SECTION I. GENERAL.

Pay.

1346. Scale of Full Pay.-The full pay of officers, petty officers, seamen, marines and boys is set forth in the Appendices I. and XV., according to their several ranks and ratings.

2. Stoppages.-Stoppages of pay are not on any account to be made, whether as regards officers or men, except in the cases expressly authorised by statute or by the regulations of the Service.

3. Time for Pay.-In regard to all questions of the pay of officers and men of the Navy or Marines, the definitions of time given in the " Explanation of Terms " (page xi.), are to be followed.

1347. Commencement of Full Pay.-All officers appointed from half pay, or from the shore, and all warrant and subordinate officers not appointed from full pay, shall commence their full pay from the date of appointment, with the following exceptions :

1. Flag Officers and Commodores First Class, see 1375.
2. If an officer or a petty officer shall be ordered by a competent authority to act in a superior rank in another ship, he shall commence the full pay of the higher rank from the date of discharge from his former ship, whether for passage or otherwise.
3. If similarly appointed in his own ship, he shall commence such pay of the higher rank from the date of the acting appointment, which is to be noted on the ledger.

2. Delay in joining.-If there shall appear to have been any unnecessary delay in joining, or in embarking for the purpose of joining, the full pay of the officer shall only commence from such time as the Admiralty may direct.

Officers appointed to ships commissioned at home are to join at 9 a.m. on the day of commissioning.

3. Delays in Hospital.-Whenever an officer is delayed in taking up an appointment by being in hospital, the fact is to be reported by letter by the Captain of the ship on whose books the officer is borne, for reference to the Admiralty.

4. Royal Marines.-Officers of the Royal Marines shall commence full pay on the day following that up to which they may have last been paid at their respective headquarters.

1348. Acting Appointments.-Officers removed from one ship to another, or appointed to act in proper vacancies, by competent authority, shall continue on full pay of the rank to which they may be appointed so long as they continue to do the duties thereof.

1349. Pay to Acting Ranks.-An officer is not to receive the pay of a rank superior to that which he holds in the Navy, unless he has been given an acting order in such superior rank by a competent authority, in which case he will be entitled only to the lowest rate of the full pay of that superior rank. See 231 (Vacancies in Certain Ranks).

1350. Acting for Officers on Leave.-An officer appointed by order to act in place of another officer on leave, shall be paid according to the rank in which he acts; and the officer on leave, in such case, shall be checked to half pay until he rejoins his ship ; but at home no officer is to be so checked unless his leave should exceed 42 days in the year, nor without special directions from the Admiralty.

1351. Increase by Service.-Officers whose full pay is regulated by length of service, are not to be paid the increased rates, consequent on having completed any stated periods of service, until their claims have been referred to the Accountant-General and they have been informed of the dates on which the increase rates are to commence. When the increase depends on their position upon the list, they will receive notice from the Accountant-General of the date from which it is to commence.

1352. When wounded : Commissioned Officers.-Commissioned officers entitled to half pay, who, while serving in any ship, tender, boat, or transport, or while employed on shore, are wounded in action with the enemy, pirates. or smugglers, or in quelling disturbances afloat or ashore, or who may be wounded by mistake in an encounter with a friendly ship, shall, on ceasing to be entitled to full pay under Article 1396, be placed upon the half-pay list, but will be paid the difference between full and half pay under the following regulations, in addition to any gratuity that may be awarded under Article 1910.

1. If the wound received shall occasion the loss of an eye, or a limb, or the use of a limb, or if the injury sustained shall prove equivalent or nearly equivalent thereto, the person so wounded shall be entitled to the difference between full pay and half pay during the time he shall appear, by good proof, to have lain under cure, if no pension shall have been settled upon him, or until a pension shall have commenced;
2. Should the wound not amount to the loss of a limb, or an eye, or the use of a limb, or the injury sustained be not equivalent or nearly equivalent thereto, the continuance of this allowance in such case shall not extend beyond eighteen calendar months from the time the person was wounded, unless in very special circumstances the Admiralty shall see cause to order it for a longer time, nor for any period beyond which he may have been under cure, or after a pension shall have been settled upon him;
3. If not entitled to half pay, the officer shall be paid a sum equal to his full pay for the same periods, and under the same conditions.

2. Counting Time.-The time during which officers receive this allowance shall not be reckoned as service, but when entitled to half pay they will count the proportion of such time for retirement.

3. Commissioned Warrant Officers and Others.-All commissioned warrant officers, warrant and subordinate officers, petty officers, seamen, marines and boys who may be wounded in action with the enemy or wounded as specified in clause 1, shall receive the full amount of their full pay till their wounds shall be healed, or, if declared incurable, until they shall receive a pension or be admitted to the benefits of Greenwich Hospital.

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1353. Accidental Injuries.-Whenever any person belonging to the Fleet may be sent to a naval hospital or sick quarters at home, for treatment of any serious bodily injury, sustained by him while serving, and arising from an immediate act of duty, or for treatment of insanity which is clearly the result of accident on duty, or of extraordinary exposure or exertion on service, and shall, under the regulations of Articles 1396,1425 and 1426, cease to be entitled to full pay, the Admiralty are authorised to allow such person, if an officer and entitled to half pay, to be paid the difference between his half pay and full pay - or, if an officer or other person not entitled to half pay, then to be paid a sum equal to his full pay - for such further period as he may remain in hospital or sick quarters on the same conditions and subject to the same limitations with regard to time as are provided for in Article 1352.

1354. Hurt Certificate and Report.-To enable the Admiralty to judge of the propriety of awarding this boon, the Captain will transmit to the Accountant-General, in each particular case of a person being so sent to hospital, a hurt certificate as provided for by Article 1318, together with a report from the Medical Officer describing the nature and extent of the injuries and other particulars of the case, or certifying that the insanity resulted from the Service.

2. The certificate and report are to be forwarded at the time or immediately after the injured or insane person has been sent to hospital, copies of these documents being also sent to the hospital with the patient.

1355. When Ship wrecked, &e.-In the event of a ship being captured, wrecked, or otherwise lost or destroyed, the officers and ship's company shall, subject to provisions of the Naval Discipline Act in force at the time, be entitled to full pay until the time of their being discharged, or removed into other of His Majesty's ships, or of their dying, unless the sentence of the court-martial held on the loss of the ship shall otherwise direct.

1356. Officers Abroad for Study.-Officers allowed to reside abroad for the study of foreign languages under Article 340 will be entitled to full pay and time for the period of study, but will not receive any allowance for victuals nor any other allowances in addition to the full pay.

1357. Officers Discharged Abroad.-If an officer of any rank or grade is discharged abroad and sent home on account of

1. Having been promoted;
2. His ship having been put out of commission, or his particular employment having ceased;
3. Reduction of complement;
4. Having been superseded, or having completed his term of service;
5. Having been retired compulsorily ;
6. Being sick; his full pay shall continue until his arrival in Englard, unless there shall appear to have been any unnecessary delay in returning, in which case it shall cease at such time as the Admiralty may direct. See 1531 (Documents on Arrival Home).

2. Officers on Supplementary List, &c.-Lieutenants on the supplementary list of the Navy and officers promoted to Lieutenants under Article 299 are entitled to continuous full pay, except when placed on half pay either through misconduct or at their own request, or when full pay shall have ceased in consequence of sickness. They are, if coming under the conditions of clause 1, to be discharged on arrival in England to one of the General Depots, unless appointed to another ship in commission and a report of the depot selected

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by the officer so discharged is at once to be sent to the Admiralty. See 229 (Officers Waiting Disposal).

1358. Discharge Abroad.-The full pay of every officer or other person discharged abroad for any of the following reasons, viz. :

1. Discharged or superseded at his own request ;
2. Retired from the Service at his own request ;
3. Dismissed his ship or from the Service ;
4. Discharged for misconduct ;
5. Discharged as unfit or incompetent, being an Officers' Steward or Cook ; shall cease on the day of his discharge, and he shall not be entitled to full pay during the passage home, unless specially placed on ship's books under the provisions of clause 2.

2. Officers Dismissed Abroad.-An officer not entitled to half pay who is dismissed his ship abroad is not to be replaced on ship's books except by special Admiralty order which will fix the date from which full pay is allowed.

1359. Officers sent Home for Disposal.-Officers sent home from foreign stations by order of the Commander-in-Chief, for disposal by the Admiralty, are to be borne for victuals only, during the passage home, and the question of their full pay will be decided by the Admiralty on their arrival in England.

