SECTION I. ALLOWANCES.

1537. List of Passengers.- The Captain is to transmit quarterly to the Admiralty, and before leaving home for a foreign port, a list on form S. 176 of every passenger received on board who is not a naval or military passenger embarked on service.

1538. Authority for conveyance at Public Expense.- No passenger is to be received at the public expense either abroad or at home without a special order from the Admiralty. Any officer who shall give or order any passage without such authority will himself be liable for all the expenses incurred, unless the special circumstances of the case, in the opinion of the Admiralty, were such as to warrant this Regulation being departed from.

1539. Superintendents, Store Officers, &c.- In the case of Superintendents and store officers and their families, the Senior Officer on a foreign station is authorised to order passages without a previous order from the Admiralty. See 737 (Passages for women).

1540. Victualling Allowance.- In order to cover the expenses necessarily incurred by officers at whose table passengers are entertained, an allowance, as laid down in the following table, will be made according to the rank and length of stay on board of each passenger.

2. Royal Personages, &c.- The passages of royal personages, or of foreign ambassadors, consuls or other persons of rank, will be separately considered by the Admiralty.

1541. Scale.- The scale of allowances for the entertainment of passengers, and the messes in which they are to be received in His Majesty's ships, shall be as follows :

2. When more than one distinguished person is embarked at the same time, the person of the highest rank is to be paid for according to the scale, and the others only at the rate of 25s. or 21s. a day each, as the case may be.

3. Army officers messing in the ward-room or gun-room will make their own arrangements with the mess committees for such liquors as they may require.

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1542. Women, Children, and Female Servants.- If it is found necessary to convey women, children or female servants in any of His Majesty's ships, either as passengers or refugees, they are to be entertained at, or messed from the Captain's table, at the following rates per diem :

2. The messing contribution to which army officers are liable for their families when entertained on board ships is to be recovered from them prior to disembarkation.

1543. Captain's Table : definition.- The Captain's table includes the table of a Flag Officer, or a Commodore, should there be one on board, and also the table of a Commander in the actual command of a ship. The ward-room is to be understood as including also the table of a Lieutenant in actual command.

2. Lieutenant in command.- When a person entitled to mess at a Captain's table is entertained by a Lieutenant in command, such person is to be paid for as if entertained at a Captain's table.

1544. Naval Officers on passage.- Naval officers taking passage in ships are to be entertained as follows (making their own arrangements as to messing):

1. Captains, Engineer Rear-Admirals, and Surgeons-General-at the Captain's table.
2. Commanders, Deputy Surgeons-General, - Secretaries to Admirals of the Fleet and to Commanders-in-Chief, Paymasters-in-Chief, and Engineer Captains-at the ward-room table, or the table of a Commander in actual command.
3. Other ward-room officers at the ward-room table.
4. Gun-room and warrant officers at their respective messes.

1545. Messing Pilots.- Pilots are to mess at the ward-room table or with the warrant officers, as the Captain may direct. Five shillings a day will be allowed to the ward-room mess, and 3s. 6d. a day to the warrant officers' mess for the entertainment of a hired pilot not belonging to His Majesty's Service; and 3s. 6d. a day to the warrant officers' mess for the master of a yard craft, and the same amount is to be paid in the exceptional case of a pilot being obliged to mess in the gun-room mess. These payments are to be made by the Accountant Officer on the approval of the Captain. See 16$3 (Victualling of Persons not belonging; to the Navy).

1546. Departure from Scales.- The Admiralty are authorised to depart from the scales in cases where they consider the allowances more than adequate to meet the expenses incurred for the entertainment of the passengers embarked, and to increase them when they deem the scales insufficient.

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1547. Governors and other Colonial Officers.- When a Governor, High Commissioner, or other colonial public officer proceeds in a ship on a tour of inspection which requires him to disembark at various ports, the higher rate per diem will generally only be paid for the seven days' entertainment following his first embarkation. Should there be special reasons for repeating this payment, the Captain will represent the circumstances for the consideration of the Admiralty.

1548. Army Officers.- Majors not on the staff, and officers of the Army below the rank of Field Officers, when embarked on service, with or without their regiments, and entitled to passages at the public expense, are to join the ward-room mess; but when the whole number cannot be received at that mess, they may be entertained at the Captain's table, or in the gun-room mess.

1549. Civil Officers of Army.- Civil officers of the Army of the rank of Major-General are to be entertained at the Captain's table ; if below that rank, in the ward-room.

1550. Refugees.- Refugees received on board ships, under Article 488, whether foreigners or British subjects, are to bear the expense of their own entertainment and that of their families ; but if in too distressed circumstances to be able to do so, they will be paid for at the established rates, under the special sanction in each case of the Admiralty.

1551. Periods for which paid.- The periods for which these rates are to be paid shall commence on the day on which the first dinner is taken on board, and shall terminate with the last dinner on board.

1552. Male Servants and Extra Expenses.- The sums specified in the scales include a provision for a reasonable number of male servants, and for extra expenses of every kind, except bedding and such fittings as the dockyard may be ordered to furnish.

