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1908. NEW ZEALAND.

DEFENCE FORCES OF NEW ZEALAND: LIST OF THE PRIVILEGES AND ENCOURAGEMENTS GIVEN TO VOLUNTEERS AS SUCH UNDER EXISTING REGULATIONS.

Laid on the Table of the House of Representatives by leave.

List of the Privileges and Encouragements given to Volunteers as such under Existing Regulations. (August, 1908.)

Particulars. Regulation Number or other Authority. Subject .ccidents ... Accidents. To men and horses in camp : Compensation allowed Regulations 403, 403a. Sands Allowances. £25 per annum special grant, independent of capitation and other payments to garrison and battalion bands. Bands receive a personal payment of 2s. 6d. per man attending such ceremonial parades as the O.C. District may direct Allowing Cadet corps, where no annual camp held, to hold four daylight parades, at payment of 2s. per member per parade Allowance of £10 per annum towards lighting expenses and rent of drill-halls of those corps not belonging to colleges or high schools Capitation for Cadets is 12s. 6d. per efficient per annum It is now proposed to grant full adult capitation to officers of Cadet corps who pass the examination for their rank and receive substantive commissions. Every efficient member of a Cadet corps receives a free allowance of 100 rounds ball ammunition per annum, and is also allowed to purchase another 100 rounds at 5s. per hundred Allowances to officers for attendance at manoeuvres or "manoeuvre" camps, provided half strength of corps is present; Lieut.-Colonel, £1 Is., per diem, with forage allowance for horse ; Major, 18s.; Surgeon-Captain, 18s.; Captain, 15s.; Lieutenant, lis.; Adjutant, 3s. 6d. (in addition to pay for his rank); Quartermaster, 13s. 6d.; Staff-Sergeants, 8s.; Sergeants, 6s.; Corporals; 5s.; Trumpeters or Buglers, 4s. ; Gunners, Sappers, and Privates, 4s. Ration allowance, Is. 6d. per day additional. Free railway passes to site of camp, and free transport of baggage, effects, and Regulations 370, 381. Regulation 517. Cadets Regulation 515. Regulation 514. Regulation 400. Camps Regulation 393.