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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

Insignia of Dames Commanders.
a medallion as before; and it is Ordained that the Military and Civil Dames Commanders shall wear a badge of similar form and pattern to that appointed for Knights Commanders, attached to a riband also similar to that worn by Military and Civil Knights Commanders but tied in a bow and worn on the left shoulder, and that they shall wear a like star.

Insignia of Commanders.
XXVIII. It is Ordained that the Military and Civil Commanders shall wear, in the same manner, a riband and badge similar to those appointed for the Military and Civil Knights and Dames Commanders respectively, but that they shall not be entitled to wear the Star.

Insignia of Officers.
XXIX. It is Ordained that the Military and Civil Officers shall wear, pendant from a riband attached to the left breast of their coats or outer garments by men and tied in a bow on the left shoulder by women, a badge of the same form and pattern as that appointed for the Military and Civil Commanders of the Order, but of a smaller size and of silver gilt, the riband to be of the same colour and pattern as beforementioned but of the breadth of one inch and a half, the vertical pearl grey stripe in the case of the Military Officers to be of the width of one-sixteenth of an inch.

Insignia of Members.
XXX. It is Ordained that the Military and Civil Members shall wear in the same manner a riband and badge similar to those appointed for Military and Civil Officers of the Order except that the badge shall be in silver.

Investiture of Knights and Dames Grand Cross, Knights and Dames Commanders
XXXI. It is Ordained that upon the nomination of any person to be a Knight Grand Cross, Dame Grand Cross, Knight Commander, or Dame Commander of this Order, he or she shall be invested with the Insignia of his or her dignity in the Order by Us, Our heirs and successors if he or she be resident at the time in this country, but if he or she be resident in India, by Our Viceroy of India in Our name and on Our behalf, and if he or she be resident in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, or South Africa by Our Governors General of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand, or the Union of South Africa respectively, and if resident elsewhere, by such person as We may be pleased to appoint specially for the purpose, in Our name and on Our behalf and that on the day of the Investiture the person to be invested shall be introduced into the presence of the Sovereign, the Viceroy of India, or the Governors General of Canada, the Commonwealth of Australia, New Zealand, or the Union of South Africa, or the person specially appointed by Us as aforesaid, as the case may be, by the Officer of the Order, or other Officer deputed to be in attendance, bearing the proper Insignia of the Order, when the Sovereign, Viceroy, or Governor General, or the person specially appointed as aforesaid, having in the case of Knights Grand Cross and Knights Commanders conferred the Honour of Knighthood upon the person so nominated should he have not previously received the said Honour, will then proceed to invest him or her with the Ensigns of the said Order in the following manner:—The Sovereign, Viceroy or Governor General, or person specially appointed as aforesaid, will invest the new Knight Grand Cross, Dame Grand Cross, Knight Commander or Dame Commander with the riband and badge and will deliver to him or her, or place on his or her left side, the star of the said Order appertaining to his or her dignity.

The Ceremony of Investiture.
XXXII. It is further Ordained that it shall be competent for Us, Our heirs and successors, by a Warrant, or Warrants under Our, or their, Sign Manual countersigned by the Grand Master and sealed with the Seal of this Order, to authorise, some distinguished person to perform in Our name and on Our behalf the Ceremony of investing Knights Grand Cross, Dames Grand Cross, Knights Commanders or Dames Commanders with the Insignia of their respective dignities, or to permit the Ceremony of Investiture to be dispensed with, And We reserve to Ourselves, Our heirs and successors, by Our, or their, Warrant or Warrants as aforesaid, full power and authority to permit and authorise such persons to wear the Insignia and enjoy the privileges appertaining to their respective dignities in as full and ample a manner as if they had been invested by Us, Our heirs and successors.

Warrants to authorise distinguished persons to perform the Ceremony of Investiture on behalf of The Sovereign and also to dispense with the Ceremony.
XXXIII. It is Ordained that on the promotion of a person from a lower to a higher class in the same Division of this Order the Insignia of such lower class theretofore worn by him or her shall be returned to the Registrar of the Order for the service of the Order. It is further Ordained that on the promotion of a

Return of Insignia on promotion.