2. The full pay of any officer or other person ordered to do duty for the passage home shall, however, be continued until his arrival in England.

1360. In Prison or under Detention.-Every person committed to prison or to naval detention quarters or military detention barracks under the Naval Discipline Act is to cease full pay during the term of his imprisonment or detention respectively. His pay is to recommence on the day following his release. See. 774, 775 (Imprisonment and Detention).

1361. Penalties of Desertion.-A person against whose name R. or R.Q. is placed in the books of the ship to which he belongs, as denoting his desertion, forfeits all pay and allowances due to him to the date of his desertion, and, for the purposes of pension and badges, all past service.

2. Removal of R.-The Admiralty reserve to themselves the power of ordering the R. to be removed, and of authorising payment to be made and restoration of time in such cases as they think fit, but in no case will the remission of these penalties be considered unless the man has completed seven years' service with continuous " V.G." character since desertion, nor if he has deserted more than once.

3. The removal or confirmation of the R.Q. is provided for in Article 806. See 744 and 1941 (Effect o/' R. on Badges or Pension).

1362. Recovered Deserters, &c.-Recovered deserters are to be borne on ship's books for victuals only, but all other offenders waiting trial are to be borne for wages.

2. Should any person charged with desertion be acquitted of that offence, his pay is to be adjusted according to the circumstances of the case, as follows:

1. Should his absence be satisfactorily explained or should he be convicted of leave-breaking only, the R. or R.Q. is to be removed and his pay adjusted from the date of his original discharge ;
2. Should his absence have been caused by conviction by the civil power, the R. or R.Q. is to be removed, but pay and time will be stopped, except in such special cases as the Admiralty or the Commander-in-Chief may direct. (See 812, clause 3.)
3. Should the punishment awarded entail the loss of any allowance, the allowance is to cease from the date of the offence.

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3. Should an offender waiting trial be sent to a home hospital, and be ultimately invalided or discharged out of the Service without trial or punishment, special application should be made to the Accountant-General as to the date on which his pay is to cease.

1363. Assignments of Pay, &c.-Any assignment, sale, or contract of, or relating to, any pay, wages, bounty money, grant or other allowance in the nature thereof, payable in respect of service in His Majesty's Naval or Marine Force to a person being, or having been, a subordinate officer, seaman or marine, is void.

1364. Unclaimed Pay, &c.-Every description of pay or allowance shall be deemed forfeited if it is not claimed within six years from the next 1st day of January following the time when it became payable, or if the claim made to it is not proved to the satisfaction of the Admiralty.

The Admiralty may, however, if they see good cause, in any case remit such forfeiture.

Allowances.

1365. Scale of Allowances.- The officers, petty officers, seamen, marines and boys belonging to His Majesty's ships shall be entitled according to their several ranks and ratings, to the following allowances, and to those specified in Appendices I. and XV.

2. When Payable.-The periods for which these allowances shall be paid are governed by the Regulations for full pay, unless specific directions to the contrary are given elsewhere in these Regulations.

3. Stoppages.-No stoppages of allowances are on any account to be made whether as regards officers or men, except in cases expressly authorised by statute or by the Regulations of the Service.

4. How calculated.-Allowances at annual rates are to be calculated as follows :

1. For a full quarter, one-fourth of the yearly rate ;
2. For a broken period, a proportion of the amount payable for a full quarter, based upon the number of days in the quarter in which the broken period occurs.

1366. Flag Allowances, &c.-No allowances paid to any Flag or other officer belonging to any detached fleet or squadron are to be altered on account of such fleet or squadron being employed within the limits of any particular station without the express sanction of the Admiralty.

1367. Interpreters.-Officers appointed as Interpreters or Acting Interpreters shall be paid on the ledger in accordance with the scale laid down in Article 341, clause 3, in addition to their full pay. The allowance as Interpreter shall be payable in addition to any other allowances an officer may be receiving.

2. Instruction in French and German.-Interpreters and Acting Interpreters, who are employed to instruct junior officers in French or German may be paid 5s. for each lesson given to classes of junior officers on board His Majesty's ships, provided the number of officers under instruction is not less than four ; such lessons, of one hour each, are not to exceed four a week.

When circumstances do not admit of a class of four officers being formed the question of payment is to be specially submitted to the Admiralty as laid down in Article 342, clause 2.

The names of the officers instructed on each occasion are to appear on the vouchers for the payments.

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Instruction in any other languages may be given, subject to the approval of the Admiralty.

A winner of the Ryder prize, if employed as an Instructor, when no Interpreter is available, may receive the pay of an Acting Interpreter.

3. Oriental Languages.-Officers of ships on the East Indies station and in the Red Sea, who qualify to act as Interpreters by the lower standard test in Oriental languages, will be granted the allowances laid down in the scale contained in Article 346, the moonshee allowance being payable on passing, and the Interpreter's allowance payable only when appointed as Interpreter by the Admiralty.

1368. Naval Bands.-The whole of the naval band service forms part of the organisation of the Royal Marines.

2. All usual instruments, with cases, band stands and other accessories, for a brass and reed ceremonial band, will be supplied free of charge to the officers in all ships and establishments allowed bands, together with music to the value of from �8. to �15., according to the size of the band, and the Admiralty will bear the expense of repairs, &c., due to fair wear and tear.

1369. Stationery Allowances.-Stationery allowances, as specified in Appendix V., are granted to the officers therein described, to enable them to provide such stationery and forms as may be necessary for the conduct of their duties, in addition to the established books and forms supplied from the respective naval establishments. The sum allowed to the Accountant Officer is to cover the cost of binding ship's books. To prevent any misconception on the part of tradesmen, supplies of stationery which are covered by the above allowance should be ordered in such manner as to make it clear that the claim for payment in respect of the goods supplied is against the individual officer and not against the Crown. See 1656 (Stationery).

2. Should any officer in command of a station or squadron consider that any form should, for the good of the Service, be included in the established. list, and supplied at the public expense, he will make a special representation to the Admiralty setting forth fully his reasons. Printed forms not established, but which are required to carry out the Service, are to be provided out of the allowance for stationery.

3. In the case of ships and establishments which are supplied with stationery in kind, local charges for purchase of stationery and for printing are not to be incurred without the previous sanction of the Admiralty, except in urgent circumstances which should be immediately reported.

If any charges are incurred contrary to the foregoing instruction, and the Admiralty are not satisfied that the circumstances justified the local expenditure, the difference between the actual cost and that which would have been incurred if the supply had been made in the regular manner will be charged against the responsible officer.

1370. Messes.-Allowances and advances to messes are provided for in Articles 841 and 843.

1371. Fired Cartridge Cases, &e.-Accounting officers in charge of naval ordnance stores are to return to store at convenient opportunities all fired machine gun and small arm cartridge cases, nickel and lead from bullets, fired vent-sealing tubes and other similar produce which is the property of the Admiralty.

2. Officers in charge of naval ordnance store depots are to receive these fired cases, tubes, lead, &c., and bring them on charge and give a certificate to that effect, stating thereon the weights received and approximate numbers.

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The Paymasters of ships, marine divisions, or naval establishments on shore are to pay the allowances specified in Enclosure No. 57 to the Guard Book containing Special Memoranda on production of this certificate, which is to be attached to the cash account when the latter is forwarded to the Accountant-General.

3. Payment of the allowances for cartridge cases and tubes is subject to the following conditions:

1. They are to be in good condition and all grit and dirt removed from them before their return ;
2. They are to be packed separately according to their respective natures.

4. Fired aiming rifle cartridges can be refilled ; special care is therefore to be taken to ensure that as many as possible of them are returned, and, if time and circumstances permit, they are to be thoroughly washed in fresh water and soda as soon as possible after firing.

5. Precautions are to be taken to ensure that no unfired cartridges or tubes are included with the returned empties.

6. Distribution of Allowances.-From 20 to 50 per cent. of the sums received as allowances is to be distributed among the men who do the work of collecting the cases, &c. The remainder is to be used to form a ship, flotilla or range fund, as the case requires, for promoting gunnery efficiency ; and a central fund is also to be formed, under the administration of the Commander-in-Chief, from amounts remaining in ship funds on paying off.

