
Hat.—B.P. pattern as for Staff, with B.P. badge in front.

Boy Scouts’ Uniform.

Material.—Khaki drill.
Hat.—B.P. shape, with fleur-de-lis badge and scroll in front for First-class Scouts; Junior Scouts wear a glengarry, and Sea Scouts wear a sailor cap with white cover and a black band, with the words “N.Z. Sea Scouts” in gold letters in front,

Shirt.—Polo collar, two breast pockets with flaps to button down, box pleat down each pocket, with fleur-de-lis button-hole badge in left flap of pocket.
Shorts, with loops at waist for belt.
Belt.—Khaki leather, with two rings and swivels and Dominion Boy Scout clasp.
Neckerchief worn loosely round the neck, knotted at the throat and at one end.
Stockings black, with green turnover tops; green B.P. garters.
Staff marked in feet and inches.
Haversack worn as a knapsack.
Badges.—The fleur-de-lis button-hole badge, the class badges (fleur-de-lis and “Be Prepared” scroll), and protected badges of the Boy Scouts Association.

PART III.
PROTECTED BADGES OF THE ASSOCIATION.

4. The badges hereinafter described may be worn by officers and members of the Association in accordance with the rules of the Association, and by no other person:—
   The honorary silver Wolf, silver Kiwi, and Kuri medals, the Boy Scout life-saving medals and medals of merit, the Association’s long-service medal, the Tatum medal, the Red Feather of the Scout Cadet Corps, and the King’s Scout badges, the first-class and second-class Scout badges, the fleur-de-lis button-hole badges, and the following proficiency badges, all of which are embroidered on cloth, the emblem of each handicraft or subject of study being embroidered in silk within a green silk embroidered circle,—
   Ambulance, aviator, architect, barber, basket-worker, bee-farmer, boatman, bugler, carpenter, camp sanitation, clerk, cook, coastguard, cyclist, dairyman, drummer, electrician, engineer, entertainer, farmer, fireman, gardener, handyman, hobbyist, horseman, interpreter, laundryman, leather-worker, marksman, master-at-arms, mason, metal-worker, miner, missioner, musician, naturalist, pathfinder, philatelist, physical chemist, physical scientist, photographer, pilot, pioneer, piper, plumber, poultry-farmer, printer, prospector, rescuer, sea fisherman, signaller, stalker, seaman, surveyor, swimmer, tailor, telegraphist, thriftyman, textile-worker, watchman, and woodman.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under the War Pensions Act, 1915.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of April, 1919.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

IN pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on him by the War Pensions Act, 1915 (hereinafter referred to as “the said Act”), His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, doth hereby make the following regulation for the purposes of the said Act.

REGULATION.

MAXIMUM PENSIONS UNDER SECTION 22 OF THE SAID ACT.

THE maximum rates of pension payable in respect of the death or disablement of any person referred to in section 22 of the said Act, other than a member of the New Zealand Army Nursing Staff, shall be the maximum rates set out in the First and Second Schedules to the War Pensions Amendment Act, 1917, respectively.

F. W. FURBY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

Member appointed to Raurimu Public Hall Board.

LIVERPOOL, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of April, 1919.

Present:
THE HONOURABLE SIR JAMES ALLEN, K.C.B., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by an Order in Council dated the twenty-seventh day of August, one thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and published in the Gazette of the twenty-ninth