to the Royal Navy on completion of a loan or interchange period, he is to
be examined by the Medical Officer of his ship or establishment to determine
whether he suffers from any disability either attributable to or aggravated
by his service in the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy.

Form N.Z.D. 50 is to be completed at this examination in accordance
with the instructions on the form and forwarded by the Commanding Officer
to Navy Office.

2. When personnel are found to be suffering from any disability it will
   be necessary to obtain the services of a second medical officer. When no
   other ship is in company at ports on the New Zealand Station the local
   surgeon and agent should be employed. When a ship is paying off in
   England application should be made for the services of a medical officer
   to be loaned from the naval barracks at the port where the ship is lying.

3. Medical officers are to exercise the greatest care in completing the
   form and to ensure that all details are correctly furnished.

The Naval Board should be in a position to know the exact nature and
degree of any disability at the time of the examination; answers to
questions 6 to 9 should be framed accordingly.

4. When officers and men who have served in the Royal Navy are
   discharged to the shore direct from H.M. ships of the New Zealand Division
   the form should be required in duplicate (one copy is required by the
   Admiralty).

5. Whenever invaliding papers are raised and a person is in fact
   invalided, form N.Z.D. 50 is not required.

Article 392.—Cancel, and substitute :

392. Dental Treatment.—The provision of dental treatment for the
     personnel of the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy is to be met by
     the Squadron Dental Officer, and his services should be requisitioned for
     on every available opportunity.

393. Officers are not eligible for the supply, replacement, or repair of
     dentures except when necessitated by a casualty of the service.

394. Dental treatment at the public expense is not to be afforded to
     Reserve personnel undergoing training unless such treatment is necessitated
     by a casualty occasioned on duty during the period of training. Where
     Reserve personnel are permitted to perform prolonged periods of training—
     e.g., six months—and dental treatment becomes necessary during that
     period, the facts should be presented to the Naval Board before authority
     is given for treatment, other than that occasioned by a casualty on duty,
     to be performed at the public expense.

395. Officers and men employed under mercantile conditions in Royal
     Fleet auxiliaries, &c., are not entitled to treatment at the expense of Naval
     funds unless they have had their teeth or jaws injured on duty as the result
     of an accident attributable to the service. In such cases, provided the
     injury was reported at the time of its occurrence and there is satisfactory
     evidence that the accident was attributable to the service, necessary
     operative treatment may be undertaken, and the cost of treatment neces-
     sitated by the injury will be met from the Naval vote. Where, in addition
     to the treatment actually necessitated by the injury, it is desired to remedy
     pre-existing dental defects, the patient will be liable for the additional
     expense involved.

396. The Admiralty Fleet Orders governing dental treatment, as issued
     from time to time, apply generally to the New Zealand Division.

397. Dental treatment at the public expense does not include the use of
     precious metals.

398. When the services and advice of the Squadron Dental Officer have
     been requisitioned for and are not available, limited operative dental treat-
     ment by appointed Naval Dental Surgeons and Agents is allowable at the
     public expense, where dental conditions are present which the ship's Medical
     Officer considers are urgent, and detrimental to the member's general health.
     The Medical Officer should certify accordingly on forms N.Z.D. 44 and Ty. 39.
     Denture work should be limited to repairs, and where supply or replacement
     is considered necessary the question should be referred to the Dental Officer
     and advantage taken of the arrangements made in Auckland for denture
     work in conjunction with this officer.

399. The names and addresses of the Dental Surgeons and Agents to whom
     ranks and ratings should be sent at the different ports for urgent dental
     treatment are promulgated in Navy Orders, and details relating to the scale
     of fees and the procedure to be followed are also notified in Navy Orders.