7. Administration of Ship and Range Funds.-The range funds are to be administered by the Senior Naval Officers, the ship funds by the Captains of the respective ships, and the flotilla funds by the Captains (D). A proper account of the receipts and expenditure is to be kept, and the Senior Naval Officer is to arrange for a half-yearly audit of all the accounts. The auditing officers are to satisfy themselves that all allowances paid into such funds are duly debited in the accounts, and that all payments therefrom are supported by proper receipts, or in the case of payments to individuals for the work of collection, &c., by witnessed certificates of payment.

8. Detailed instructions as to the rates of payment, the distribution of the allowances, and the formation, administration, &c., of the various funds, are given in Enclosure No. 57 to the Guard Book containing Special Memoranda.

1372. Submarines.-Allowances are payable, at the discretion of the Admiralty, to the crew of submarine vessels in accordance with the following scale :

1373. Losses and Improper Expenditure. The pay, allowances and future half pay, retired pay and pension of an officer or other person shall be answerable and may be stopped until the Crown has been completely reimbursed for every loss or improper expense which he may have caused or promoted, viz. :

If an officer or other person shall

1. Make any unauthorised or improper purchase on the public account, or by his conduct or negligence incur any improper expense in such purchase ;
2. Incur any extraordinary or improper public expenditure ;

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3. Cause, through his misconduct or negligence, permit or conduce to the loss, deficiency, embezzlement, destruction or deterioration of any money, stores or provisions ;
4. Order or sanction any unnecessary or unauthorised expenditure of any articles whatsoever ;
5. Being in charge of money or stores, have a deficiency thereof, of which he can give no satisfactory explanation or excuse ; or
6. Wilfully destroy or injure the clothes or effects of persons in the Royal Navy or others, in which case the loss or injury shall, in the first instance, be made good at the public expense. Where the value of the private property destroyed or injured cannot readily be fixed by the Captain he should take competent advice on the subject.

2. Charges against Officers.-The particulars of all such charges against officers are to be specially reported to the Commander-in-Chief in each case for his approval or otherwise.

3. Against P.O.s and Men.-The particulars of all charges made against petty officers, seamen or boys, showing also the rate book or other authorised value of the article, its estimated value at the time, and the amount actually charged, are to be shown on the ledger.

When a man is summarily punished in connection with any of the losses or damages specified in clause 1, the sum charged against his pay is to be noted for information on the punishment warrant and in the daily record of offences.

4. Losses by Neglect are dealt with by Articles 1161 (Band Instruments, &c.); 1162 (Marines' Arms, Accoutrements and Musical Instruments) ; 1217 (Troops) ; 1727 and 1753 (Seamen's Library and Books) ; 1750 and 1752 (Provisions and Victualling Stores) ; 1754 (Mess Utensils) ; 1809 (Naval and Ordnance Stores).

1374. Ship Subscriptions.-Whenever the officers and men of a ship are permitted to enter into a subscription for charitable or other purposes, the following directions are to be observed :

1. The total amount of the subscription, whether received in cash or charged against wages, is to be ascertained by the Captain and remitted by him to the Accountant-General on form S. 66, his signature thereon being taken as certifying to the correctness of the amount.
2. The sums thus remitted will be imprested against the Accountant Officer, and cleared by the debits in his cash account in the usual course.
3. Sums subscribed in cash and sums charged against wages, although for the same charitable object, are to be distinguished on form S. 66, and in the case of sums charged against wages a nominal list of the subscribers signed by each individual against the sum he contributes, attested by the Accountant Officer and approved by the Captain, is to accompany the remittance list ; but for subscriptions in cash a detailed list is not required.
4. The Captain is to take care that sums subscribed which are not received direct by the Accountant Officer are charged against each of the subscribers on the ledger and on all pay documents, in order that the necessary deductions may be made from their pay.

SECTION II. FLAG OFFICERS AND COMMODORES.

Pay.

1375. Commencement after Half Pay.-A Flag Officer or Commodore of the First Class appointed from half pay shall commence full pay from the date on which his flag or broad pendant is hoisted under Admiralty order.

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1376. Flag Officers on Promotion.-Flag Officers promoted while their flags are flying shall be allowed the rate of full pay of the rank to which they are promoted, from the dates of their promotion.

1377. Commodore First Class.-A Commodore of the First Class appointed by a Commander-in-Chief abroad under the authority of Article 226, or a Commodore of the Second Class or a Captain on foreign service, who may be authorised by Article 204 to hoist a broad pendant as Commodore of the First Class, shall commence full pay as Commodore of the First Class from the date of hoisting his broad pendant as such.

1378. Cessation.-The full pay of a Flag Officer or Commodore at home shall cease on the day on which his flag or broad pendant is struck by order of the Admiralty or other competent authority. Flag Officers and Commodores who may temporarily strike their flags or broad pendants on account of absence on duty or on leave, except as provided for in Article 1350 and Commodores who temporarily strike their broad pendants in the presence of a senior Captain shall nevertheless during such period continue to receive their full pay.

An officer returning, otherwise than in his flag-ship, from the command of a station or squadron abroad shall receive full pay to the date of his arrival in England, but an officer returning in his flag-ship shall continue on full pay to the date of the striking of his flag or broad pendant.

1379. Table Money, Rates of.-Flag Officers and Commodores shall be entitled to table allowance in addition to their full pay, at the rates laid down in Appendix I. See 1366 (Allowances not to be varied without Sanction).

1380. When payable.-Officers appointed to stations shall be entitled to table allowance for the period during which their flags or broad pendants are actually flying within the limits of such stations, subject, however, to the provisions of Article 1382.

2. Flag Officers are to be paid table money at the lowest rate, viz., 30s. a day, whilst proceeding to, and returning from, their stations in their flag-ships, subject to the following conditions :

1. When proceeding to their stations, the allowance of 30s. a day is to commence on the date of setting up the mess in the flag-ship.
2. In the event of a Flag Officer proceeding on leave of absence at home for more than 48 consecutive hours after having established his mess, only one-half the authorised rate, viz., 15s. a day, is to be paid during the whole of such absence.
3. The payment at 30s. a day is to cease on the day preceding entry within the limits of the station on passage out and to commence on the day succeeding the passing out of the limits on the passage home.

1381. Special Cases.-Officers appointed to detached fleets or squadrons shall receive their table allowance within such dates as the Admiralty may direct, subject, however, to the provisions of the following Article.

1382. Table Money, Temporary cessation.-Officers who, after having commenced to receive their table allowance, shall temporarily strike their flags or broad pendants on account of absence on duty or on leave, shall be entitled to table or subsistence allowance as follows

1. If absent on duty - - - - The full table allowance.

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addition to full table money, subsistence allowance under Article 1506, for a limited period not exceeding one month.

Otherwise officers paid table allowance under this rule will not be granted subsistence allowance except :

1. When travelling on duty at home if the rate of table money payable does not equal the rate of subsistence allowance that could be paid under the provisions of Article 1506, or when accompanied by their staffs, if the table money does not equal the total allowances for subsistence payable to the officers and the members of the staffs. In such cases the subsistence allowance rates may be paid, less the table money drawn for the period.
2. When travelling on duty abroad, if the conditions at (i.) prevail. In such cases actual expenses may be paid under the provisions of Article 1511, less the table money drawn for the period.

1. Officers in command of the three home ports; of squadrons employed either wholly or occasionally in home waters ; the Senior Officer, Coast of Ireland ; the Commodores of the naval barracks at the home ports; and Admirals Superintendent of home dockyards :

(i.)	If absent on leave for a period not exceeding 48 consecutive hours.	The full allowance.
(ii.)	If absent on leave for a period exceeding 48 consecutive hours at one time.	One-half the allowance, but not to exceed 42 days in any one year.
(iii.)	If absent on leave for any No period exceeding 42 days in the year.	table allowance for such period in excess.

2. The Officers in Command of the squadrons referred to in sub-clause (b) are only to be allowed one-half table money at such times as service in those squadrons does not count for foreign service leave under Article 1398.
3. Officers holding any appointment abroad:

If absent on leave - No table allowance is payable.

2. Attendance at Court.-Flag Officers at home when attending His Majesty's levees or courts, and the Senior Officer on the Coast of Ireland, when attending the Lord Lieutenant's levees or drawing-rooms, are to be considered as absent on duty, and allowed to receive their table money, so long as the absence does not exceed a week. No addition is to be made to the table money of the Second in Command of the port or of the Flag Officer in charge of the port duties during such absence.

