New Zealand Gazette – 1929 – No. 82

Page 3157

✨ Naval Pay Regulations



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be inserted on the extra pay sub-voucher stating whether blame was attributable to any officer or man for the loss, and, if so, whether the corresponding charge has been made against his pay.

(d) A gratuity not exceeding £5 may be given in lieu of payment by scale in exceptional circumstances requiring despatch, and for important skilled work satisfactorily performed, of which gratuity one-eighth is to be paid to the attendant.

(e) A diver who fails to conform to the conditions of exercise, or is at any time unwilling to dive, is liable to be deprived of his diver rating and retaining-pay for the current quarter.

(f) Only one first-hour rate is to be paid for any one day, but in cases of diving at two different depths payment may be made at whichever first-hour rate is more advantageous to the diver.

(g) Details of amounts paid for diving-pay are to be shown on the form accompanying the ledger into office.

(h) Proportionate amounts are to be paid for fractional periods of the first hour or final half-hour below water, as the case may be, calculated at the rates shown in the last two columns of the scale.

  • An allowance of 3s. 6d. is payable to the warrant officer employed on instructional duties with classes of divers, for every hour he may be so employed under water. The maximum amount payable is not to exceed £2 per month to each officer so employed, and the voucher is specially to show the period under water.

161. Casual Services.—Extra pay, subject to the following regulations, will be granted to officers, men, and boys of ships in commission when employed on extra duty outside the ship in which they are borne, under the special orders and at the discretion of the Commodore Commanding or Senior Officer present, who is, however, never to sanction such employment except when it is absolutely necessary.

  1. Extra pay under Class I is not to be granted for occasional services, but only for work lasting some time which entails wear and tear of clothes.

  2. Supernumeraries borne for disposal in depots or stationary ships are not entitled to extra pay under either Class I or Class II, it being part of their ordinary duty to perform such work in any ship in which their services are required when so ordered by the Commodore Commanding or Senior Officer present.

Class of Work, and Circumstances under which Extra Pay may be paid. Ranks and Ratings. Rate to Each Person per Diem.
I. General work. At the discretion of the Commodore or Senior Officer, in particular cases while employed to execute any work. 1. Lieutenants of the Navy and officers of corresponding or superior rank 3 0
2. Sub-lieutenants and officers of corresponding rank; warrant and subordinate officers 2 0
3. Chief petty officers; petty officers; warrant officers, Class II; and sergeants of marines 1 3
4. Leading rates; able seamen; stokers, 1st and 2nd class; corporals and privates of marines; and others whose substantive pay is not less than 5s. 6d. a day 1 0
5. Ordinary seamen; Boys (over 17); stokers, 3rd class; and others of the ship’s company 0 9
6. Boys (under 17) .. .. .. 0 3
7. Lieutenants (E.), engineer-lieutenants, and ordnance-lieutenants 6 0
8. Sub-lieutenants (E.) .. .. 5 0
9. Commissioned engineers, warrant engineers, commissioned mechanics, warrant mechanics, commissioned ordnance officers, and warrant ordnance officers 4 0
II. Engineering work. While employed on manual labour in—(a) repairing the machinery of boilers or (b) other engineering work of ships; and artisans employed at their trades. 10. Chief artificers of all branches and chief mechanics 3 6
11. Artificers of all branches and mechanics 3 0
12. Chief shipwrights .. .. .. 3 6
13. Shipwrights .. .. .. 3 0
14. All other artisan and armourer ratings 2 6
15. Stokers and all other men employed as mechanics 1 6

“Artisans” shall include all men employed as such, whatever their ratings may be on the ship’s books—viz., as carpenters, sailmakers, blacksmiths, coopers, armourers, shipwrights, plumbers, and painters.

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🛡️ Extra Pay and Allowances for Naval Diving (continued from previous page)

🛡️ Defence & Military
Diving Pay, Allowances, Depth Rates, Time Under Water, Diving Instructor, Artificer-Diver, Attendant Pay

🛡️ Casual Services Extra Pay Regulations

🛡️ Defence & Military
Extra Pay, Casual Services, Naval Ranks, Work Classes, Pay Rates