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Re Technical School Costs. the 10 l £83 .°T *? \ and for Emotion of the Electrical Engineers and Engine-drivers of the Artillery Volunteers m Auckland. Captain Knyvett, with three others/shared in this. No authority had been obtained from either the Council of Defence or the Officer Commanding District in m> JwT of , cor P« are t°. oarr y °ut a ny idea they may have, and then ask for authority afterwards, wWv? 1 7 T admlmstratlon ' wher ° is it to end ? And, as in the case of Captain Knyvett such mt tr ° n U Ti- T 6 ' t Vf allate in P ublic aW of oncers whose duty it is to contro sucn matters, will all discipline end ? File re Promotion to Major andt S5 aill i Oined NeW Ze ? land ForoeS in 1905 ; resented not bein 8 Promoted to Major, ate mfto - ZTt £ ° f th ° Ugll eVCTy consideration was given him, even to alfhoTi I \m D 7 Ut ? i nCan SerVlCe fol ' tme he mi g ht have been an officer in ™<* service although not in a New Zealand contingent treatld^htniSc; 8110 " 8 * been &f OT "deration, and ■'■ A. W. Robin, Colonel.

No. 41. The Right Hon. the Minister of Defence to the Adjutant-General, New Zealand Defence Forces. i\t i Prime Minister's Office Wellineton Memorandum for the Adjutant-General. 20th January 1910 I ™ you herewith the file of the Knyvett papers in order that you may ascertain 'from the President of the Court whether the statement made by the deputation [see Appendix No. 61 that waited upon me yesterday is correct-viz that the evidence upon which you made your recommendation toTh Government is incomplete. I also send you a copy of the evidence [see Appendix No 71 which the deputation declared had been taken by a Court shorthand-writer, and certified to by Mm to them as correct, m which evidence they .pointed out that the President of the Court is riW to haw stopped Captain Knyvett from calling further witnesses upon the ground that the Court S.satisfied ha it was unnecessary, and from this Captain Knyvett is alleged to have concluded lat the charges against him were not proven and it was unnecessary for him to. proceed further. On receipt of the •possible 8 7 ? * kd lf JOn WUI fullj C ° nsider tlle matter and re P° rt to ™ » Has ' J. G. Ward, Minister of Defence.

No. 42. The Adjutant-General, New Zealand Defence Forces, Wellington, to the President, Court of Inquiry. I beg to forward herewith a memorandum received from the RiJSSfte Master re mr n n g { rrfr Wl ? the Gom , ?r % held in Auckland > &»>***** £<£ SXJ*«S£ - viz., (1) Whether the evidence recorded by the Court and on which I made my commendation to the SwTS WaS T Plete ; Wheth f l OU ' aS PreSldent ° f the Court Bt °PP ed CaptaTn Knyvett from calling further evidence, on. the ground that it was considered unnecessary; and from wMch CautZ that the charges S- 2 him - 5 p—.=iwatu^r

No. 43. The President, Court of Inquiry, to the Adjutant-General, New Zealand Defence Forces. R B POB T> by Court of Inquiry, on poi nt S rai Sfi d by you in your JZf^fiFt^^ E. W. C. Chaytob, Lieut.-Col., President, Court of Inquiry.

[Enclosure in No. 43.] 1. Proceeding op Court of Inquiry reassembled at Headquarters, Wellington, at 2.30 pm on Thursday, 27th January, 1910, to report on certain Points in Connection with the Court Inquiry which sat at Auckland, on the 21st, 22nd, and 23rd December, 1909 to investiLtc certain-Charges against Captain Frank Berners Knyvett. investigate 2. The order convening the reassembling of the Court was read 3. The letter from the Adjutant-General dated 25th January, 1910 was read tion t^jF eWTItUn rePOrt ° f proCeedlll S S ° f the Court held at Auckland, handed in by the deputaabove're T ferred O K ™ MI ° WS in the Ad J^^-Gen e ral's letter 6. Question il.-" Whether the evidence recorded by the Court, and on which I made mylVecom" mendation to the Government, was complete." myirecom-

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