1383. Temporarily in Chief Command Abroad.-Flag Officers. or Commodores on foreign stations, temporarily succeeding to the chief command of a station or squadron, under Articles 204 and 205, shall be entitled to table allowance as Commanders-in-Chief, as authorised by the Admiralty, for the time during which their flags or broad pendants so hoisted are actually flying; that is to say, between the dates when official intelligence shall be received by them of the death, relinquishment of command or absence of the Commander-in-Chief, and of the arrival of an officer on the station, duly authorised to assume the chief command.

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a squadron employed wholly or occasionally in home waters, under Article 203, shall be entitled to table allowance, as authorised by the Admiralty from the day following that on which the allowance or any part thereof may have ceased to be paid to the Commander-in-Chief or Flag Officer in command, and ending on the day previous to that on which such flag may be rehoisted ; provided that the temporary allowance payable to the officer in temporary command shall in no case exceed the amount not drawn by the Commander-in-Chief or Flag Officer in command in consequence of his absence.

2. The senior Flag Officer shall in all cases be entitled to his table money for the day during any portion of which his flag may be flying.

1385. Table of Flag Officer, &c.-The table of the Flag Officer or Commodore of the First Class shall be considered as the regulated place for the daily entertainment of the Captain of the Fleet, Captain of the ship, Secretary and such officers composing the retinue of the Flag Officer or Commodore as he may think fit to receive, when he is actually resident on board. When the table of the Flag Officer or Commodore is not kept on board, those officers must make the necessary arrangements for messing, on their own account.

1386. Transfer of Command at Home.-During the day on which a Commander-in-Chief at home transfers the command to his successor, the flags of both officers will remain flying, and they shall receive their full table money and other allowances for such day. The same rule is to be observed in respect to Admirals Superintendent at home.

1387. Allowance to Commodore Second Class.-A Commodore of the Second Class shall, from the day of hoisting his broad pendant by order, to the day of striking it, be entitled to 10s. a day in addition to his table allowance and to his pay and command money as Captain ; but if also appointed to the command of a station, or if in the actual command of a separate squadron, and not being in either case under the orders of any senior officer, he may, if so ordered by the Admiralty, while actually within the limits of his station or while holding such separate command, receive an allowance of �1. a day instead of 10s.

1388. Temporarily 2nd Class Commodore.-A Captain, who, in consequence of the death or absence on leave of a Commander-in-Chief on home service, may hoist a broad pendant as Commodore of the Second Class under Article 203, shall be entitled to receive �1. a day in addition to his pay and command money as Captain and to his table allowance as Commodore, for the period during which he actually holds the chief command.

2. Table Money while on Leave at Home.-When a Commodore of the Second Class strikes his broad pendant on proceeding on leave at home for any period exceeding one week, the Commander-in-Chief by whom the leave is granted is authorised to order the table money to which the Commodore would otherwise have been entitled, to be paid, during the continuance of such leave, to the Captain upon whom the duties of the officer on leave devolve.

1389. Commodore in Presence of Senior Captain.-A Commodore, who, in the presence of a senior Captain, may strike his broad pendant, shall nevertheless during the period it is so struck continue to receive all the allowances he would have been entitled to if his broad pendant had not been so temporarily struck.

1390. Commuted Allowances in lieu of Servants are to be paid to the Commanders-in-Chief at the home ports and to the Senior Officer at Queenstown, and their Secretaries, as laid down in Appendix 1.

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Deductions.

For regulations as to deductions, see Section f. -Deductions. Articles 1373 and 1374.

SECTION 111. OFFICERS

Pay.

1391. Subordinate Officers Transferred.-On the home station, subordinate officers ordered to proceed, otherwise than by a ship-of-war, from one ship to another at a different port, shall continue their full pay without interruption, provided they perform the journey according to the route laid down by the Captain and within the time to be specified by him. The time specified must, if practicable, be noted on the officer's transfer list, and should the period be exceeded through any fault on his part, his entry in the ship to which he is, discharged shall be from the date of joining only, and an explanation of the circumstance is in such case to be given in the ledger.

1392. Appointments Carrying Higher Pay.-Officers appointed by the Admiralty to a ship or service carrying a higher rate of pay, or promoted by the Admiralty while serving, and appointed in the higher rank, shall be entitled to the full pay of their position or rank only from the date of their appointment, except as specified in Articles 1376 and 1393. If not re-appointed on promotion, they shall continue on the full pay of their former rank until discharged.

1393. Promoted Officers and Petty Officers.-Officers and petty officers who may be advanced to any of the following ranks while serving shall be entitled to the pay attached to such rank from the dates of their promotion or advancement, viz. :

1. Fleet and Staff Surgeons.
2. Fleet and Staff Paymasters.
3. Lieutenants promoted from commissioned warrant officer and warrant officers, Military Branch, under Article 299, clause 1.
4. Carpenter Lieutenants.
5. Sub-Lieutenants and Midshipmen.
6. Assistant Paymasters who entered the Service prior to the year 1909, and Clerks.
7. Commissioned warrant officers.
8. Warrant officers.

2. The date of seniority when expressed in an order or warrant is to b: accepted as the date on which full pay in the higher rank is to commence.

1394. When Accountant Officer Absent.-Additional pay may be allowed by the Admiralty to an Assistant Paymaster or Clerk, although not holding an acting order as Paymaster, for doing duty in the continuous absence, otherwise than on leave, of the Accountant Officer for upwards of three months ; but the additional pay is not to exceed the difference between the pay of the Assistant Paymaster or Clerk and the lowest rate of a Paymaster's full pay.

1395. Chaplain.-A Chaplain, who is also a Naval Instructor, while serving in the double capacity, is to receive half his pay as Naval Instructor in addition to his pay as Chaplain ; but, if employed only as Chaplain or as Naval Instructor, is to receive, in addition to his full pay, an allowance according to the scale set out in Appendix I.

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2. When serving as Chaplain of a dockyard, hospital, or a marine division, he is to be paid his full pay as Chaplain, and, if he holds a commission as Naval Instructor, the allowance according to the scale in Appendix L, also a civil allowance of �100. per annum if occupying an official residence ; if not, �150. per annum, but so regulated that the total emoluments, inclusive of residence or house allowance, are not to exceed a maximum of �550. per annum.

1396. Officers in Hospital at Home.-Any officer serving in a ship at home who may be sent to a hospital or sick quarters, shall continue to receive his full pay until he is able to rejoin, provided that no other officer is acting in his stead ; but if there be an officer acting in his stead or an officer has joined to supersede him, or if the officer in hospital is a supernumerary, then it shall only continue until the expiration of 42 days from the date of his being sent sick, provided that he shall remain so long in hospital and his ship shall continue in commission. In the event of the supersession of an officer in hospital not occurring until after the lapse of 42 days, he shall remain on full pay until the date of supersession. On the completion of 42 days the Commanding Officer is to report the fact to the Admiralty, stating at the same time how much longer the officer is likely to be absent, and whether his services can be spared for so long without detriment to the Service. Marine officers are in such circumstances to be discharged from the ship's books at the expiration of 42 days, unless previously superseded. Any officer sent to a hospital or sick quarters while undergoing a course of instruction on full pay shall receive full pay for such period as he shall remain in hospital, but not beyond the date of the expiration of the course or for more than 42 days, whichever is the earlier.

2. Full Pay Sick Leave.-Any officer who, while serving or attending a course of instruction on full pay, becomes unfit for service at home or abroad from causes beyond his own control, may be awarded full pay sick leave at the discretion of the Admiralty, up to a limit of 91 days in ordinary cases. The period of full pay sick leave may be extended to a maximum of 12 months on the recommendation of the Medical Director-General, provided there is a reasonable probability of the officer's ultimate return to duty, in the following cases, viz. :

1. Junior officers of the actual or relative rank of Sub-Lieutenant or under
2. Other officers when the circumstances are such as to call for exceptional treatment, viz., when the illness is due to service in the Tropics or an unhealthy climate, or when the rate of half pay is very small, or when heavy expenses for medical treatment have necessarily been incurred by the officer.

3. The period of full pay sick leave granted to officers will include time which may be spent in hospital, but not full pay leave earned by foreign service, the latter being granted on completion of the period of full pay sick leave, except in the cases of officers invalided from the Service, who will not be granted any period of foreign service leave.

4. A Commissioned Warrant Officer or Warrant Officer is to be retained on the books of his ship until superseded, or until the expiration of 42 days, if he is a supernumerary, provided the ship continues in commission. He is then to be discharged to his depot or establishment as laid down in Article 229, to await disposal. He will be entitled to his usual rate of pay while so borne.