1553. Joining an Inferior Mess.- When persons ordered passages shall prefer to join an inferior mess to that to which they are entitled by their rank, they are to be permitted to do so. If a person entitled to be entertained at one table is received at a superior table by personal invitation or favour, no additional allowance will be granted for his entertainment ; if the change be to an inferior table, such allowance only will be made as would be given for a person of the proper rank for entertainment at such inferior table.

1554. Arrangements for payment by Passengers.- When any person of His Majesty's diplomatic, consular, colonial, or Indian Services shall be ordered a passage, the Captain is to direct the Accountant Officer to inform such passenger of the rate laid down herein for his entertainment, and the Accountant Officer is to arrange for payment of the amount before the passenger leaves the ship if possible, or upon his certificate through the Consulate, Colonial or Indian Government on the spot, as the case may be.

2. If the passenger should not be satisfied with the statement of the Accountant Officer as to the scale under which the passage is to be paid for, the matter is to be at once referred to the officer ordering the passage, or to the Admiralty, and it will be arranged with the Secretary of State.

3. A report of the particulars of each case, and of the amount paid by each passenger, is to be at once forwarded to the Admiralty, through the Commander-in-Chief.

1555. King's or other Official Messenger.- When a King's or other official messenger is ordered to be embarked for passage, the Captain will direct him,

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unless it shall be specified in the order, to be messed with such of the officers as he may see fit.

If in the ward-room the allowance shall be at the rate of 9s. a day; in the gun-room, 6s. a day; or with the warrant officers, 5s. a day ; on embarkation, he will be called on to pay to the Accountant Officer for the mess, one-half the estimated amount for the passage, and the balance on disembarkation. The Captain will also take care that he is provided with a suitable berth.

1556. Master or Mate of a wrecked Ship.- Whenever the master or a mate of a merchant ship, who has become destitute by the loss of his ship, is ordered by the Captain or other competent authority to be entertained in a mess or by an officer, a sum, at the discretion of the Captain, but not exceeding 9s. a day for a master, or 5s. a day for a mate, is to be paid by the Accountant Officer to the mess or to the officer entertaining him, upon a certificate from the Captain. The certificate is to state the circumstances and the number of days the master or mate was on board and entertained by the mess or officer, and that the Captain considers the sum allowed to be fair and reasonable in reference to. the expenses actually incurred for the messing, and to the class of ship to which the destitute master or mate had belonged.

1557. Advance of Allowance.- In special cases, not herein provided for, when officers ordered to make preparations for any passenger desire an advance, the Admiralty at home, or the Senior Officer abroad, may, on receipt of a special application, authorise an advance of one-half the estimated allowance being paid by the Account Officer, out of his contingent money; but no bills may be drawn specially for these allowances, and particulars of any such advances are to be shown in the claim for final settlement.

1558. Passengers, if not embarked.- If a passenger for whom provision has been made under competent authority should not embark, or, having embarked, should be re-landed or transferred to another ship, the officer or the mess; as the case may be, will be entitled to half the allowance to cover the expenses incurred in making the necessary preparations. No deduction is to be made from the allowances for the time passengers may spend on shore at intermediate places for their own pleasure.

2. Passengers disembarking on duty.- When a Governor or other public officer disembarks for the purpose of performing bona fide public service, without being able to give sufficient notice of his intended absence to prevent expense being incurred in preparing for his entertainment, one-half of the rates of allowance above authorised will be payable during such absence. For the purpose of computing the seven days referred to in Article 1541, each day in respect of which a charge for entertainment is made at half of the authorised rate is to be counted a full day.

SECTION II. COMPENSATION.

1559. Losses in Action, by Fire, Shipwreck, &c.- Officers, seamen, marines and boys, who, being on duty, may lose in action with the enemy, by fire, by shipwreck, or by other casualty of the Service, any necessary articles of clothing or equipment, or any books, instruments, or tools used in connection with their duties, will be compensated for such loss, subject to a certificate being furnished that the following conditions have been fulfilled, viz. :

1. That the claimants are acquitted of all blame as to the cause of loss ;
2. That the loss occurred in circumstances altogether unavoidable by them ;

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3. That it was not by the neglect nor fault of the applicant ; and
4. That every exertion was used by them to prevent the loss.

2. Amount of Compensation and conditions.- The amount of compensation awarded will be calculated on the principle of making good actual losses so far as to enable officers and men to re-equip themselves with what is necessary for service. The scale given in Appendix VIII. will not be exceeded, except in the case of equipments for special or exceptional service.

Cases in which an officer or man dies, or leaves the Service for causes other than his own misconduct, before re-equipment takes place, should be submitted to the Admiralty with a view to the award of compensation either to the officer or man concerned or to his legal representative in case of death.

The grant of compensation in such cases will be at the discretion of the Admiralty, and will in no case exceed the actual value, so far as it can be ascertained, of the articles lost or damaged.

3. Inadmissible claims.- No claim will be admitted for losses sustained when proceeding on or returning from leave of absence, nor for the loss of money the property of individuals.

