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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 90

Reserve 3235, Blocks X and XIV, Pigeon Bay Survey District: Area, 75 acres 3 roods.
Reserve 3106, Blocks IX and X, Pigeon Bay Survey District: Area, 17 acres.
Reserve 3234, Block X, Pigeon Bay Survey District: Area, 5 acres.
Reserve 3736, Block IX, Pigeon Bay Survey District (Morice Settlement): Area, 109 acres.
Reserve 3737, Block IX, Pigeon Bay Survey District (Morice Settlement): Area, 15 acres 0 roods 20 perches.
Reserve 3988, Block XII, Halswell Survey District: Area, 2 acres 0 roods 11 perches.
Reserve 3984, Block XII, Halswell Survey District: Area, 91 acres 2 roods 25 perches.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 28th day of October, 1920.

D. H. GUTHRIE,
Minister in Charge of Scenery Preservation.

Notice exempting certain Lands from the Operation of the Mining Act, 1908.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities vested in me by section 18 (1) (b) of the Mining Act, 1908, and of every other power and authority enabling me in that behalf, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby exempt the lands referred to and described in the Schedule hereto from the operation of the Mining Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

ALL that area in the Marlborough Land District, situate in Blocks IX and X, Linkwater Survey District, containing by admeasurement 455 acres, being Sections 1s to 7s inclusive of the Linkwater Dale Settlement, and being Original Sections 36, 37, 12, 38, 14, and 51, and parts Original Sections 31, 30, and 40, Mahakipawa Registration District. Commencing at the north-west corner of Section 7s, bounded towards the north by a public road, 8621 links; towards the east by part Section 40, Mahakipawa Registration District, 5127·7 links; towards the south generally by a public road, 4570, 505·5, and 4003·2 links; towards the west by parts Sections 30 and 31 aforesaid, 5591·4 links, to the point of commencement; be all the aforesaid linkages a little more or less. As the same are delineated on the plan marked Mines 15/3/1, and deposited in the Head Office, Mines Department, Wellington, and thereon edged red.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 21st day of October, 1920.

W. FRASER, for Minister of Mines.

New Zealand Military Forces.—Financial Instructions and Allowance Regulations amended.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

IN pursuance and exercise of the powers and authority conferred on me by the Defence Act, 1909, and its amendments, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, do hereby amend or revoke certain regulations made under that Act, as described in the Schedule hereto, and do hereby make additional regulations as set out in the said Schedule; and I do hereby declare that such amendments, revocations, and additional regulations shall take effect as from the dates specified.

SCHEDULE.

FINANCIAL INSTRUCTIONS AND ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND MILITARY FORCES.

PARAGRAPH 153A is hereby revoked as from 1st September, 1920.

The title to paragraph 274 is hereby revoked as from 1st September, 1920.

Paragraphs 274 and 276 (A) are hereby revoked as from 1st September, 1920.

Paragraph 44 is hereby amended from 1st September, 1920, by adding after the word “Duplicate” the words “show the reason for the non-production of the original”; and by substituting “Director of Financial Services” for “Paymaster-General.”

Paragraph 111 is hereby amended as from 1st August, 1920, to read as follows:—

111. (a.) Travelling-allowance at the following rates shall be paid. Such allowance shall include meals and porterage, and shall be paid only on defined absence from residence or headquarters. (Travelling-allowance shall not be drawn while under canvas, or while in receipt of camp allowance, or while with troops who are rationed):—

Per Diem.
£ s. d.
General Officer Commanding .. .. 1 5 0
Brigadier-General .. .. 1 1 0
Colonel or Lieutenant-Colonel .. .. 1 0 0
Major (receiving salary of over £600 per annum) .. .. .. 1 0 0
Major (receiving salary of £501–£600 per annum) .. .. .. 0 17 6
Captain or Lieutenant .. .. 0 15 0
Warrant officer or non-commissioned officer of or above the rank of sergeant .. 0 12 6
All other ranks below that of sergeant .. 0 11 0

(b.) Travelling-allowance at the following rates shall be paid to members of the New Zealand Army Nursing Service while travelling on duty:—

Per Diem.
£ s. d.
Matron-in-Chief or Matron .. .. 1 0 0
Charge Sister, Sister, or Staff Nurse .. 0 15 0
Masseuse .. .. According to rank.
V.A.D. .. .. .. 0 11 0

Paragraph 112 (b) is hereby amended as from 1st October, 1920, to read as follows:—

Except as provided in paras. 153 (a) and 153 (b), officers up to and including the rank of Colonel, warrant officers, non-commissioned officers above the rank of sergeant, and members of the N.Z. Army Nursing Service, travelling by train may claim, in lieu of the ordinary travelling-allowance, an allowance of £1 for the day of departure or return, provided they have incurred the cost of a sleeping-berth on the train, a receipt for which must be produced. Such allowance shall cover a period of twenty-four hours from the time of departure or return, or the whole period occupied in travelling if such period is less than twenty-four hours.

Paragraph 117 is hereby amended as from 1st January, 1920, by adding before the words “the maximum period” the words “unless otherwise approved by the G.O. in charge Administration.”

Paragraph 237 is hereby amended as from 1st June, 1920, by deleting the words “and Senior Cadet Companies.”

Paragraph 238 is hereby amended as from 1st June, 1920, to read as follows:—

(1.) The maintenance grant for all Senior Cadet companies in a group other than secondary-school units shall be consolidated into one account, and shall be kept in an official banking account, to be operated upon by the Group Commander or Area Officer.

(2.) The maintenance grant of secondary-school units shall be kept in an official banking account to be administered by the respective officers commanding such units.

(3.) No moneys other than the maintenance grant shall be paid into the accounts referred to in sub-paras. (1) and (2) above.

The title of paragraph 273 is hereby amended as from 1st September, 1920, to read “Officers of the N.Z. Permanent Forces.”

Paragraph 273 is hereby amended as from 1st September, 1920, by substituting the words “New Zealand Permanent Forces” for the words “New Zealand Staff Corps and Officers of the Royal New Zealand Artillery.”

The title “Royal New Zealand Artillery” over paragraph 275 is hereby amended as from 1st September, 1920, to read “Warrant Officers, Non-commissioned Officers, and Men of the New Zealand Permanent Forces.”

Paragraph 275 is hereby amended as from 1st September, 1920, by substituting the words “New Zealand Permanent Forces” for the letters “R.N.Z.A.”

Paragraphs 277 (B) and 278 (C) are hereby amended as from 1st September, 1920, by deleting the letters “(B)” and “(C)” respectively.

Section XII is hereby amended as from 1st September, 1920, by altering the title to read “Section XII.—Sick-leave: N.Z. Permanent Forces.”

Paragraph 281 is hereby amended as from 1st September, 1920, by substituting the word “sick-leave” for “leave of absence.”

The following new regulations are hereby made:—

(With effect from 1st September, 1920.)

153A. The following officers when travelling on the public service shall be entitled to deck berths on steamers and sleeping-berths on trains at the public expense:—

Officers at General Headquarters—
General officers.
Director of Military Training.
Staff officers in charge “G,” “A,” and “Q” branches.
Director of Artillery.
Director of Ordnance Services.
Director of Financial Services.
Director of Medical Services.

Officers at District Headquarters—
Officers commanding districts.
Chief staff officers.