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(38.) A list of defaulters will from time to time be prepared, showing those members of the Naval Reserve who have not completed their drill. It will be the duty of officers to warn them of the effect of neglect. But if no such personal notice is given, they will, notwithstanding, be held responsible for non-attendance. (39.) The annual retainer will bo paid in four quarterly instalments when required. The quarters are to be considered as commencing on the Ist January, Ist April, Ist July, and Ist October in each year. A proportionate reduction will be made in the retainer on account of the first broken quarter. (39a.) All members of the Naval Reserve must attend twenty-four hours' drill on shore and twelve and a half hours' afloat during each quarter to entitle them to that quarter's retainer ; but should they have passed out of part I. Truck Gun Exercise, they will then be allowed to make up their time for two quarters' retainer any time during each consecutive six months. Members who have passed out of both parts of the Truck Gun Exercise and Musketry Instruction will have the words Trained Man noted in their books, and will be selected for promotion according to their seniority. The captain commanding the Naval Reserve to notify on which days these examinations will take place. (40.) When a member of the Naval Reserve applies lor payment of retainer he must produce his certificate, and satisfy the commanding officer by the entries in his certificate that he has complied with the conditions as to drill, leave of absence, and appearance before some commissioned officer ; and if it should appear to such officer that the conditions of the Reserve have been broken, he will forward the certificate to the officer commanding the naval force in the service of Her Majesty's Government in Victoria. (41.) If ho can show that his absence was unavoidable, or any other conditions or rule of the service have been broken through unavoidable circumstances, he may make a special application to have his retainer renewed. Payment of the retainer will not be allowed for the time of absence. (42.) In the event of the death of a member of the Naval Reserve, the balance of any retainer which may be due to him will be paid to his widow or children (if any). Application for payment of the balance of retainers due to the deceased should be made through the commanding officer. (43.) When a member of the Naval Reserve, after being called out by proclamation, is released from actual service, his certificate will be returned to him, with the requisite entries of service made therein. (44.) After the termination of one year, reckoned from the date of certificate, any member of the Naval Reserve will, on giving three months' notice in writing, be entitled to his discharge ; provided he is not at the time required by proclamation for actual service, and that no apprehension of danger to the colony exists, of which the Governor in Council is to be the sole judge. (45.) The Naval Reserve will be continuously maintained unless disbanded or broken up by proclamation in the Government Gazette. (46.) Any member of the Naval Reserve, when not called out for actual service, may, under special circumstances, with the consent of the officer commanding the naval force of Her Majesty's Government in Victoria, obtain his discharge from the Reserve on payment of the sum of £2, if required to replace his uniform. (47.) Any member of the Naval Reserve may be discharged from the Reserve after fifty-five years of age or for inefficiency or physical inability to serve, or may be dismissed for misconduct in addition to loss of retainer and such other penalty as the Act provides. (48.) A member of the Naval Reserve, if wounded or injured on service or on drill, will be entitled to the same pension to which any other seaman in the Colonial Navy of Victoria would be entitled for a similar wound or injury ; but such pension cannot, except by special permission, be paid in any place not within the colony of Victoria. 70. —Engagement of Pebsons regulauly employed. The period for which all persons regularly employed under the Act will be sworn in will be for one year, after the expiration of which period any such person can obtain his discharge on giving three months' notice of his intention to apply for the same : Provided always, that at the time no apprehension of danger to the colony exists, of which the Governor in Council is to be the sole judge.

AMENDED REGULATIONS UNDER THE DISCIPLINE ACT 1870. Clause (24.) The time for which each member of the Naval Reserve will be required to drill in each year is one hundred and forty-four (144) hours, exclusive of reviews. Time occupied in travelling or being transported to and from the place of drill will be allowed at the discretion of the commanding officer. Clause (26.) Each member of the Naval Reserve may, if the exigencies of the service admit, be allowed to drill in different districts. Clause (29a.) Any member who cannot satisfy his commanding officer that he has made fair progress in his drills will not be entitled to his retainer.