APRIL 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1043

Regulations under the Naval Defence Act, 1913.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government Buildings at Wellington, this 27th day of April, 1921.

Present:

THE HONOURABLE SIR F. H. D. BELL, K.C.M.G., PRESIDING IN COUNCIL.

I N pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by section twenty-five of the Naval Defence Act, 1913 (hereinafter called “the said Act”), and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, do hereby revoke the regulations made under the said Act by Order in Council dated the twenty-seventh day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen, and in lieu thereof do hereby make the regulations set out in the Schedule hereto under and for the purposes of the said Act; and I do hereby declare that such regulations shall come into operation on the date of the gazetting thereof.

SCHEDULE.

DISCIPLINE.

1. THE Regulations contained in Chapters XVII, XVIII, and XIX of the King's Regulations and Admiralty instructions shall apply, with the following modifications, and any other modifications that may from time to time be prescribed for the New Zealand Naval Forces by regulations under the said Act issued on the recommendation of the Naval Board constituted in and for the Dominion of New Zealand by Order in Council of the 14th day of March, 1921:—

Article 757, Table II: Number 19, to read “for all boys ratings and ordinary seamen 2nd class and equivalent ratings under the age of eighteen years.”

Article 799, clause 2: Amend so as to read “limited to boys and ordinary seamen 2nd class and equivalent ratings under the age of eighteen years.”

Article 807: In all cases where the maximum reward of £3 is mentioned £6 is to be read, and where a reward not exceeding £1 is mentioned £2 is to be read.

Wherever the words “Home,” “United Kingdom,” “England,” or similar words occur, the words “Dominion of New Zealand” are to be read.

Whenever reference to the Admiralty or Departments thereof is necessary, reference is to be made to the Navy Office, Wellington; and where reference to Commander-in-Chief or other Flag Officer is necessary, reference is to be made to the Commodore Commanding, New Zealand Station.

UNIFORM.

2. Officers and ratings of the New Zealand Naval Forces shall wear the uniform prescribed in the Uniform Regulations of the Royal Navy.

MATTERS REQUIRED TO BE PRESCRIBED BY THE SAID ACT.

3. The examinations required to be prescribed by section 5 of the said Act shall be those laid down in the King's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions for the time being in force, until such time as further regulations under the provisions of the said section may be prescribed on the recommendation of the Naval Board.

4. (i.) The conditions of appointment of active service warrant officers, non-commissioned officers, and petty officers required to be prescribed by section 8 of the said Act shall be as laid down in the King's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions for the time being in force and as obtain in the King's Naval Forces.

(ii.) The seniority of officers in their respective ranks shall be the same as that obtaining in the King's Naval Forces, or as may be prescribed on the recommendation of the Naval Board in regard to officers who have received commissions or warrants in the New Zealand Naval Forces.

5. As regards section 9 of the said Act, unless and until it shall be otherwise prescribed by regulation under the said Act, the ages for compulsory retirement of officers shall be the same as obtain in the King's Naval Forces, and the ages for the compulsory retirement of members of the Naval Forces other than officers shall be as follows, viz.:—

Chief Petty Officers and Petty Officers: 50 years.

Others: 45 years.

6. As regards section 10 of the said Act, the period of enlistment shall normally be for a term of twelve years from date of enlistment, or from the age of eighteen years if enlistment takes place before that age; except that the Naval Board may approve of engagements being entered into for terms of less than twelve years, provided that any such term is not less than two years, and may provide for the re-engagement of ratings at the termination of their previous engagements.

7. As regards section 11 of the said Act, the prescribed person other than a Justice of the Peace before whom the Oath of Allegiance shall be taken may be any commissioned officer serving in the New Zealand Naval Forces.

8. The period of liability for service in the New Zealand Royal Naval Reserve in time of war of a member of the sea-going Naval forces discharged therefrom, required to be prescribed by section 13 of the said Act, shall be ten years, or until the age of forty is reached.

9. As regards section 16 of the said Act, the drill, training, and inspection to which the members of the Naval forces other than the New Zealand Royal Naval Reserve shall be subject shall be such as are ordered from time to time by the Officer in Command of the station, ship, or establishment in which such members are serving.

C. A. JEFFERY,
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council.

CROWN LANDS NOTICES.

Pastoral Run in Canterbury Land District for License by Discharged Soldiers.

District Lands and Survey Office,
Christchurch, 20th April, 1921.

N OTICE is hereby given that the undermentioned pastoral run is open for selection by discharged soldiers in terms of the Land Act, 1908, and the Discharged Soldiers Settlement Act, 1915, and amendments; and applications will be received at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, up to 4 o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 24th day of May, 1921.

Applicants must appear personally before the Land Board for examination at the District Lands and Survey Office, Christchurch, at 10 o'clock a.m. on Wednesday, the 25th day of May, 1921, but if any applicant so desires he may be examined by the Land Board of any other district.

The ballot will be held at the conclusion of the examination of applicants.

SCHEDULE.

CANTERBURY LAND DISTRICT.—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT.

Waimate County.—Hewlings, Dalzell, and Gibson Survey Districts.

PART Waitangi Run 66A, Class A: Area, 21,200 acres; annual rent, £677 10s.; term, fourteen years.

All pastoral country, with flats (more or less stony) along the Waitaki River, remainder rough broken country ranging from 800 ft. to 6,300 ft. The vegetation consists mostly of native grasses. Well watered.

The improvements that go with the land are about thirty miles of boundary and subdivisional fencing, valued at £1,197.

Access is from Kurow Railway-station, about thirteen miles by fairly good road. Rabbits are somewhat numerous on this block, but they are now being trapped and poisoned.

Sale plans and full particulars may be obtained at this office.

G. H. BULLARD,
Commissioner of Crown Lands.

Pastoral Runs classified in Southland Land District.

Department of Lands and Survey,
Wellington, 23rd April, 1921.

N OTICE is hereby given that the Commissioners appointed to classify and report upon runs in the Southland Land District have classified the pastoral runs in the Schedule hereto as therein noted, and the classification has been approved by His Excellency the Governor-General, in terms of section 225 of the Land Act, 1908.

SCHEDULE.

SOUTHLAND LAND DISTRICT.

Class A.—Pastoral Runs.

Being Lands suitable exclusively for Pasturage and not capable of being used with Profit in Areas of a Carrying-capacity of less than 5,000 Sheep.

Runs 6 and 420A: Area, 44,640 acres; Lake County (national endowment).