measure ; but the Superintendent or officer in charge on receiving the order,
if he deem proper, may send to the Naval Board any observations upon it
he may be desirous of submitting for consideration.

2. The authority of the Commodore Commanding under this article
   does not devolve upon the Senior Officer present in the port.

3. Naval Officer in Charge, Auckland.—The Naval Officer in Charge,
   Auckland, is also appointed to be Superintendent of the Naval Repair
   Yard. His appointment confers upon him—

(a) The Command of all Civil Establishments at Devonport, Birkenhead,
and Takapuna.

(b) The Command of H.M.S. “Philomel”,with her tenders and attached
vessels.

(c) The office of Director of Naval Recruiting.

2. As Superintendent of the Naval Repair Yard, as Commanding Officer
   of Civil Establishments, and in his office as Director of Naval Recruiting he
   will communicate direct with the Naval Board and with the recruiting
   authorities in the Dominion of New Zealand. On all other matters he will
   communicate with the Commodore Commanding.

3. If and when the Naval Officer in Charge requires the technical advice
   of the officers appointed for Squadron duties in the Flagship he will address.
   a request to that end to the Commodore Commanding.

4. Rank and Command.—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 Admiralty.

5. 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.

6. Flags flown in Ships of the New Zealand Division.—All ships of
   the New Zealand Division in commission shall wear the white ensign in the
   position laid down in the King’s Regulations, and, at the jackstaff, the
   distinctive flag of New Zealand in place of the Union Flag.

7. The distinctive flags and pendants of Naval authorities shall be those
   authorized for the Imperial Naval Service.

8. The regulations regarding ensigns to be flown in other than His
   Majesty’s Ships in commission are published from time to time in the New
   Zealand Gazette.

9. Saluting-flags at Ceremonies ashore.—The New Zealand flag
   shall be the saluting-flag at all reviews and ceremonial parades on shore
   within the boundaries of the Dominion, but the Union Flag is also to be
   flown at the saluting-point on occasions when a representative of His Majesty
   the King reviews the Dominion Forces.

10. “King’s Colour” : His Majesty the King has graciously approved the
    use of the King’s Colour by the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy
    under similar conditions to those approved for the Royal Navy.

11. The King’s Colour is to be kept on board the ship wearing the broad
    pendant of the Commodore Commanding the New Zealand Station.

12. The King’s Colour is to be paraded only under the circumstances laid
    down in King’s Regulations, Article 116.

13. Saluting-stations.—The following stations in New Zealand are
    authorized to fire and return salutes:

Auckland : North Head.
Wellington : Point Jerningham.

16. Humane Society’s Medals.—With reference to King’s Regulations,
    Article 171, clause 10, medals awarded by the Royal Humane Society of
    New Zealand and the Royal Humane Society of Australasia are authorized
    to be worn by members of the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy as
    directed in the articles quoted, and notations of the awards of these societies
    are to be made in the “Medal” column of the service certificates of the men
    in question.

17. Applications which it is desired to make for an award for bravery
    in saving, or attempting to save, human life should be forwarded to the
    Royal Humane Society of New Zealand on the form issued by that society,
    for which application should be made to the Naval Secretary. There is,
    however, no objection to application being made to the Royal Humane