521. General Duties.- The Captain of the Fleet is, under the direction of the Commander-in-Chief, or Senior Flag Officer of the fleet, to attend to the various details and arrangements, for the management of such fleet and for the maintenance of it in the most efficient state possible, giving, as may be necessary, with the sanction of the Commander-in-Chief, or Senior Flag Officer, such orders for the above objects as circumstances may require ; and all orders so given by him are to be obeyed by every person in the fleet as well by officers superior to him as by those inferior.

522. Matters he is to deal with.- The Captain of then Fleet will also deal with the following matters on behalf of the Commander-in-Chief, subject to his sanction, and give such orders with regard thereto as circumstances may require, and such orders are to be obeyed by all concerned in the fleet as if given by the Commander-in-Chief :

Passages of ranks and ratings ;

Discharge, exchange, transfer, or lending of men in the fleet ; Examinations of ranks and ratings;

Coaling, oiling, storing, provisioning, and money requirements;

Royal Naval Reserve and Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve-Receipt, training, and discharge of ;

Advancement and confirmation of ratings ; Transfers from one rating to another ;

Defect lists, examination of ;

Colliers-damages, suitability, &c. ; Applications for extra pay;

Leave of officers, except Flag Officers and Captains ; Closing accounts, officers and men to be borne for;

Surveys of stores ;

Medical surveys on officers and men; Patrol reports ;

Contractors, all matters relating to ;

And other miscellaneous subjects which are not of sufficient importance to be dealt with by the Commander-in-Chief.

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