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Spkcial Allowances.—Warrant Officers, etc. 1. (vi.) The following allowances, in addition to " active pay," shall be paid to officers while employed (and only during such period) on the special duty or in the special circumstances mentioned :—

In the event of warrant officers' stoics being plaoed in charge of a commissioned officer (other than a commissioned warrant officer), allowances on the above scale may be paid, but these stores are not to be placed in charge of such officers when a competent commissioned warrant officer or warrant officer is available. The rules in regard to the payment of store allowances at the end of Appendix VII, King's Regulations and Admiralty Instructions, 1013, Vol. 11, are to govern the payment of the above allowances in the New Zealand Naval Forces, where applicable. PAY AND ALLOWANCES, PETTY OFFICERS AND MEN (SEA-GOING). 2. (i.)" The following rates of " active pay," " deferred pay," and allowances shall apply to petty officers, men, and boys entered for sea-going Naval service under the New Zealand Government on and after the 15th July, 1914. With the exception of Officers' Stewards, Officers' Cooks, and Ships' Musicians, all ratings will be required to execute engagements to serve for a first period of seven years from date of entry, or from the date of attaining eighteen years, if such date s subsequent to date of entry. Ratings may be allowed to re-engage for further per ods of seven years if recommended by the Commanding Officer of the ship or establishment in which they are serving and approved by the New Zealand Naval Authority. Ratings lent from the Active List of the Royal Navy will be required to engage for three years' service, which period may in special circumstances be extended. Officers' Stewards, Officers' Cooks, and Ships' Musicians will be required to engage or re-engage for three years' service. All previous service in Royal Navy or Royal Marines will be allowed to count for rates of pay, good-conduct badges, and other allowances as if served under the New Zealand Government.

Vit.uiv of Allowance. ■Per Diem. Per Annum. Officers of the Military Branch, [a.) Command-money (when in command of ship or torpedo-boat) (6.) Navigating-allowance .. (<-.) (i.) Gunnery or torpedo allowance to Gunner or Torpedo Gunner, while employed in lieu of a Gunnery or Torpedo Lieutenant (ii.) Allowance to variant officers living on board a gunboat, destroyer, or torpedo-boat, and obliged to join the mess which includes all the officers, to be paid under conditions laid down in King's Regulations Officers of the Engineer Branch. (d.) In oharge of machinery of a ship or torpedo-boat (e.) To Senior Engineer Officer next in rank to Engineer Offioer-tn-Charge in ships in commission with engines of .'(,000 indicated hone-power and upwards, at the discretion of the N;i'. a! Authority I £ s. d. £ s. d. (i 2 o :{<; io o 0 2 0 36 10 0 0 1 0 I 18 8 0 0 1 I) 27 7 li ; 0 I li 27 7 6 0 1 0 IS r, i> General — For officers of all Branches. (/.) Lodging-allowance (when not provided with quarters)— Lieutenants and officers of eq uivalent rank promoted from commission warrant rank (as for Lieutonants, see paragraph 1 (iii) (6)). Commissioned and other warrant officers (</.) Torpedo-boat destroyer pay while actually living cm board torpedo-boat destroyers 171 cow mission (It.) Torpedo-boat pay while actually living on hoard torpedoboats in commteewn (t.) Submarine pay (j.) Store allowances— (i.) For charge of one class of stores —i.e., Gunnor's, Torpedo Gunner's,* Boatswain's, or Carpenter's— Battleships and battle-cruisers Light cruisers (ii.) Additional to a warrant officer if in oharge of uteres other than his own, for which separate aooounts arc rendered, but not exceeding two classes : Battleships, battle-cruisers, and light oruisers (iii.) Destroyers, gun-boats, and other small vessels in which only one account for all stores is kept (iv.) Sarbour ships and establishments — an amount decided by the Naval Authority from time to time, and within these limits 0 3 6 0 I 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 3 6 63 17 li 0 10 18 r> 0 o 2 o ; :w 10 (i 0 4 0 T.i 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 6 0 o (i o o to 0 0 6 1 • it i : 0 0 li I) 0 l> 0 0 8 (id to 10(1. id to IOd. • The allowance for Torpedo Gunner's stores is payable only when the ship i; or Gunner (T) in complement. In other ships such stores are to be considere stores, and no extra allowance is payable on their account. s allowed a I. id as part of ; allowed a Lieutenant (T) i as part of the Gunner , *