stating the nature of the illness or accident and the probable period of absence
shall be forwarded to his O.C. The O.C. may, however, in his discretion, require
that the medical certificate shall be furnished forthwith.

191. Pay during sick-leave shall be in accordance with the following
     schedule:

No exception will be made in the foregoing schedule, excepting in the case
of illness resulting from causes that can be directly traced to conditions under
which an officer or soldier is working, or whether an officer or soldier in the dis-
charge of his duties and through no fault of his own sustains injuries of such a
nature as to incapacitate him for duty.

192. An O.C. Command, the O.C. the R.N.Z.A., or O.C. the departmental
     unit concerned may grant sick-leave on pay subject to the foregoing schedule up
     to a maximum of one month. Recommendations for an extension of such sick-
     leave on pay must be submitted to the G.O.C. for approval.

193. A member of the Permanent Forces who has been continuously absent
     on sick-leave for more than three months will not be permitted to return to duty
     until he has been passed as fit to resume duty by a Medical Board.

194. Sick-leave on pay allowed under these instructions may be granted
     in one or more periods, but the aggregate amount of leave on pay provided for
     in the schedule is intended to cover a period of three years dating from the first
     absence on sick-leave on pay.

195. The second or any subsequent triennial period will commence on the
     date of the first absence on sick-leave following the date upon which the previous
     triennial period expired; and for the three years thus commencing the full
     amount of leave provided in the schedules, according to length of service, may
     again be allowed.

196. When an officer, W.O., N.C.O., or man of the Permanent Forces is
     considered to be, through being frequently on the sick-list, or for any other
     cause, physically unfit for the service, a report shall be obtained from a Medical
     Board, and Headquarters will then take such action as the report may indicate
     to be necessary.

Medical Examination of Candidates for Enlistment in the

N.Z. Military Forces.

197. A candidate for enlistment in the N.Z. Permanent Forces will be
     required to pay a fee of £1 1s. to each of two members of the Medical Board
     examining him, and should an opinion of a specialist be considered necessary
     the candidate will pay the specialist's fee also. A specialist will, however, be
     consulted only with the approval of the D.G.M.S.

SECTION XII.—POSTAGE AND TELEGRAMS.

Postage.

198. The amount of postage will in all cases be ascertained before letter
     and packets are despatched, and no unnecessary papers are to be sent through
     the post. The cost of such postage in the case of letters and packets sent by
     book or parcel post will be defrayed by means of official postage-stamps, which
     O.C. Commands will obtain by requisition on the Postmaster, and issue in such
     quantities as may be determined.

199. O.C. units, &c., will requisition for stamps through the O.C. Command,
     the cost of the same to be paid for out of the regimental-funds grant.

200. Except in very special cases, large files of papers are not to be trans-
     mitted through the post. Book or parcel post must, as far as possible, be utilized
     for returns, &c., so as to ensure the cheapest rate.

201. Despatch clerks will ensure that all memoranda intended for the same
     address is enclosed, when practicable, in one packet or envelope.

Telegrams.

202. Telegraphic communications will be limited to messages on the public
     service of urgent necessity, and recourse will be had to telegraphic communica-
     tion in cases only where the delay involved in the transmission of a letter by
     post would be prejudicial to the public service. Cablegrams are not to be sent
     without Ministerial authority except in cases where they are chargeable to the
     funds of the unit, &c.

203. A telegraphic message sent on the public service will have attached to
     the form on which it is made out the necessary stamps of the proper value in
     the same manner as if the message were a private one. It will be the duty of
     the Director of Financial Services to bring under the notice of the G.O. i/c A.
     any telegrams which do not appear to be in strict compliance with the regulations.

204. In the event of any messages being improperly sent as on the public
     service, or of any messages not being of sufficient urgency or importance, the
     officers or others sending them will be called upon to defray the cost.