5. The foregoing provisions do not apply to officers wounded in action, who are to be dealt with under Article 1352.

See 1407, clause 4 (Payment of Allowances white in Hospital).

1397. While Closing Accounts.-The following officers and men, at the discretion of the Commander-in-Chief, may be borne on ship's books, as specified,

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for full pay while closing their accounts from the date of paying off or supersession at home, for the periods stated, in addition to any full pay leave to which they may be entitled under Article 1398.

2. These periods are in each case to be regarded as the maximum, and Commanders-in-Chief, in every instance, are to report to the Admiralty the number of days which they consider to be actually required.

3. On paying off at home, if in charge of stores, or required to assist the officers in such charge, or in charge of stores on passage home

4. On supersession at home, if in charge of stores, or required to assist the officers in such charge :

* Both on paying off and on supersession the maximum period is to be allowed for general depots, gunnery and torpedo schools, T.B.D. depots, and training establishments, and for such other ships, establishments, and special services as the Admiralty may authorise.

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5. On supersession, in a naval establishment on shore:-

6. On supersession in the Coast Guard, District Paymasters may be granted two days to close accounts, subject to the approval of the Admiral Commanding Coast Guard and Reserves. They are to be paid for such period on the pay list of their district.

Re-commissioning.-When ships at home, with reduced crews, are ordered to re-commission, officers will be appointed to relieve the storekeeping officers 14 days before the turnover is to take place. Stores should be immediately surveyed and turned over to the incoming officers.

8. In the case of a ship re-commissioning at a home port, the Yeoman of Store of the old commission is to be retained for a period not exceeding 14 days, in order that his relief may become acquainted with the stores transferred. When a ship re-commissions abroad and the Yeoman is due for relief, he is to be retained as long as practicable within the limit of 14 days, but is to return with the paid-off crew. The allowance to the Yeoman of Stores of the old commission is to cease on the date of paying off.

9. Detention of Navigating Officer.-Should the Commander-in-Chief see occasion to detain the Navigating Officer of a ship paying off who is not in charge of stores, he may do so for a period not exceeding that which he would be allowed if in charge ; but the Commander-in-Chief will report his reasons by special letter in every such exceptional case.

10. Closing Accounts abroad.-The Commander-in-Chief, or senior officer present, abroad, may detain any of the above-named officers, warrant or petty officers, for a period not exceeding that shown in clause 4, when it may be absolutely necessary to complete surveys or to close accounts on the spot ; but whenever he does so he is to report his reasons for the information of the Admiralty.

11. The pay due in respect of closing accounts is to be reported to the Accountant-General for settlement in those cases in which the full pay for subsequent foreign service leave is dealt with at the Admiralty (Article 1398, clause 7 ).

Engineer officers in charge, when likely to be detained for the survey, and officers borne in ships where they will remain for disposal, as well as the Ship's Stewards, will be paid on the ledger of those ships.

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12. Store allowance; are not payable to officers borne to close accounts. (See Note to Appendix VII.)

1398. Full Pay Leave.-All commissioned officers below the rank of Flag Officer, and warrant officers, including those occupying official residences or in receipt of allowances for house rent, are, after service on foreign stations, to be allowed leave with the full pay of their respective ranks for the following periods, according to the length of their total continuous service abroad :

1. Seven days' full pay leave for each completed period of six months' service.
2. Leave for periods of service of less than six months to be reckoned at one day for each complete month's service.

Special Cases.-This scale to extend to a period of five years' absence from England. Cases in which the absence from England is more than five years, will be separately dealt with by the Admiralty, when, in their opinion, circumstances warrant the extension of some special indulgence to an officer returning to England after such absence.

2. Subject to the convenience of the Service leave to officers serving in the following fleets, &c., will be governed by Articles 863 and 864 :

3. Commencement.-Full pay leave is to commence from the date of the officers being paid off, or otherwise ceasing full pay. Officers retired, superseded for then own convenience, dismissed by sentence of court-martial, removed from their ships for any misconduct, or returning to England to fill an appointment at home, are not entitled to this indulgence.

4. Officers returning to England on promotion will be allowed full pay leave in the same proportion, but they will only be allowed the pay of their former rank, unless they have held acting appointments in the higher ranks confirmed by the Admiralty, or unless they have been promoted under Article 299, or are commissioned warrant officers. .See 1393 (Promoted Officers).

5. Reckoning Service for Leave.-The foreign service of an officer shall be taken to commence on the date of his leaving England, whether in the ship to which he has been appointed or for passage to the same, and to end on that of his arrival at the first English port. Should an officer return to England and proceed again to a foreign station, neither the previous foreign service for which leave may have been granted, nor the time in England, is to be reckoned as foreign service for full pay leave.

6. Should an officer have been checked on leave to England during his service, the period will be deducted from the amount of full pay leave to which he would be otherwise subsequently entitled.

7. Officers liable to discharge to half pay on the completion of full pay leave are to be entered on the books of a general depot for time only on receipt of particulars from the Accountant-General. Their full pay will be dealt with on a section of the ledgers, kept at the Admiralty, and payment made by the Accountant-General on the expiration of the leave. See 1608 (Advance while on full Pay Leave).

8. Officers entitled to continuous full pay and commissioned warrant officers and warrant officers are to be borne in the various ships and establishments as provided for in Article 229, and in these cases application on form S. 48 is to be made to the Captain of the ship or establishment where the officers are to be borne.

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9. Allowances.-Officers while on full pay leave after foreign service are only to be allowed the full pay of their rank, and not any extra or special allowances whatever, except in the case of Carpenter Lieutenants, Chief Carpenters and Carpenters, who are to continue drawing their allowance for tool money.

10. How Full Pay Leave counts.-Full pay leave will be allowed to reckon as time served, in the rank for which officers are paid, for increase of full and half pay, for promotion, and for retirement, and the date for compulsory retirement on account of non-service will in all cases reckon from the cessation of such full pay leave.

11. Time closing Accounts.-The time allowed to officers to close their accounts, or for any other special and temporary service after being paid off, is not to be considered as a portion of the full pay leave ; but when leave for over four days is granted to any officers by the Admiralty or by the Commander-in-Chief or Senior Officer, between the arrival of their ships in England and paying off, the amount of such leave is to be deducted from any full pay leave to which the officers may be entitled, and the deduction is to be shown on the full pay leave form S. 48.

1399. Date of cessation of Full Pay.-The full pay of commissioned officers in ships at home, except as provided for in the following clauses, is to cease on the day of their being superseded, invalided, or discharged to half pay or from the Service.

The full pay of Lieutenants on the supplementary list and officers promoted to Lieutenant under Article 299 in ships at home is only to cease in the following cases :

1. Invalided or otherwise discharged from the Service.
2. Placed on half pay on account of misconduct or at their own request.
3. When full pay shall have ceased in consequence of sickness under Article 1396, clause 2.

In other cases they are entitled to continuous full pay.

3. The full pay of commissioned warrant officers, warrant officers and subordinate officers shall cease on their being no longer borne on a ship's books, or on being discharged from the Service.

1400. Failure in Examination.-No pay is to be forfeited for the loss of time or seniority to which an officer may be subjected by his failure to pass in navigation, gunnery; &c., for the rank of Lieutenant.

1401. Period for which payable. A11 allowances to officers, with the exception of command money, charge pay to Assistant Paymasters, and tool money to Carpenter Lieutenants, Chief Carpenters and Carpenters (for which see Appendix 1.), are payable only between the dates of commencement and ending of performance of the duties for which they are paid, save as provided in Article 1406.

1402. Command Money.-The officers in command of His Majesty's ships shall be entitled to an allowance, under the, designation of command money, at the rates laid down in Appendix I.

2. Command money is to be paid concurrently with full pay and under the same Regulations to all Captains, Commanders, and other officers appointed to the command of His Majesty's ships, as well as to Captains and Commanders when employed on special service but not in actual command. The allowance to Flag Captains is to cover the expenses incurred by them when the flag is temporarily struck.

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Command money is not to be paid to officers employed on committees or to those appointed for courses of instruction when in receipt of the difference between half and full pay.

