SECTION I. CHAPLAIN.

649. Conduct.-The Chaplain is to be most careful that the morality of his conduct and the propriety and regularity of his manners and conversation are such as become his sacred office, and inspire the officers and the ship's company with reverence and respect towards him.

650. General Duties.-He is to conduct the daily morning prayers, and to perform the duties of the Lord's Day, whether in his own ship, or in any other to which he may be appointed by the Senior Officer, with due solemnity and in such a manner that his hearers may be impressed with devotion; he will be careful to adapt his sermons to their capacity and situation in life, so that his teaching may be at once intelligible and beneficial to them.

2. His attention is directed to that part of Chapter XIX., Section L, which relates to Divine Service.

3. Naval Marriages.-He is carefully to observe the instructions laid down by the Admiralty for his guidance with regard to the publication of banns of marriage on board ship. (Articles 716-719.)

651. Holy Communion.-The Chaplain is to take care that opportunities are given for receiving the Holy Communion with regularity, and, when practicable, at least once a month; the Captain, with whom he is always to consult before giving notice thereof, will ensure every proper facility being afforded as to time and place for this service to be held.

2. Books of Devotion.-The Chaplain is to have the personal custody of the books of devotion and of the communion plate. See 1726 (Sacramental Bread and Wine).

652. Visits to Sick.-He is to be very assiduous in his attendance on the sick, visiting the sick berth daily. Should any man who attends his ministration be dangerously ill, even though he may not request it, he is to go to him, after obtaining the Medical Officer's sanction, to prepare him for death, and to comfort and admonish him, as the state of his mind or other circumstances may make it desirable. His visits to the sick are to be so frequent, that they would not be regarded as in any way betokening that any patients are physically in a dangerous or hopeless state.

2. He is also to visit the sick and others who may require spiritual assistance on board other ships or in hospitals, or elsewhere on shore, where there is no Chaplain.

3. The religious denomination of each man and boy is recorded on his service certificate.

653. Funeral Service.-Whenever a funeral party is ordered from a ship in harbour bearing a Chaplain, the Chaplain of such ship is to accompany it and officiate, if it be the funeral of an officer or man who has died on board, or who was discharged to hospital while actually serving on board, whether as part complement or as supernumerary.

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If the death of a Roman Catholic, Presbyterian, Wesleyan, or a member of any other denomination should take place, the officiating minister of the denomination to which the deceased may have belonged is to be communicated with, in order that the funeral service may be conducted by him.

2. The Chaplain of the hospital is to be responsible for all other funerals.

3. The officiating Chaplain or Minister is to make the proper entry in the register, leaving the registrar's certificate, or coroner's order as the case may be, for the information of the Chaplain of the hospital, who is responsible for the correct keeping of the register.

4. Cases not provided for in these Regulations are to be arranged for by the Senior Officer present.

854. Prayer or Consultation.-The Chaplain is to make known to the Captain whenever he shall have ascertained that any men or boys are anxious to be allowed a place of meeting for the purposes of prayer or of consultation with him; the Captain will then cause some suitable place to be appropriated for the purpose, at the time desired or at such times as may seem expedient.

855. Religious Instruction.-He is to instruct in the principles of the Christian religion all such young officers as the Captain shall put under his care, and all the boys in the ship. Every Sunday he is to hear them read, and is to explain to them the Scriptures and the Church Catechism ; and he is to be always ready to give such assistance and instruction on religious subjects as may be required of him by any officer or other person in the ship. But he is not to enforce the teaching of the Church of England Catechism on any persons who, being of a different religious persuasion, might object to receive instruction in a creed at variance with their own; neither are they to be obliged to read books to which, on religious grounds, they have an objection ; but the Captain will in every instance satisfy himself as to the validity of such objections.

2. He is to give to men and boys, who may voluntarily attend, religious instruction, at such times as the Captain may order to be set apart for the purpose.

856. Supervision of School.-When school is held he is to visit it daily and see that the Naval Schoolmaster, or the person acting in his place, is attentive to his duty and diligent in teaching the boys placed under him and those who may choose to seek instruction from him. He is frequently to examine the progress made by them in secular education, and, at the end of each quarter he is to report the result in writing to the Captain; noting such as deserve commendation or otherwise. He is to examine the school register to see that it is kept in accordance with the provisions of Article 390, and initial it weekly.

2. School Books.-He will demand from the Accountant Officer and have general custody of such of the established school books as may from time to time be required for the use of the school, placing them in the immediate charge of the Naval Schoolmaster. The purchase of slates and other school necessaries is provided for in Article 1452. When no Chaplain is borne, this duty is to be attended to by the Naval Instructor, or some other officer appointed by the Captain.

857. Moral or Religious Books.-During the period of the commission he may demand books of a moral or religious character which are not included in the ship's library, to the value of �1 for every 100 of the ship's complement, except in harbour ships at home, in which he may demand these books annually to the value of 5s. for every 100 of the average numbers of men borne. The

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books will be supplied by the Stationery Office on the demand being forwarded through the Captain to the Admiralty. The books issued to sea-going ships under this Article are to be returned to the Chaplain of the Fleet on the ship paying off.

2. The Chaplain of a dockyard or marine division may select moral and religious literature from the list of books drawn up by the Chaplain of the Fleet, and approved by their Lordships, to the value of 5s. a quarter, and demand it through the Admiral Superintendent or Commandant as the case may be. It will be supplied from the Stationery Office.

658. Library.-He is from time to time to inquire into the working of the ship's library, and he will suggest to the Captain any alterations which may appear to him to be likely to promote the free circulation of the books among the ship's company.

659. Scripture Readers: -When the visits of Scripture readers are sanctioned by the Captain, the Chaplain is to take care that they do not circulate tracts of which he does not approve, nor preach, nor perform duties which strictly and essentially belong to the office of an ordained person ; he will at once report any infringement of this regulation that may come to his notice. In a ship not bearing a Chaplain, the Captain will take care that this rule is enforced.

660. Allowances.-Chaplains will be paid allowances for lodging, for attending committees, for subsistence while travelling, compensation for losses and extra pay, in accordance with the following scale :

Chaplains are also entitled to marine servants in accordance with this scale.

661. Unofficial Duty on Shore.-A Chaplain on full pay is not to undertake duty in parishes on shore for which payment is received; but he may assist occasionally, without remuneration, in churches on shore, at such times as may not interfere with his duties in the Fleet.

SECTION II. NAVAL INSTRUCTOR.

662. Duties generally.-He is to use his best endeavours to impart instruction to the pupils placed under him, to advance them in the several branches laid down in these Regulations, and especially to prepare them for their examinations. He is to superintend the observations and the working out of the ship's position every day at sea by those Midshipmen who are not working directly under the Navigating Officer or doing duty in the engine room. He is to assist the specialist officers with the instruction of Midshipmen in the theoretical parts of the various professional subjects. He is to encourage voluntary study and to help those Midshipmen who wish to keep up and improve their educational acquirements.

2. Specialising Officers, &c.-He is to assist any commissioned officers who desire to study with a view to specialising, and any warrant officers preparing for special courses.

3. School and Library.-When no Chaplain is borne, he is to carry out the Chaplain's duty as regards ship's school and library.