Oct. 13.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2493

Amended and Additional Regulations under the Naval Defence Act, 1913.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 10th day of October, 1921.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

IN 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 amend and supplement the regulations for the government and payment of the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy made under the said Act by Order in Council of the twentieth day of June, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, as shown in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

(1.) ADD an additional regulation No. 12A as follows:—

12a. Extension of Allotment in case of Death. — In the case of death of a rating to whom marriage allowance or dependant’s allowance was being paid at the time of death, the allotment based on such allowance is to be continued at the rate in force for four weeks following the date of the notification of death. This should be the fourth Thursday following the date of death, and if death occurs on a Thursday that day is not to count as one of the four. In communicating the stoppage of allotments, the date of death and inclusive date to which allotment is payable should be stated.

(2.) Add an additional regulation No. 12B as follows:—

12b. Extension of Pay, &c., to Men invalided. — The pay and allowances of ratings lent from the Royal Navy who may be invalided are to be extended, and discharge postdated, for twenty-eight days from the date of approval of the medical survey. It is not the intention that the men should be detained for this period, but the procedure is designed to prevent men whose deferred pay has mostly gone to meet pension contributions being left unprovided for pending the consideration of their claims to pensions or gratuities, which may be payable by the Admiralty or under article 37 of these regulations.

2. The pay and allowances to be extended are such as the man may have been receiving at the date of his survey, including marriage or dependant’s allowance, and leave allowance when not victualled. Any allotment based on marriage or dependant’s allowance is to be continued for four weeks at the rate in force as a charge against the man’s extended account.

3. As men who do not wish to take their discharge in New Zealand are required to be resurveyed at a Naval hospital on arrival in England, the extension of pay, &c., previously authorized will, in their case, take effect from date of approval of the survey as a result of which the man is finally invalided, and the depot to which the man is discharged is to be informed of the terms of this regulation.

4. In the case of all ratings invalided, immediate application should be made to the Naval Secretary for payment of deferred pay and interest accrued. The application should state the address to which it is desired that the sum due be remitted, and the amount due in respect of the current quarter up to and including the date of discharge. In the case of any deductions the reasons should be stated.

(3.) Add an additional regulation No. 30A as follows:—

30a. Playing Harmonium, &c. — In all ships an allowance of 2s. a week is payable to any properly qualified person of the ship’s company, selected by the Commanding Officer, who plays the harmonium or other suitable instrument and conducts the choir during divine service. The allowance is payable whether a Chaplain officiates at the service or not.

2. This allowance is payable to the schoolmaster or other person in the training-ship, selected by the Chaplain as choirmaster, whose duty it is to train the choir and play the harmonium at divine services. He may also be granted an allowance at the rate of £4 a year from the Training Service Fund at the discretion of the Commanding Officer.

(4.) At the end of regulation No. 44 add the words “and may be extended to include Saturdays, where such extension is considered desirable.”

(5.) Cancel clause 5 of regulation No. 47, and substitute:—

5. Should a man be discharged at his own request, or for other causes other than by invaliding, within two years of entry, a charge is to be made