3. Command money is to be paid to an officer proceeding in a transport, &c., with a relief crew to re-commission a ship paid off on a foreign station, at the rate prescribed for the ship which he has been selected to command; and when an officer is appointed by competent authority to act in command of a vessel in the temporary absence of the Captain through illness or other cause, he is to be paid the rate of command money authorised for the ship which he is appointed to command, or such other of the authorised rates of command money not exceeding the rate allowed for the particular ship, as may be determined by the Admiralty.

In such cases the authorised rate of command money may be continued to the absent officer except under the following conditions :

1. When his full pay shall have ceased on account of his being discharged to a hospital or sick quarters at home.
2. When he is in receipt of the difference between full and half pay, while under cure for wounds received in action, or injury from other cause, under Articles 1352 and 1353.
3. When he is absent from any other cause than sickness, wounds or injury, unless he is engaged on some special service such as would entitle him to command money-.

1403. Temporary Flag Captain.-When the flag or broad pendant of a Flag Officer or Commodore is hoisted temporarily in a ship other than his proper flag-ship, the Captain of such ship shall continue to receive command money at the rate allowed before the flag or broad pendant was hoisted,

1404. Special grant of Command Money.-The Admiralty reserve to themselves the power of awarding the highest rate of command money to Captains commanding ships other than those specified in Appendix I., according as there may be circumstances rendering it advisable to do so.

1405. Flag Allowances will be granted under the following regulations to the various ranks enumerated below when serving in ships carrying the flags or broad pendants of Flag Officers or Commodores.

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1. These allowances shall only be payable during such periods as the flag or broad pendant of the Admiral or Commodore shall be flying within the limits of his station, except in cases where the Admiralty may otherwise direct, and they shall not be granted to officers serving in :

1. Flag-ships at home ports.
2. Stationary ships bearing a flag or broad pendant on a foreign station.

3. Commencement and cessation.-An officer appointed to a flag-ship or to a Commodore's ship, to supersede or to act in the place of another officer on board such ship, to whom this allowance has been granted, shall not be entitled to receive the same until the day on which he shall take charge of the duties of his office. In like manner, an officer who may be superseded or invalided, shall cease to draw this allowance on the day on which he shall give up the charge of the duties.

4. Flag temporarily struck.-In the event of the Flag Officer or Commodore at any time temporarily striking his flag or broad pendant, this allowance shall continue to be paid during such temporary absence ; and in the event of the Flag Officer or Commodore temporarily hoisting his flag or broad pendant in another ship, the officers in the latter shall not be permitted to receive it.

5. Doubtful Cases.-In the event of any question arising as to the nature of the transfer of the flag or broad pendant, no payment of flag allowance is to be made in any vessel not commissioned as a flag-ship, without the sanction of the Admiralty being first obtained.

6. Special Cases.-In the event of any squadron of great extent and importance being placed under the command of a Flag Officer not holding the commission of a Commander-in-Chief, the officers in the ship of the Flag Officer in command, if so ordered by the Admiralty, shall be paid at the higher rate. See 1366 (Flag Allowances rot to be varied without Sanction).

1406. First Lieutenant's Allowance.-The Lieutenant appointed for First Lieutenant's duties, although he may not be the senior in the ship, is entitled to receive the senior Lieutenant's allowance whilst performing these duties.

2. The Lieutenant appointed for First Lieutenant's duties, whether he is the senior Lieutenant of the ship or not; if also appointed for gunnery or torpedo, or navigating duties, will be entitled to the allowance for any one of such duties, but not for more than one, in addition to the senior Lieutenant's allowance.

In ships in which no Commander is borne, the Navigating Officer will not be appointed for First Lieutenant's duties, except in special circumstances.

3. While on Passage.-The First Lieutenant's allowance may be paid while the officer is on passage in all cases in which he is performing the duties for which the allowance is granted; but in no case is payment to be made without the previous sanction of the Admiralty.

4. It may also be paid whilst he is sick in hospital or is on leave sanctioned by the Admiralty, provided that he eventually returns to his ship for duty, and that no other officer is appointed for the duties in the meantime.

5. On promotion of Commanding Officer.-No alteration in the rate of the First Lieutenant's allowance is to be made on account of the promotion of the commanding officer, though he should be retained in the ship.

6. During Leave.-Should an officer on leave from a ship at home, who has been receiving this allowance, be appointed to another vessel for the performance of the same duties as he has hitherto been discharging, the allowance is to be continued throughout his leave, unless it shall be necessary for him to embark for passage to his new appointment, in which case the allowance shall only be payable to the date of embarkation. Should, however, the new appointment not be for the performance of First Lieutenant's duties, the payment thereof shall cease on the date of proceeding on leave.

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1407. Navigating, Gunnery, or Torpedo Officers.-Commanders, Lieutenants, Sub-Lieutenants, commissioned warrant and warrant officers, appointed for navigating duties, and Lieutenants appointed for gunnery or torpedo duties, are to receive additional pay according to the rates in the table of pay, Appendix L, as an allowance while actually performing the duties, i.e. payment should commence on joining to take up the duties, and, in the case of an officer who is actually serving on board when superseded, should cease on the day preceding that on which his successor takes up the duties. When an officer is absent from his ship otherwise than on duty at the time of supersession, and is not entitled to the continuance of the allowance under clause 6, the date of ceasing to perform duty is to be the date of cessation of the allowance.

2. When, owing to exceptional circumstances, the navigation of a ship devolves upon an officer not appointed for navigating duties, he may, provided no other officer is entitled to navigating allowance for the ship under clause 4, receive that allowance, under the sanction of the Admiralty in the case of ships at home, or of the Commander-in-Chief in the case of officers abroad.

3. While on Passage.-Gunnery and torpedo allowances may be paid to duly qualified Lieutenants, commissioned warrant officers and warrant officers while on passage, in all cases in which the officers are performing the duties for which the allowances are granted ; but in no case is any payment to be made without the previous sanction of the Admiralty. This also applies to Chief and Signal Boatswains performing signal duties whilst on passage.

4. Whilst in Hospital, &c.-The special allowances to Navigating Officers, Gunnery or Torpedo Lieutenants, and all other gunnery and torpedo officers, Chief and Signal Boatswains, are to be continued while these officers are sick in hospital, or are on leave sanctioned by the Admiralty, provided they eventually return to their ships for duty, and no other officer is appointed for the duties in the meantime.

5. Officers promoted to Lieutenant under Article 299, clause 1, are to receive gunnery, torpedo, or signal allowances at the rate payable before promotion and under the same conditions.

6. Should an officer on leave from a ship at home, who has been receiving any of these allowances, be appointed to another vessel for the performance of the same duties, the allowance is to be continued throughout his leave, sinless it shall be necessary for him to embark for passage to his view appointment, in which case the allowance is only payable to the date of embarkation. Should, however, his new appointment not be for the performance of duties in respect of which any of the above-mentioned allowances have hitherto been paid to him, the payment thereof shall cease on the date of proceeding on leave.

7. Gunnery Allowance to Boatswains.-In cases where a temporary vacancy for a Gunner or Gunner (T) occurs on board a ship, the Captain, at his discretion, may appoint a Boatswain, qualified under Article 337, to perform the gunnery or torpedo duties of the appointment. While so employed a Boatswain is to receive an allowance of 1s. a day, in addition to any other allowance of which he may be in receipt, provided he holds a first-class certificate in the combined gunnery and torpedo courses, or 8d. a day if he holds a second-class certificate.

8. Navigating Warrant Officers.-Warrant officers appointed for navigating duties are to receive additional pay according to the rates in the table of pay, Appendix I, as an allowance while actually performing the duties.

9. While Absent on Special Duty.-Officers holding the positions of senior Lieutenant for executive duties or gunnery or torpedo officer, &c., may continue in receipt of the allowance attached to the performance of those duties when absent from their ships on special and important duty, and the officers temporarily performing the special duties of the absent officers may, on obtaining

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the sanction of the Admiralty, be paid a special allowance at such rates as may be determined, but not in excess of the ordinary rates of extra pay authorised by the Regulations, nor the amount of the allowance attaching to the special duty performed.

10. Non-qualified Lieutenant doing Gunnery Duties.-In the case of a ship allowed a Gunnery Lieutenant in the complement, when no Lieutenant holding a gunnery certificate is available the Admiralty may appoint a Lieutenant who has not qualified in gunnery to perform the duties, and he will receive an allowance of 1s. a day while so employed.

11. Allowances not paid concurrently.-No officer in command is to be paid navigating allowance in addition to command money.

