New Zealand Gazette – 1924 – No. 22

Page 871

✨ Naval Uniform Gratuities



APRIL 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 871

“47A. Uniform Gratuities: Officers.—Uniform gratuities will be paid to officers on first joining, or on promotion to officer rank, as follows:—

Rank. When payable. Amount.
Acting Warrant Officer normally promoted On promotion .. .. £50
Acting Warrant Officer promoted temporarily to fill a vacancy abroad ,, .. .. 40
Ditto .. .. On confirmation (if subsequently promoted normally) 10
Schoolmaster candidate .. On entry .. .. 20
Schoolmaster .. .. On confirmation .. .. 30
Headmaster.. .. .. On promotion .. .. 50
Lieutenant (or equivalent rank) promoted from commissioned officer from warrant rank for long and zealous service or by examination ,, .. .. 50
Lieutenant (or equivalent rank) promoted for gallantry or daring ,, .. .. 100
Acting Mate .. } ,, .. .. 50
Acting Mate (E) .. }
Mate .. .. } On confirmation .. .. 50
Mate (E) .. .. } On promotion .. .. 50
Lieutenant (or equivalent rank) promoted from above On promotion to Sub-Lieutenant (confirmed) 50
Executive Engineer and Accountant Officers entered as cadets When commissioned as Surgeon-Lieutenant 50
Medical Officers .. .. When commissioned as Surgeon-Lieutenant (D) 50
Dental Officers .. .. When commissioned as Instructor-Lieutenant 50
Instructor Officers .. .. On entry .. .. 50
Chaplains (permanent list) .. ,, .. .. 30
Chaplains or officers appointed for temporary service

  1. All applications for these gratuities are to be made to the Naval Secretary, Navy Office, Wellington.

  2. These gratuities being granted for the sole purpose of assisting the recipients to provide themselves with a proper outfit, the Naval Board reserve the right in all cases to demand an account of expenditure, and to pay no greater sum than that for which proof of expenditure is produced.

  3. An officer to whom an outfit gratuity has been paid and who fails to serve for two years from the date of becoming eligible therefor will be required to refund one fourth of the gratuity in respect of each period of six months (or part of such period) by which his service falls short of two years. The refund may, however, be waived in whole or in part, at the discretion of the Naval Board, if the failure to complete two years’ service is due to death, invaliding through causes beyond the officer’s own control, or other special circumstances.

  4. In the case of officers who are appointed as “probationary” or “acting” for a period, half the gratuity is payable on entry and the balance when the officer has completed his probationary or acting service and has been confirmed in rank.

  5. Uniform gratuities are not payable to officers lent from the Imperial or a Dominion Navy.

  6. Officers transferred permanently from the Imperial or a Dominion Navy, or from other branches of the New Zealand Division, will receive no uniform gratuity on transfer if transferred direct or within twelve months of such previous service.

  7. In Appendix III, under heading “Seamen ratings: Gunnery, Torpedo, &c.,” for “1s. 0d.” per diem inserted against Gunner’s Mate, substitute, with effect from 20th June, 1923, “1s. 6d.”

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



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🛡️ Amendment to Naval Defence Regulations (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
28 March 1924
Naval Defence Act, Regulations, New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy, Uniform Gratuities, Officers
  • F. D. Thomson, Clerk of the Executive Council