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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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the conduct of any international matters that may arise, and they are to keep the Naval Board informed of all such instructions as may be received.
4. Should the Commanding Officer of a ship of the New Zealand Division have to put into a foreign port without previous arrangement, on account of stress of weather, damage, or any unforeseen emergency, he is to report his arrival and reasons for calling to the Admiralty, to the officer in command of the station, and to the Naval Board.

6. Boundaries of the Dominion of New Zealand.—The following islands and groups of islands are included within the boundaries of New Zealand:—
   (a) All those lying between 33° and 53° south latitude and 162° east longitude and 173° west longitude.
   (b) The Kermadec Islands, lying between 29° and 32° south latitude and 177° and 180° west longitude.
   (c) The Cook Islands, comprising Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, Aitutaki, Mitiaro, Taputea, Mauke, Hervey (Manuae), Palmerston, Savage (Niue), Pukapuka (Danger), Nassau, Rakahanga, Manahiki, Penrhyn (Tongareva), and Suvarov.

7. The following territories are administered by or on behalf of New Zealand:—
   (a) The Union Islands, consisting of the islands of Fakaofo, Nukunono, Atafu, and the small islands, islets, rocks, and reefs depending on them, are administered by the Administrator of Western Samoa, under the authority of the Government of New Zealand.
   (b) The Ross Dependency, which comprises all islands and territories between 160° east longitude and 150° west longitude situated south of 60° south latitude, is a separate dependency of Great Britain, whose Governor is for the time being the officer who is administering the Government of New Zealand.

8. The Dominion also has the mandate for the islands of the Samoan or Navigator Group named Opolu and Savaii.

9. Powers and Functions of the Naval Board.—The New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy will be administered by a Naval Board, the members of which will act as a whole, its orders being issued over the signature of the Naval Secretary.

10. The Naval Board will have authority over the ships and personnel comprised in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy wherever serving, but when such ships or persons are outside the limits of the New Zealand Station communications which it may be required to address to them, except on matters of administrative detail and routine, will be forwarded through the Admiralty, or the Commander-in-chief or Senior Naval Officer under whose orders they may at the time be placed. (See Appendix IX.)

11. Duties of Commodore Commanding New Zealand Station.—The Commodore Commanding the New Zealand Station will be responsible to the Admiralty in matters relating to Imperial ships and establishments on the station, and to the New Zealand Naval Board in matters relating to ships of the New Zealand Division and any Naval shore establishments which may be set up in connection therewith.

12. When Imperial ships and ships maintained by a Dominion, or several Dominions, meet, the senior officer will have the right of command in matters of ceremony, or international intercourse, or where united action is agreed upon, but will have no power to direct the movement of ships of the other service or services unless the ships are placed under his orders for the time being or are ordered to co-operate by mutual arrangement. Nothing in this paragraph shall, however, override the authority of the Commodore Commanding the New Zealand Station over Imperial ships placed under his command by the Imperial Admiralty.

13. When Imperial ships and those belonging to one or more of the Dominion Naval Forces are taking part in combined exercises, all such ships will be under the command of the Senior Naval Officer present, or of the station within the limits of which the exercises are being carried out, but such Senior Naval Officer will not interfere in the internal organization of the ships of another service further than is absolutely necessary.

14. Superintendent of Training. — The Commanding Officer of the Depot Ship or Establishment at Devonport shall be the Superintendent of Training and Director of Recruiting for new entries into the New Zealand Division, and, subject to the authority of the Naval Board and to such orders as are herein contained or may be issued from time to time, shall be responsible for all matters connected therewith.

15. In all communications in connection with the above the Commanding Officer of the Depot Ship should be addressed as “The Naval Officer in Charge, Auckland.”