New Zealand Gazette – 1925 – No. 85

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✨ Military Rations and Forage Regulations



published in the Gazette dated 6th August, 1925; and I do hereby declare that the amendments hereby made shall take effect as from the date of publication thereof in the Gazette.

SCHEDULE.

FINANCIAL INSTRUCTIONS AND ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS FOR THE NEW ZEALAND MILITARY FORCES.

SECTION VIII.—RATIONS AND FORAGE.

  1. PARAGRAPH 186 is hereby amended by deleting the scale of rations shown therein, and substituting the following :—

“ Scale of Rations.

Description. Quantity. Remarks.
(1.) Bread ... 1¼ lb.
(2.) Or biscuits ... 1 lb.
Or flour ... 1 lb.
(3.) Fresh meat ... 1½ lb. Twice weekly in lieu of equal quantities of fresh meat.
(4.) Or preserved meat 1 lb.
(5.) Sausages ... 8 oz.
(6.) Bacon ... 5 oz. Twice weekly in lieu of fresh meat : 5 oz. bacon equal 10 oz. fresh meat.
(7.) Cheese ... 2 oz.
(8.) Coffee ... 1 oz.
(9.) Jam ... 4 oz.
(10.) Fresh milk ... ½ pint.
(11.) Or condensed milk ⅓ tin.
(12.) Flour ... 1½ oz.
(13.) Baking-powder ... 3 lb. for each 100 lb. flour issued.
(14.) Oatmeal ... 1 oz.
(15.) Onions ... 4 oz.
(16.) Fresh vegetables ... 8 oz. (When available).*
(17.) Potatoes ... 1 lb. (old) or ¾ lb. (new).
(18.) Salt ... ½ oz.
(19.) Sugar ... 4 oz.
(20.) Tea ... ¾ oz.
(21.) Butter ... 4 oz.
(22.) Pepper ... ¾ oz. Prunes, evaporated apples, or peaches.
(23.) Dried fruits ... 4 oz.
(24.) Rice ... ¼ oz.
(25.) Currants ... ⅔ oz.
(26.) Tapioca ... ¼ oz.
(27.) Sago ... ¼ oz.
(28.) Curry-powder ... 3/35 oz.
(29.) Treacle ... 1 oz. weekly ... In lieu of jam.
(30.) Candles ... 1/36 lb. ... When electric light or other light not available.
(31.) Coal or ... 2 cwt. per cooker per day, plus 2 lb. wood per man 1 lb. coal equals 2 lb. wood.
(32.) Wood ... 8 lb. wood per man per day When cookers are not available.
  • Equivalents to be issued only when fresh vegetables are not available: 2 oz. haricot beans, or 2 oz. rice, or 2 oz. barley, or 2 oz. peas, equals 8 oz. fresh vegetables.
  1. Paragraph 189 is hereby cancelled, and the following substituted :—

“ Scale of Forage.

“ 189. The scale of forage is as follows :—

“ Permanent Training-camps and Depots—

“ Scale A—(33) Chaff 12 lb., (34) hay 6 lb., (35) bran 1½ lb., per day.

“ (36) Oats 6 lb. per day.

“ Annual Territorial Training-camps—

“ Scale B—Chaff 12 lb., hay 6 lb., oats 6 lb., per day.

“ Scale C—Chaff 18 lb., oats 6 lb., per day.

“ Scale D—Chaff 18 lb., hay 6 lb., per day.

“ To be left to the discretion of the O.C. units to use whatever scale they consider most fitting.

“ An additional 2 lb. oats is allowed for draught horses of 16 hands and over.

“ In Scales B, C, and D, up to 1½ lb. bran may be drawn in lieu of an equal quantity of hay, chaff, or oats.”

  1. Paragraph 190 is hereby amended by inserting “(37)” immediately before the word “straw.”

  2. Paragraph 191 is hereby amended by inserting “(38)” immediately before the word “coal” in the first line.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General, this 8th day of December, 1925.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.



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🛡️ Amendments to Financial Instructions and Allowance Regulations for the New Zealand Military Forces

🛡️ Defence & Military
8 December 1925
Military Forces, Rations, Forage, Regulations, Amendments
  • R. Heaton Rhodes, Minister of Defence