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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 82

103. Commander in Command H.M.S. “Philomel.”—In view of his extra duties as Superintendent of Training and Naval Officer in Charge, Auckland, the officer appointed in command of H.M.S. “Philomel,” if of Commander’s rank, shall receive command-money and entertaining-allowance at the rates payable for a Commander in command of a seagoing ship in full commission.

104. Naval Secretary.—Subject to the approval of the Naval Board, the Accountant Officer appointed to perform the dual duties of Naval Secretary and Secretary to the Commodore Commanding the New Zealand Station will be granted the status of Secretary to a Commander-in-Chief, and will receive Secretary’s allowance accordingly. He will receive the rates of lodging and subsistence allowances of either his substantive rank or of his rank as Secretary to a Commander-in-Chief, whichever is the higher. He will receive the full pay of his substantive rank.

105. Pay: Advances.—Officers appointed to the New Zealand Division, and who are required to proceed to New Zealand by freight, may receive from the High Commissioner for New Zealand, on application, an advance of pay based on the provisions of King’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions, Article 1746. Where officers appointed to the New Zealand Division are required to join one of H.M. ships of the New Zealand Division refitting in England any advance of pay necessary is to be obtained from the Accountant Officer of the ship to which first appointed.

106. Officers travelling on duty between New Zealand and the United Kingdom may, if they so desire, be advanced prior to embarkation an amount not exceeding one month’s pay and allowances. Allotments, normal deductions, and any balance debtor prior to the advance, are to be taken into consideration when assessing a month’s pay.

In exceptional cases an amount in excess of one month’s pay may be advanced, with prior approval of the Naval Board, to whom written application should be forwarded in sufficient time to allow the matter to be dealt with at a meeting of the Board.

106. Deferred Pay and Pensions: Officers.—Deferred pay will not be payable to Royal Naval officers lent for service in the New Zealand Division, but the New Zealand Government will undertake the liability for the payment to Admiralty funds of pension contributions in respect of the officers lent, at the following rates:—

Per Annum.
£
(i) Officers of the Military, Engineer, and Accountant Branches, Royal Navy, entered in the ordinary manner, and officers of the Royal Marines similarly entered .. 150
(ii) Officers of the Medical, Instructor, and Chaplain Branches 180
(iii) Warrant officers, Royal Navy and Royal Marines, commissioned officers promoted therefrom, Mates, and Quartermasters .. .. .. .. 100

2. Deferred pay shall be payable to other officers of the New Zealand Division under the conditions shown in Article 134, at the following rates:—

Rank or Relative Rank.
Rate per Diem.
s. d.
Warrant officer “on promotion” .. .. .. 3 0
Commissioned warrant officer “on promotion” .. .. 3 0
After three years .. .. .. 3 3
Lieutenant promoted from warrant rank .. .. 4 0
Midshipman and Cadet .. .. .. ..
Sub-Lieutenant .. .. .. .. 2 0
Mate .. .. .. .. 3 0
Lieutenant “on promotion” .. .. .. 3 0
After four years .. .. .. 3 9
Lieutenant-Commander .. .. .. 4 6
After three years .. .. .. 5 0
Commander .. .. .. .. 6 0
After three years .. .. .. 7 6
After six years .. .. .. 8 0
Captain .. .. .. .. 9 3
After three years .. .. .. 9 6

An additional allowance of 2s. per diem is payable to Surgeon-Commanders, Surgeon Lieutenant-Commanders, and Surgeon-Lieutenants. (This additional allowance is not applicable to Dental Officers.)

3. Deferred pay and accumulated interest will become payable on the retirement, resignation, or invaliding of an officer, or upon his death whilst serving, and at no other times, except in very special circumstances when the applicant can prove to the satisfaction of the Naval Board that