4. Baggage sent by another Vessel.- When for his own convenience baggage or articles of equipment are sent by a vessel, whether one of His Majesty's ships or a merchant vessel, in which the officer to whom they belong is not himself a passenger, it is incumbent upon him to protect himself by insurance, and if the opportunity to do so be neglected, no compensation will be given in the event of loss.

5. Loss entitling Officer to claim on Individual.- Should any loss occur in circumstances which give the officer a claim to indemnification from persons through whose fault it happened, no compensation will be paid under these Regulations ; but should the officer desire it, and lose no time in making application to the Senior Officer present, an inquiry is to be ordered by the latter, and every assistance given to obtain documentary or other evidence to substantiate the claim against the parties liable.

6. Period.- All claims should be submitted to the Captain or Senior Officer within one month from the date of loss, and any neglect in this respect may be held sufficient reason for rejecting a claim valid in other respects.

7. How to be made.- The claims are to be made out in MS.; on receipt of the claims the Senior Officer will order an investigation with all convenient despatch.

8. Investigations.- The investigating officers are to inquire into and report the circumstances attending the loss, and to certify as to the correctness of the items set forth in the claim.

Officers and C.P.O.s.- Claims of naval and marine officers, warrant officers R.N., and chief petty officers are to be submitted to the Admiralty for consideration. Reasonable money advances may be made under the authority of the Senior Naval Officer in these cases, but such payments are to be reported to the Admiralty when the claims are transmitted. Claims of petty officers and lower ratings are to be dealt with as provided in clause 9.

Marines.- Articles lost by marines are, as a general rule, to be replaced in kind, form S. 371 (Claim for replacement of clothing and necessaries lost, &c.) being used in these cases, but compensation at current issuing rates will be paid for any article replaced at the man's expense.

9. Men below C.P.O.- In the case of men below the rating of chief petty officer the following procedure is to be carried out in regard to losses of uniform clothing and tools, claims of a special nature being referred to the Admiralty for decision :

1. Immediately after the loss any absolutely necessary articles are to be issued and their value charged on the ship's ledger against the men

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2. to whom the issues are made. These charges need not, however, be actually abated from pay pending the result of the investigation and may be carried forward, if necessary, to subsequent ledgers as debts.
3. The investigating officers will assess the compensation proposed (if any) in money, articles of uniform clothing being allowed for at the issue price of new articles. Care is to be taken that in no case is compensation awarded for articles of clothing, &c., in excess of the regulation kit (obligatory and optional) of the rating held by the man at the time of the loss.
4. The report of the investigating officers is to be submitted to the Commander-in-Chief or Senior Officer, who will award such compensation as he may consider equitable in each case. The amounts awarded are then to be credited to the men concerned on the ship's ledger, any debts incurred under (a) being liquidated before payment is made.
5. The report of the investigating officers, with all other correspondence, is to be forwarded to the Admiralty as soon as practicable after the decision of the Commander-in-Chief is obtained.

10. Instruments and Books.- Claims on account of the loss of instruments or professional books will be treated on their merits. The titles of the books with their original cost, and the maker's name of any instrument or chronometer, should be stated, and if the latter were used in the navigation of the ship, the Captain should give a certificate to that effect. The compensation for Instruments lost will be either by the supply of others in lieu, or by a money payment, at the discretion of the Admiralty.

11. Officers of the Civil Departments.- All officers and others in the civil departments of the Navy, proceeding on service by order in authorised vessels, are entitled to compensation for the loss of reasonable equipment occurring in circumstances which would give naval officers or seamen a claim ; the Senior Officer present should, therefore direct an investigation, and report as to the circumstances of any such loss that may be brought to his notice.

12. Destruction of Infected Clothing, &c.- When the clothing or effects of an officer or a man suffering on board ship from an infectious disease are ordered to be destroyed to prevent the risk of infection to others, a list is to be made, and the actual value is to be appraised.

13. In the event of the restoration of the patient to health, replacement is to be made or compensation paid according to the foregoing rules, but in the event of death only the actual value of the articles destroyed, appraised as before directed, is to be added to and form part of the deceased person's assets, payable to his representatives.

14. A certificate from the Medical Officer, stating the necessity for destroying the articles, is to be given on the list thereof, and attached to the voucher for the payment or replacement, and such list should not include articles other .than those referred to in Appendix VIII.

SECTION III. REPLACEMENT OF MEDALS.

1560. Conditions of replacement.- Medals lost on duty in similar circumstances to those detailed in Article 1559, clause 1, may be replaced at the public expense. Those lost in other circumstances may be replaced at the expense of the officer or man concerned.

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2. Inquiry.- The Captain will in all cases make inquiry as to the cause of the loss, and the measures taken for recovery, and a report of his investigation should accompany any application for replacement, which should be made to the Accountant-General.

3. Punishment for selling, &c.- Men who are found to have sold or made away with the decorations awarded to them are to be dealt with under the provisions of Article 757, Table I., � h. I., and the cases specially reported to the Admiralty.

4. Pensioners.- Applications for replacement of medals from pensioners and others who have left the Service will be considered only on the execution of a statutory declaration as to the circumstances of the loss of the originals.

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