At all Levees, which are usually held at 11.30 a.m. Cards of Admission will be required, whether for Presentation or Attendance, as the numbers at each of these ceremonies are limited.

The following are the rules to be observed :

ATTENDANCES AND PRESENTATIONS

All Officers of the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Reserves, of whatever rank, whether on the Active or Retired Lists, will communicate with, and obtain their cards from, the Naval Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty. All Civil Officers of the Admiralty will communicate with, and obtain their cards from, the Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty.

Presentations of Officers on the Retired List are, however, never made by the First Lord. Should such an Officer desire presentation, he must forward his application to the Naval Secretary through some person who will himself be present at the same Levee and who will act as his sponsor and take full responsibility for the presentation.

A card for attendance may only be issued to an Officer, whether on the Active or Retired List, if he has already been presented and is also making a presentation.

Application for either presentation or attendance should be made when the date of the Levee for which the card is desired has been announced in the Press by the Lord Chamberlain, but not before.

Applications cannot however, be considered unless they are received at the Admiralty at least fourteen days before the date of the Levee.

Occasions on which Officers may be presented by the First Lord of the Admiralty.

1.-On receiving a Commission in the Royal Navy,

2.-On promotion to the rank of Commander, or to corresponding rank in other branches of the Service, and after that on every step.

Retired Officers are not presented on receiving a step in rank.

3. * On appointment to the command of a station or squadron, or to a principal post at the Admiralty.

4.-On return from active service during War, or from any special service abroad or on return from the command of a station or squadron.

5.-On appointment to the Royal Yacht or as Aide-de-Camp to the Queen.

6.-On appointment as a Knight Commander of any British Order, provided that a change of style is occasioned thereby.

(*Presentations on appointment mill only be made when such appointment is conferred by the Queen either by (a) Letters Patent, (b) Warrant, (e) Submission and Sign Manual, or (d) an informal notification of Her Majesty's approval of the appointment).

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