12. Lieutenants, commissioned warrant officers, and warrant officers are not to receive command money concurrently with gunnery or torpedo allowance without prior Admiralty sanction in each case.

1408. For Charge of Engines.-In ships in commission Engineer Officers are entitled to charge pay and senior allowance according to the scale laid down in Appendix I. The allowances will commence from the date of a ship being taken over from a contractor as complete and efficient, but they are not to be paid while the machinery is in charge of dockyard officers or contractors, for construction, repairs, reconstruction, &c.

2. Chief and other Engine-Room Artificers in possession of the necessary certificates of competency (Article 831, clause 13), qualified for charge of engines, will receive these allowances, subject to the same conditions as Engineer Officers, when performing the duties.

3. An Engineer Officer, attached to a sea-going base for torpedo boat destroyers for service with the destroyers, additional to the Engineer Officer in charge of the machinery of the ship, will receive an allowance according to the importance of the work, but not exceeding 5s. a day.

4. These allowances shall only be payable to officers and men when actually so employed, and shall cease on their being sent to hospital, invalided or superseded, and they shall not be payable to Engineer Officers or men of floating factories or steamboats.

1409. Senior Marine Officers of Home Ports.-An allowance of 2s. 6d. a day will be paid to the senior Royal Marine officer at each of the three general depots.

2. Accountant Officers.-Allowances will be payable to Accountant Officers in addition to full pay, as set forth in Appendix I.

1410. Officiating Judge-Advocate.-The allowance to an officiating judge-advocate of a court-martial is as follows :

He is not, however, to be paid more than the sum of �10. 10s. for any one day during which he officiates, whatever number of courts-martial he may attend on that day.

?. Provost-Marshal.-The allowance to a Provost-Marshal is :

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He is not, however, to be paid for any one day more than the sum of �1., whatever number of offenders may be in his charge beyond five, nor is he to be paid for the custody of any one or more of the offenders after the court is dissolved.

3. These allowances are to be paid by the Accountant Officer of the Flag or Senior Officer's ship at the port where the court-martial is assembled.

1411. Troop Allowance to Paymasters.-The Accountant Officer will be paid, at the discretion of the Admiralty, a troop allowance at a daily rate, when the number of troops or naval supernumeraries on board is not lest than 100.

This is not applicable in the case of ships carrying relief crews.

1412. Allowances for Religious Ministrations to seamen and marines will be made on the following scale to ministers of religion, other than those of the Church of England, who are not paid a fixed salary by the Admiralty, viz. For 1 to 100 men, at the rate of 10s. each per annum.

After the first 100, and up to 300, at the rate of 3s. each per annum. After the first 300, at the rate of 2s. each per annum.

2. In cases of occasional ministrations, e.g., at ports which are not regularly visited by a ship or a squadron, the allowances are to be calculated according to the numbers actually attending the services ; but at marine headquarters, and at ports where ships are more or less permanently stationed, and the duties performed include visitation of the crews and the sick in hospital in addition to the conduct of Divine Service, payment is to be based on the average, number, taken quarterly, of officers and men of the particular denomination, present at the port or headquarters on each Sunday morning, during the period the ministrations are given. The numbers will be communicated by the Senior Officer to the minister on his requisition.

3. When it is necessary for the minister to hold a special separate service exclusively for the benefit of seamen and marines, an allowance of 10s. for each such service may be paid in addition to the capitation allowance.

4. No allowance will be paid for any ministrations in respect of which application for payment is not made within a year of the service being rendered.

5. These Regulations as to allowances are applicable to clergymen of the Church of England officiating at ports where no naval chaplains are appointed.

6. At Scottish ports where two or more Presbyterian ministers propose to give religious ministrations to seamen or marines, preference is to he given to the clergyman connected with the Established Church of Scotland.

7. The allowances are to be paid by the Accountant Officers, with the approval of the Captain or of the Senior Officer or of the Colonel Commandant, as the case may be. The amounts paid as capitation allowance are to accord strictly with the rates specified in clause 1, whether in respect of casual ministrations for short periods, or on account of continuous attendance for a whole year. In cases of doubt, reference is to be made to the Commander-in-Chief, and, if necessary, to the Admiralty.

1413. Instruction in Navigation and Pilotage.-Navigating Officers who are called upon to instruct officers selected to qualify in navigating and pilotage duties are to be paid at the rate of �5. per annum for each officer instructed ; the amount is to be paid in the manner directed for tuition allowance in Article 1423.

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rank is allowed but not borne, is to be paid, in addition to the tuition allowance under Article 1423, an allowance of 2s. 6d. a day.

1414. Tuition Allowance to Naval Instructor.-The Naval Instructor will be paid a tuition allowance at the rate of �5. a year for each Acting Sub-Lieutenant, Midshipman, and Naval Cadet who receives instruction.

1415. Training ships and the Colleges are under special regulations in regard to tuition allowances. (See 1423.)

1416. Surveying Pay and Allowances.-Officers appointed to surveying vessels are to receive the surveying pay and allowances laid down in Appendix 1. When appointed to a surveying ship commissioning at home for service abroad their surveying pay is to commence from the date of joining the ship. In other cases, when officers are appointed from half pay, they are not to begin to draw their surveying pay until they have reached their respective stations.

2. When transferred from one survey to another for the benefit of the Service, and not at their own request, they are to continue their surveying pay without a break.

If going abroad with a higher rate of pay, such higher rate is to commence only on their reaching the new survey, except as provided for in clause 1 in the case of ships commissioning at home for service abroad.

If transferred from a survey abroad to one at home, they are, provided they proceed direct, to retain the higher rate up to the date of joining the survey at home.

Service in the Hydrographic Department of the Admiralty counts as though it were service in a home survey for the above purposes.

3. Officers returning home from a foreign survey are to retain their surveying pay and allowances until their ship is paid off, or, if returning as passengers up to the date of their quitting their surveying ships.

4. Lodging and Subsistence.-The allowances for lodging and subsistence will be paid to surveying officers as laid down in Chapter XL., but Commanders will receive 4s. 6d. a day lodging allowance. With the sanction of the Admiralty, officers employed on coasts where, from local circumstances, the cost of subsistence or lodging is unusually high, may be granted an additional allowance not exceeding 2s. 6d. per diem.

5. During the sunnier, generally for about seven months of the year, when officers are actually embarked, and at sea with hired crews the lodging allowance will cease, except when the hired vessels are so small that officers cannot live on board, in which case they will retain their lodging allowance.

6. Issue of Clothing, &c.-Issues in kind, to compensate for wear and tear of clothing and blankets, will be made to the crews of surveying vessels in case in which it shall be certified that from the nature of the coast an extraordinary expenditure has been incurred. The vouchers for such gratuitous issues are to be accompanied by nominal lists of the persons to whom made, with their ratings, showing also the last dates of similar issues to each person.

7. For Hydrographic Work.-Officers engaged under the Hydrographer's directions in compiling sailing directions, or in preparing tables of position, or in other bona fide hydrographic work, will receive 10s. a day of six hours when so employed.

8. Officers or draughtsmen not attached to the Hydrographic Office, engaged on extra drawing work or work that cannot be performed in the office for want of sufficient staff or space, are to be paid 10s. for a day of six hours when so employed.

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9. No payment is to be made under this Article to officers unless attached to surveying vessels, or borne for surveying work, without first obtaining the sanction of the Admiralty.

1417. Store Allowances.-Lieutenants promoted under Article 299 and every commissioned and other warrant officer of the Gunner, Boatswain, or Carpenter branches in charge of stores, is to receive store allowance according to the rates laid down in Appendix VII., and in the case of Carpenter Lieutenants, Chief Carpenters or Carpenter; this will be in addition to their tool allowance.

The allowance shall be payable from the date of an officer joining to take up the duties, the allowance to his predecessor in charge of the stores ceasing on the preceding day.

2. When a commissioned officer leas charge of one description of warrant officer' stores, only half the rate specified in Appendix VII. will be allowed.

3. Reduced Store Allowance.-When any stores, for the charge and accounting for which store allowance is usually paid, are placed in charge of any commissioned or warrant officer, under exceptional circumstances, and the accounts rendered do not show expenditure in detail, a portion, in no case exceeding one-half of the appropriate allowance, shown in Appendix VII., will be paid at the discretion of the Admiralty, according to the merits of each case.

4. Conditions.-All allowances for charge of stores are granted conditionally upon the duties being correctly and properly performed, and satisfactory accounts being duly rendered and passed at the Admiralty.

