JUNE 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1631

Per Diem.
s. d.

SICK-BERTH STAFF.

Dispensing-allowance. To all sick-berth ratings serving afloat (above grade of sick-berth attendant) and when acting as dispenser on shore .. .. .. .. .. 0 3
X-ray attendant. To sick-berth rating qualified (rating must requalify every three years) .. .. .. .. 0 6
Masseur. To sick-berth rating qualified (rating must requalify every three years) .. .. .. .. 0 6
Laboratory attendant. To sick-berth rating qualified (rating must requalify every three years) .. .. .. .. 0 6
Sick-berth attendant. To any rating employed on this duty—
In a ship in which a sick-berth rating is allowed but not borne, or in a ship in which a sick-berth rating is not allowed nor a Medical Officer borne .. .. .. 0 3
In a ship in which a sick-berth rating is not allowed but a Medical Officer is borne .. .. .. .. 0 2

MISCELLANEOUS SPECIAL DUTY.

Lamp-trimmer. To seaman or stoker rating detailed for duty as lamp-trimmer in ships allowed the rating .. .. .. 0 3
Warrant officers' servant. To able seamen (not holding higher gunnery or torpedo rating) or stoker 1st class, while actually performing the duty afloat, in lieu of warrant officers' steward or cook .. .. .. .. .. 0 4
Acting-schoolmaster. To the rating giving school instruction in his spare time, and subject to the Captain being satisfied that the duty has been diligently performed .. .. .. 0 8
Ship's library, allowance for care of. Where no schoolmaster or acting-schoolmaster is borne; to the rating managing the library 0 3
Tailor. To seaman below rating of petty officer .. .. 0 4
Store allowance. In ships whose complement does not include a warrant or commissioned shipwright; to chief shipwright or, at the discretion of the Commanding Officer, to any experienced shipwright rating having charge of carpenter's stores .. 0 6
Diver. Must be a S.G. or S.T., chief stoker, stoker petty officer, leading stoker, joiner, leading carpenter's crew, carpenter's crew, armourer's mate, blacksmith's mate, or armourer's crew; must be able to swim; must obtain a diver's certificate and must qualify every three years.
Diver, 2nd class .. .. .. .. .. 0 3
Diver, 1st class .. .. .. .. .. 0 6
Artificer diver. Must be an E.R.A., mechanic, shipwright, armourer, ordnance artificer, or blacksmith; must be able to swim and to be of a stature adapted to the diving-dress ordinarily supplied; must requalify every three years .. 0 9
Diving instructor. To the chief petty officer or other rating instructing divers or artificer divers .. .. .. 0 9
Good-conduct badges. For each badge up to a maximum of three 0 3
Grog-money. To be credited quarterly in advance at the rate of £1 1s. per quarter, and paid in a lump sum in the next quarterly settlement. The allowance is to be credited at the rate of 3d. per diem for parts of a quarter or for broken periods, and adjusted at this rate on discharge, &c., during the quarter, subject to the maximum of £1 1s. not being exceeded. The option to change from “temperance” to “grog” can only be exercised quarterly—i.e., from the first day of the subsequent quarter.

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

By Authority: MARCUS F. MARKS, Government Printer, Wellington