3138

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 82

CHAPTER III. — ENTRY, TRAINING, ADVANCEMENT, DIS-
CHARGE, ETC. : MEN.

50. Entry of Ratings from the Royal Navy or a Dominion Navy.—
    Ratings belonging to the Royal Navy or a Dominion Navy who may be
    permitted to volunteer for service in the New Zealand Division will be
    placed in one or other of the following categories:—
    (i) Those who are allowed to transfer permanently or who, subsequent
    to the completion of their Imperial engagements enter into New
    Zealand engagements as from the termination of their loan
    agreements. Permanent transfers will be permitted in exceptional
    circumstances only.
    (ii) Those who elect to be lent for a period, normally of three years.
    (N.B.—Loan agreements shall be said to have terminated at
    the expiration of the period for which loaned, regardless of whether
    or not the Royal Navy engagement shall have expired in the
    meantime.)
51. Ratings of category (i) are required to sign the form of engagement
    shown in Appendix VI, those in category (ii) are to sign the agreement in
    Appendix VII. The form in the former case is to be forwarded to the Naval
    Secretary, and in the latter disposed of as shown thereon. All ratings are
    required to take and subscribe to the oath or affirmation on the forms, as
    required by the Naval Defence Act, 1913.
52. Ratings engaging under category (i) who have not completed time
    for pension will be required to sign, on N.Z. Form 32, a statement which is
    to be forwarded to the Naval Secretary, that they relinquish all claims to
    Imperial pensions or gratuities. Those who have completed time for
    pension will not be eligible for increased pensions from the Imperial Government on account of service in the New Zealand Division.
53. Ratings allowed to transfer permanently will be required to execute
    fresh engagements for the unexpired portion of their Royal Navy engagements or such other periods as their services may be required. Ratings who
    have completed their loan agreements and who are permitted to engage
    for a period in the New Zealand Division will be required to execute fresh
    engagements for such periods as their services may be required.
54. Pension contributions will be payable, in respect of men whose Royal
    Navy engagements have not expired, up to the date of their final discharge
    from the Royal Navy, when statements of their services in the New Zealand
    Division, as required by N.Z. Form 32, are to be compiled to date of
    transfer and forwarded to the Naval Secretary for transmission to the
    Accountant-General of the Navy. The form of agreement signed by the
    rating when volunteering for loan is to be cancelled at the time the
    permanent transfer is effected.
55. Applications from loan ratings to be permitted to re-engage to complete time for pension in the Royal Navy are to be forwarded to the Naval
    Secretary for consideration by the Naval Board in sufficient time for
    replies to reach the ships concerned prior to the expiration of the current
    engagements of the applicants. As a general rule, applications should not
    be forwarded until within six months of completion of the first continuous-service engagement.
56. Time served in the New Zealand Division by ratings on loan from the
    Royal Navy will continue to count for progressive pay, pension, &c.
57. Entry of Recruits, Engagements, &c.—Candidates for entry or
    re-entry must be sons of British-born subjects, and, other than those
    entered from the Royal Navy or a Dominion Navy as hereinbefore provided,
    will normally be required to engage for a period of twelve years from date of
    entry, or, if under the age of eighteen years, then until that age is reached
    and for twelve years after. Ratings may be allowed to re-engage for further
    periods subject to such regulations as may be prescribed, at the discretion
    of the Naval Board, and shall, generally, be compulsorily retired after
    twenty-two years from the age of eighteen. Subject, however, to the
    requirements of the Division, ratings may be retained, in such exceptional
    cases as may be approved by the Naval Board, for further periods.
58. Ratings shall be compulsorily retired at the following ages, viz.:—
    Chief petty officers and petty officers . . 50 years.
    Other ratings . . . . . . . . . . 45 "
59. The date of application for entry shall be taken in deciding the
    age qualification of a candidate who would otherwise be too old for entry
    if this were determined from date of actual engagement. In such cases,
    particularly, every effort should be made to reduce the time taken to effect
    final entry to the absolute minimum.
60. All candidates will be required to be of the physical standard laid
    down from time to time for the various classes of ratings, and to pass