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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 77

99. Paymaster-Lieutenant—Qualifications for Promotion.—In order to qualify for promotion to Paymaster-Lieutenant a Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant must have—
    (a.) Attained two years’ seniority as Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant, including probationary-time :
    (b.) Performed the requisite naval training (fourteen days) :
    (c.) Satisfactory records and reports of service.
100. Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander—Qualifications for Promotion.—In order to qualify for promotion to Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander a Paymaster-Lieutenant must have—
     (a.) Attained eight years’ seniority as Paymaster-Lieutenant :
     (b.) Completed three months’ voluntary naval training :
     (c.) Performed the requisite obligatory training (fourteen days biennially).
     (d.) Satisfactory records and reports of service.
101. Obligatory Naval Training—Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander and Paymaster-Commander.—The obligatory naval training of a Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander and Paymaster-Commander shall consist of fourteen days’ naval training every three years.
102. Paymaster-Commander—Qualifications for Promotion.—Paymaster-Commanders shall be selected from among those officers who have—
     (a.) Attained the number of years seniority at which Paymaster Lieutenant-Commanders in the Royal Navy are receiving promotion :
     (b.) Performed the requisite naval training (fourteen days triennially) :
     (c.) Consistently good records of service.
103. Warrant Officer Ranks other than previously specified.—In special circumstances ratings in Class A of the N.Z.R.N.R. (men) may, at the discretion of the Naval Board, be promoted to the warrant ranks (except Gunner) of their respective branches, provided they possess the necessary qualifications required for such promotion in the seagoing Forces and are specially recommended for promotion by the Registrar-General.

XIV. ANNUAL TRAINING FEES.

104. (1.) Subject to compliance with the regulations concerning training and the conditions set forth below, officers of the various branches of the R.N.R. (N.Z.D.) on the Active List may be granted training fees for each completed year of service at the rates specified below :—

Per Annum.
£
Commissioned Officers :—
Captains and Commanders . . . . 30
Lieutenant-Commanders, Lieutenants, and Skipper-Lieutenants . . . . 25
Sub-Lieutenants (confirmed) . . . . 20
Commissioned Officers from Warrant Rank and Warrant Officers :—
Chief Skippers and Commissioned Engineers . . 25
Skippers and Warrant Engineers . . 20

(2.) Officers who have performed twelve months’ active service during the late war, and have obtained satisfactory reports from their superior officers as to their proficiency, shall be allowed to count their twelve months’ active service as the equivalent of courses and training, or either of them, for this purpose.
(3.) No training fee shall be paid to any officer whose conduct has not been satisfactory, and the training fee shall be forfeited or suspended in every case in which the Naval Board may consider that the officer’s conduct, either while borne in H.M. ships or during his civil employment, is unsatisfactory.
(4.) Training fees shall cease to be payable to all officers as from the date of calling out the Reserves, irrespective of whether particular officers are actually mobilized or not.
(5.) No training fees shall be paid to officers undergoing further service in the Fleet under articles 53 and 148 to 150 of these regulations.
(6.) Proportional parts of the annual fee shall be stopped for broken periods of a year.
(7.) Applications for payment of training fees, accompanied by naval training certificates, must be made by officers to the Secretary of the Naval Board by letter.

XV. TEMPORARY SERVICE IN THE SEAGOING FORCES OF OFFICERS R.N.R. (N.Z.D.).

105. Executive Officers.—(1.) Lieutenant-Commanders under four years’ seniority, Lieutenants, and Sub-Lieutenants (confirmed) who have performed the twelve months’ voluntary naval training referred to in article 53 of these regulations are eligible for employment, should they volunteer and their services be required, in lieu of officers of similar rank in the Royal Navy. Such employment shall be for periods of from six