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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 65

of the Royal Navy not below the rank of Captain to act as

president of a court-martial for the trial of any officer or

man borne on the books of one of His Majesty's ships pro-

vided by the Dominion of New Zealand, such officer shall

proceed therein in all respects as if he had been named as

president of a court-martial ordered by the Admiralty, or by

any officer holding a commission from the Admiralty to

order courts-martial for the trial of any officer or man borne

on the books of a ship of the Royal Navy. And every Judge-

Advocate or Deputy Judge-Advocate, or person belonging to

the Royal Navy officiating at such court-martial as Deputy

Judge-Advocate, shall transmit, with as much expedition as

may be, the original proceedings and the original sentence

of any such court-martial attended by him to the Commodore

Commanding or senior officer, who shall .transmit them to

the proper authority of the Dominion of New Zealand, and

shall transmit a complete and authenticated copy thereof to

the Secretary of the Admiralty for information.

F. D. THOMSON,

Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations under Provisions of the Naval Defence Act, 1913,
amended.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.
ORDER IN COUNCIL.
At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of
August, 1922.
Present:
HIS EXCELLENCE 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 amended by subsequent Orders in Council,
as shown in the Schedule hereto.

SCHEDULE.

1. In regulation No. 8 insert an additional paragraph, No. 3,
   as follows, with effect as from 1st October, 1922:-

"Marriage allowance may be paid to widowers with children
under the age of sixteen years in accordance with the following
scale, subject to an allotment being declared in favour of a
guardian of one-quarter of active pay (excluding allowances)
plus the full amount of marriage allowance,- Per Diem,
" Warrant officers of six years' seniority and over- s. d.
1 child or more .. .. .. .. 1 6
"Warrant Officers under six years’ seniority-
1 child .. .. .. .. .. 1 6
2 children or more .. .. .. 2 0

2. Add an additional regulation, No. 9B, as follows:-
   "Officers who are required to set and mark the papers for
   the local educational test may be paid fees on the following
   scale:- s. d.
   "Setting the two question papers.. 15 0
   "Correcting the worked papers .. 0 6 per candidate."

3. In regulation 11, cancel paragraph 2 (b) and substitute
   paragraph 3 as follows, with effect as from 1st October, 1922 :-
   "Marriage allowance may be paid to widowers with children
   under the age of sixteen years in accordance with the following
   scale, subject to an allotment being declared in favour of a
   guardian of one-quarter of active pay (exeluding allowances),
   plus the full amount of marriage allowance:-
   s. d.
   "1 child.. .. 1 6 | 4 children .. 3 0
   "2 children .. 2 0 | 5 children .. 3 6
   "3 children .. 2 6 | 6 children or more .. 4 0
   "The regulations contained in paragraph 2 clauses (c) to
   (j) apply also in the case of payment of marriage allowance
   to widowers."

4..In regulation No. 41, for rates of messing and victualling
allowances of "1ld. and ls. 10d. per diem respectively,"
substitute "10d. and ls. 8d. per diem respectively," with
effect as from 1st July, 1922.

5. In regulation No. 42, for rate of general mess allowance
   of "ls. 11d. per diem," substitute "ls. 9d. per diem," with
   effect as from 1st July, 1922.

6. Cancel regulation No. 48, and substitute, with effect as
   from 1st October, 1922,-

doth hereby prescribe that the term for which the Whangarei Borough Council may borrow the said sum of two hundred and thirty pounds shall be ten years, and the said Whangarei Borough Council is hereby authorized to borrow the said sum of two hundred and thirty pounds accordingly.

F. D. THOMSON,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Regulations defining the Relations between the New Zealand Naval Forces and the Royal and other Dominion Navies.

JELLICOE, Governor-General. ORDER IN COUNCIL. At the Government House at Wellington, this 28th day of August, 1922. Present : HIS EXCELLENCE THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL. WHEREAS it is provided by the Naval Defence Act, 1913, that the Naval Discipline Acts for the time being in force in relation to the King's Naval Forces shall, subject to the first-mentioned Act and to any modifications and adaptations prescribed by the regulations, apply to the New Zealand Naval Forces:

And whereas the Naval Discipline (Dominion Naval Forces) Act, 1911, declares that where provision has been made for the application of the Naval Discipline Act, 1866, in any self-governing Dominion that Act shall have effect as if references therein to His Majesty's Navy and His Majesty's ships included the forces and ships raised and provided by the Dominion, subject, as regards the application of that Act to the trial by court-martial of officers and men belonging to the Naval forces of a self-governing Dominion, to such modifications and adaptations (if any) as may be made by the law of the Dominion:

And whereas provision has been made by Order in Council of the sixth day of August, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-one, for bringing the Naval Forces raised or to be hereafter raised by the Dominion of New Zealand within the operation of the Naval Discipline (Dominion Naval Forces) Act, 1911:

Now, therefore, I, John Rushworth, Viscount Jellicoe, in pursuance and exercise of the powers and authorities conferred on me by sections twenty-four and twenty-five of the Naval Defence Act, 1913, and the said Naval Discipline (Dominion Naval Forces) Act, 1911, and of all other powers and authorities enabling me in that behalf, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said Dominion, hereby make the following regulations for the purpose of regulating the relations of the Naval Forces of the Dominion of New Zealand to the Royal Navy and to the Naval Forces of any other self-governing Dominion which has made or may hereafter make provision for the application to their Naval Forces of the Naval Discipline (Dominion Naval Forces) Act, 1911, on the provisions hereof being made applicable to such Dominion by Order in Council, and for securing the discipline and good government of the Naval Forces, and for carrying out and giving effect to the Naval Defence Act, 1913, and for the purpose of making applicable to the Dominion of New Zealand the provisions of an Order in Council of His Majesty dated the sixteenth day of July, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

REGULATIONS.

1. WHEN and wheresoever one or more ships provided and maintained by the Dominion of New Zealand is or are in company with one or more ships of the Royal Navy or with one or more of His Majesty's ships provided and maintained by any other self-governing Dominion which shall have made provision for bringing its Naval Forces within the operation of the Naval Discipline (Dominion Naval Forces) Act, 1911, and to which the provisions hereof have been made applicable by Order in Council, then the officers and men borne on the books of such first-mentioned ship or ships shall have the same relation to the officers and men borne on the books of such secondly-mentioned ship or ships, and shall in all respects act and perform the same duties, as if the officers and men borne on the books of the ship or ships provided by the Dominion of New Zealand were borne on the books of a ship or ships of the Royal Navy, or of such self-governing Dominions, and the officers of all such ships of the same branch shall respectively rank with each other and command according to the dates of their first commissions, warrants, or orders in their existing rank, and if only acting in the rank, according to the seniority of their respective acting appointments; and the Naval Discipline Act, 1866, as amended by any subsequent enactment shall apply accordingly.

2. Whensoever any person thereto duly authorized by the law of the Dominion of New Zealand shall name any officer