MAY 18.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1497

4. The administrative adjustments involved by the introduction of these
   allowances are dealt with in Navy Orders, in which detailed instructions will
   appear from time to time. (A general reduction of the substantive rates of
   pay of officers has been made in consequence of the introduction of marriage
   allowance, and attention is directed therefore to paragraph 2 of Appendix I
   of these regulations.)

Article 224.—Cancel, and substitute :—

224. Commissioned Officers from Warrant Rank and Warrant
     Officers.—Where there is no warrant officers' mess, commissioned officers
     from warrant rank and warrant officers who are required to join the mess
     may be paid an allowance of 1s. 10d. a day to meet their increased expense.
225. This allowance is only to be paid for the period during which the mess
     contributions are actually and properly paid, and not during the whole period
     of an officer's leave, but it may be continued when the absence does not
     exceed seven days, provided mess contributions are paid.
226. The allowance is to be credited in the ledger.

Article 237.—Cancel, and substitute :—

237. Tropical Clothing, Sun Helmets, White Canvas Shoes, and White
     Uniform Clothing.—A gratuitous issue of three tropical shirts (for
     Chief Petty Officers) or three tropical singlets (for other ratings), three
     pairs of drill shorts and one pair or white canvas shoes with leather soles
     is to be made to each permanent rating on first being drafted to a seagoing
     ship. A similar issue is to be made to loan ratings on joining a seagoing
     ship, provided that an issue at New Zealand Government expense has not
     already been made. Subsequent issues of tropical clothing are to be made
     on the same scale after three years' actual service in seagoing ships of the
     New Zealand Division, or in other ships employed in the tropics, provided
     that the rating has not less than one year to serve in the New Zealand
     Division.
238. Sun helmets (and covers) and white canvas shoes are to be issued
     gratuitously to all ratings under the same conditions as for tropical clothing.
239. The gratuitous issue of three khaki singlets and two pairs of khaki
     shorts to Royal Marine ranks is to be made under the same conditions as
     for seamen.
240. The additional articles of white uniform clothing permitted to be issued
     gratuitously on foreign stations, as shown in the Uniform Regulations, are
     to be issued gratuitously under the same conditions of service as for tropical
     clothing. Similar issues are to be made to ratings on change of uniform
     from Class II to Class I or Class III under the same conditions. If more
     convenient, the value of the articles at current issuing prices may be
     credited in lieu of an issue in kind, provided that the men actually equip
     themselves with the additional articles.
241. Gratuitous issues are to be supported by a certified nominal list,
     forwarded as an enclosure to the clothing account. The dates on which
     the clothing is issued are to be shown on the list, together with details of
     the articles supplied.
242. The last dates of gratuitous issues of tropical clothing, sun helmets,
     white uniform clothing, and white canvas shoes, respectively, are to be
     noted in the "Remarks" column of the ledger, thus: "T.C. date";
     "S.H. date"; "W.U.C. date"; "W.S. date"; and the notations
     carried forward from quarter to quarter and shown on transfer lists.
243. Where, in exceptional cases, the value of white uniform clothing is
     credited instead of an issue in kind, such credit is to appear in the ledger
     and is not to be made through the Cash Account. In all such cases a certificate
     is to accompany the ledger as an enclosure certifying that the men
     who have received credit have actually equipped themselves with the articles
     of white uniform clothing for which credit has been given.

Article 260.—Cancel, and substitute :—

260. Passages for Officers and their Families.—Officers of the New
     Zealand Naval Forces and officers of the Royal Navy lent for service in the
     New Zealand Division are entitled to free passages at Government expense
     when travelling overseas to or from New Zealand, unless proceeding by
     ship of war.
261. Passages for Officers' Wives and Families.—Free passages are also
     granted at Government expense to the wives and families of officers
     appointed to the Naval Board, to the staff at Navy Office, and for duty in
     the Depot Ship "Philomel" or in the shore establishments administered
     by the Captain in Charge.