Dec. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3175

(b) Allotments payable in New Zealand or Australia will be dealt with by the Navy Office, and all forms, correspondence, &c., in connection with such allotments are to be forwarded to the Naval Secretary. These allotments are to be limited to sums of not less than 4s. in the case of weekly allotments, and of not less than 10s. in the case of monthly allotments.

(c) Allotments payable to allotors resident outside of New Zealand or Australia will be dealt with by the Accountant-General of the Navy on behalf of the New Zealand Government, and in such cases all declarations, notifications of stoppages and changes on N.Z. Form 22, or by telegraph, should be addressed to the Accountant-General of the Navy direct. Correspondence on the subject of allotments paid by the Accountant-General should normally be forwarded to Navy Office for further action, but where time does not permit of such procedure, correspondence of an urgent nature should be addressed to the Accountant-General direct, a copy being forwarded to Navy Office.

(d) Allotments paid in New Zealand or Australia are to be shown in the ledger and abstract in red ink, those paid in Australia being noted accordingly. Allotments paid other than in New Zealand or Australia are to be shown on the ledger and ledger abstract in black ink.

(e) Allottors are to be required to give adequate notice of changes which they may contemplate making in their allotments. The following periods should normally be allowed: Ten weeks where allotee is resident in United Kingdom; one month where allotee is resident in Australia; ten days where allotee is resident in New Zealand. These periods should be reckoned as from date of despatch of the mail, and extended when ships are out of direct mail communication. In the case of allotees resident in Australia or New Zealand the period should be taken as that between receipt in the Navy Office of the established form and the date on which allotments, or changes therein, are required to take effect.

(f) Telegrams at Government expense should be resorted to only when loss to the Government would otherwise occur. Any telegrams which may be sent are to be confirmed in writing on the established form.

(g) The Accountant-General of the Navy, Admiralty, will take action to stop payment of allotments of persons belonging to the New Zealand Division, in accordance with the procedure adopted under the provisions of Article 1762, King’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions, on the receipt of satisfactory evidence as to the death, desertion, insanity, or misconduct of an allotee resident in the United Kingdom. He will inform the Secretary to the Department of the High Commissioner in London of the action taken, and the latter will notify the Navy Office for the information of the ship and individual concerned.

(h) The Accountant-General will, further, inform the payee, where necessary, as to the reason for the stoppage of an allotment, and, in the event of any child of the allottor being left destitute, will make temporary arrangements for maintenance pending the receipt of a notification of the action the allottor desires to be taken in the matter.

311 Remittances.—Remittances in the New Zealand Division are permissible in accordance with the procedure laid down in the King’s Regulations and Admiralty Instructions.

2. Remittance-lists forwarded to the Accountant-General of the Navy, the Accountant Officers of H.M. ships, or the Accountant Officers or Cashiers of dockyards, Naval hospitals, or colleges, are to be clearly marked “chargeable against the New Zealand Government.”

3. Remittances between the Accountant Officers of H.M. ships of the New Zealand Division should not normally be made. When such remittances are necessary, care is to be taken that the remittance-list is forwarded direct to the Accountant Officer of the ship concerned, and not to the Accountant-General.

4. Remittances payable in New Zealand may be made, but should generally be confined to official, mess, and canteen accounts of such amounts as cannot conveniently be settled by other means. The facilities provided by the Post Office should be utilized for the payment of private and small mess accounts. When, however, a ship is absent from New Zea-