(2.) Applications to resign or retire shall be addressed to the Secretary to the Naval Board.

44. Physical Unfitness.—Officers who are physically unfit shall, if they are eligible, be placed on the Retired List; if not so eligible, their names shall be removed from the list.

45. Services rendering them unavailable.—Officers holding commissions or appointments in the Reserves who undertake any service or engagement that would prevent their fulfilling their engagement to serve when required if called out shall be considered to have vacated their position in the Reserves, and shall be removed from the list.

46. Discharge for Unsuitability.—Officers who while undergoing training or service in H.M. ships or establishments are found to be unsuitable for retention in the Reserves on the grounds either of—
    (a.) Being unsatisfactory as regards their conduct; or
    (b.) Being unsatisfactory as regards their capacity—
    may be discharged from their ships or from the Reserves by order of the Naval Board. The reason for discharge shall be communicated to the officer.

47. Discharge for Failure to report.—The names of officers who fail during eighteen consecutive months to report themselves as required by article 74 of these regulations shall be removed from the list.

48. Unsatisfactory Conduct in Mercantile Marine.—An officer whose conduct in the mercantile marine is unsatisfactory may be removed from the list at the discretion of the Naval Board.

49. Failure to qualify.—Midshipmen, Acting and Probationary Sub-Lieutenants, Probationary Lieutenants, and Probationary Paymaster Sub-Lieutenants who do not qualify during naval training or who are reported on unfavourably may be removed from the list at the discretion of the Naval Board.

X. CORRESPONDENCE, REPORTS, ETC.

50. Letters from Officers, how to be addressed.—(1.) Officers when not serving in H.M. ships or establishments shall address all correspondence in connection with the Reserves to the Registrar, Navy Office, Wellington.
    (2.) Officers serving in H.M. ships or establishments shall address their letters on official matters to their Commanding Officers.

51. Publications and Lectures by Officers of the Reserves.—(1.) No officer belonging to the Reserves shall write for publication, or publish or cause to be published, either directly or indirectly, any matter or information relating to the Naval service unless the permission of the Naval Board has been first obtained.
    (2.) No officer shall deliver any lecture or read any paper at a public meeting on any subject connected with the Naval service, unless a copy of such lecture or paper has been previously submitted to the Naval Board and permission to deliver such lecture or read such paper has been granted by the Naval Board.

52. Report of Address.—On the 1st day of January in each year every officer belonging to the Reserves shall report his address to the Registrar, Navy Office, Wellington; if an officer’s address is changed during the year the new address shall also be reported at the time when the change is made.

XI. TRAINING.

53. Applications for Training.—(1.) An officer desirous of performing periodical or voluntary training shall apply to the Naval Board at least seven days (if practicable) before the date on which he wishes to embark, enclosing his certificate, and giving the following particulars:—
    (a.) His present address and the railway-station from which he will travel:
    (b.) The date and time he will be able to join:
    (c.) The period of training he wishes to perform.
    (2.) Officers should arrange to join on a Saturday, if possible, so as to commence their training on the following Monday.
    (3.) Instructions as to embarkation shall be issued by the Naval Board, and officers are not to embark without having received that authority.

54. Reports after Training.—
    (1.) Executive and Accountant Officers.—A report on Form S. 158 shall be rendered by the Commanding Officers of ships in which an Executive or an Accountant Officer has been embarked for periodical training.
    (2.) Engineer Officers.—On completion of each period of training a report on Form S. 456 shall be rendered to the Registrar by the Commanding Officer of the ship in which the Engineer officer has embarked.
    (3.) Chief Skippers and Skippers.—On the conclusion of first training, Form T.R.V. 58D shall be completed for each Skipper and forwarded to the