Although, for the sake of convenience, the allowances are paid periodically, prior to the examination of the accounts, the officers who receive the payments may be required to refund them if, on examination of the accounts, the duties should appear to the Admiralty not to have been correctly and properly performed.

5. Losses or Damages.-The pay, full, half, or retired, or pension of the officers, will also be held liable for the value of any stores lost or damaged, which the store allowance may not be sufficient to cover. See 1805 (Store Allowance in Tenders).

1418. Tool Money.-Carpenter Lieutenants, Chief Carpenters, and Carpenters being required to provide themselves with tools in order to perform the duties of their rank, are entitled to tool money at the rate of 3d. a day in addition to their full pay, except when borne for disposal in general depots, or while borne in excess of complement on promotion in ships abroad, and during the consequent passage home.

2. Should a complete set of tools not have been provided, this allowance shall not be paid.

1419. Assistant Constructors afloat.-Assistant Constructors of the. Royal Corps of Naval Constructors, when appointed with the rank of Engineer Lieutenant for temporary service afloat, shall be paid a gratuity of �50. for uniform and outfit.

1420. Commissioned Warrant and Warrant Officers on Promotion.-Every officer promoted to Lieutenant, Engineer Lieutenant, or Carpenter Lieutenant under Article 299, otherwise than for acts of gallantry and daring, shall be, entitled to �50. as a gratuity to provide himself with a proper outfit. The above officers, when similarly promoted for acts of gallantry and daring, shall be entitled to a gratuity of �100. Petty officers promoted to be warrant officers

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shall receive �25. for the same purpose. Applications for the above gratuities are to be made direct to the Accountant-General.

2. Acting Warrant Officers.-Petty officers serving in ships on foreign stations, ordered to act temporarily as warrant officers, in order to fill vacancies, are to be allowed a gratuity of �20; this amount is to be paid to them by the Accountant Officer of the ship to which they belong, under the authority of the Captain, with the Commander-in-Chief's sanction. Should they revert to a chief petty officer rating, and be subsequently appointed in the acting rank of warrant officer, they will not be entitled to the payment of a second gratuity.

3. When confirmed.-Should officers so appointed acting, be confirmed, an additional sum of �5. will be paid to them on application to the Admiralty, to make up the total gratuity of �25.

4. Petty officers thus temporarily promoted may, at their option, until confirmed or superseded, continue to wear their petty officers' uniform, and mess with the chief petty officers ; but if they so elect, they will receive no gratuity unless confirmed ; they are, however, to be allowed to use the warrant officers' cabin to which they may become entitled.

1421. Mail Officers.-Warrant officers appointed to perform the duties of Mail officer at places abroad may be granted an allowance of 6d. a day, at the discretion of the Admiralty.

1422. Midshipmen and Assistant Clerks.-The parents or guardians of Midshipmen and Assistant Clerks are called upon to pay half-yearly in advance to the Accountant-General the following sums to be held to their credit :

• �50. per annum for each Midshipman.
• �20. per annum for each Assistant Clerk.

To commence:-

for Midshipmen - from the date when the sums due for tuition in the training establishments cease to be payable ;

for Assistant Clerks - from the date of their entry into the Service.

Captains are not to allow bills to be drawn by these officers.

2. The Accountant Officer of the ship in which any of the subordinate officers are serving is to make payments at those rates in proportionate monthly sums upon form S. 15. This form is to be forwarded with the cash account as a supplementary voucher to the monthly advance and settlement vouchers which should show the witnessed payments to the other officers and crew ; but one monthly total only of the pay shown on the two vouchers is to be entered on the ledger abstract.

3. Should any Midshipman desire to draw less than �50. per annum, he is at liberty to do so, with the approval of his Captain, on showing that all his debts are paid. The sum thus saved would be carried by the Accountant-General to the credit of the succeeding or some following half-yearly claim on his parents or guardians.

4. Cessation of Allowance.-The payments, in every case, are to cease for Midshipmen on attaining the rank of Sub-Lieutenant, and for Assistant Clerks when rated Clerk.

Additional Allowance.-The maximum sums hereby authorised are not to be exceeded, as it is undesirable that young officers should have the command of larger sums of money ; but if the parents or guardians of any one of them desire that he should have greater means to enable him to visit places of interest abroad, they may remit an additional sum, not exceeding �10. per annum, to the Accountant-General to be placed by him under the control of the Captain, to be expended for the purpose stated, and at such time as the Captain may approve.

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6. Cessation.-In the absence of any request to the contrary from parent or guardian these private allowances will not be paid in respect of any period .during which the officer may not be on full pay; and the payments are in all cases to be so regulated on board ship, unless special directions are given in any particular instance by the Admiralty.

7. When a subordinate officer, for whom the allowance is paid, is moved from one ship to another, sent to sick quarters, or employed on detached duty, the date to which the private allowance was last paid is to be noted on his transfer list or pay ticket, as a guide to the Accountant Officers of other ships, or of the hospital or sick quarters, in making further payments as they become due, in the manner above provided for.

1423. From Midshipmen for Tuition.-A deduction at the rate of �5. a year, in accordance with the scale in Appendix III., is to be made from the pay of each Midshipman who receives tuition from the Naval Instructor, and the amount thereof is to be paid to that officer quarterly on the ledger by the Accountant Officer, under the direction of the Captain.

2. In ships where no Naval Instructor is borne, and where any other officer is detailed to carry out Naval Instructor's duties, the above deductions are to be made from the officers instructed ; and the amount is to be paid, in the manner before described to the officer doing the duty.

3. The Accountant Officer will be responsible that these deduction are duly charged on the ledger against the respective officers under tuition.

4. When no deduction.-No deduction is to be made when either the Naval Instructor or the officer under instruction is :

1. Sick in hospital or victualled in sick mess,
2. Absent on leave or on duty for more than four days.

5. These regulations as to tuition allowances do not apply to the Cadet training establishments.

6. For other deductions from officers, see Section I.-Deductions.

SECTION IV. PETTY OFFICERS, STAMEN, AND MARINES

1424. Commencement.-Petty officers and others of the ship's company shall commence full pay, according to their ratings, from the date of their entry or re-entry into the Service. Men re-entered shall count their former service towards increase of pay, provided the period of absence shall not have exceeded five years. Absence for a longer period than five years entails forfeiture of previous service for all purposes unless otherwise ordered by the Admiralty in a particular case.

2. Old system ratings, Seaman and Signal classes, who are allowed to re-enter after discharge are to receive old system rates of pay until they qualify for new system ratings.

3. Flag Officer's retinue.-The Coxswain and Stewards and Cooks of a Flag Officer or Commodore First Class shall be entered on the books of the ship in which the officer shall have hoisted his flag or broad pendant, or in which they may be specially ordered to be borne.

4. Royal Marines.-Men of the Royal Marines shall commence full pay on the day following that up to which they may have last been paid at their respective headquarters.

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5. Joining Ships Abroad.-Petty officers and others of the ship's company from the shore, and Royal Marines, ordered under Article 1519 to join ships absent from the United Kingdom, shall commence their full pay in those ships from the date of embarkation.

1425. Men checked sick.-Men and boys entered for continuous service who may be checked sick from ships at home shall be allowed their full pay for 91 days from the date of their being first so checked, provided that they are not invalided or discharged dead within such period ; subject, except as specified in clause 6, after the expiration of the first 30 days to stoppages at the rate of -

10d. a day, should the pay of their rating be not less than 1s. 7d. a day ;

8d. a day, should the pay of their rating be less than 1s. 7d. a day ;

4d. a day for Boys;

to be charged in one sum on the ledger. See 1353 (Men and Boys receiving Serious Bodily Injury).

2. Men and boys not entered for continuous service who are checked sick from ships at home shall continue to receive their full pay for 30 days from the date of their first being so checked, provided they be not invalided or discharged dead within that period and that their ships remain so long in commission. Should the ship be paid off while the men are in hospital, their pay, unless they are Officers' Stewards or Cooks, is to cease on the date of paying off, and they are to be discharged to the general depot to be borne for purposes of discipline under Article 601 ; but if they are Officers' Stewards or Cooks they are to be allowed full pay in hospital, not exceeding 30 days, and for this purpose are to be transferred on the paying off of their ships to the books of a general depot for wages, necessary notations being made on the transfer lists, to enable the Accountant Officer of the general depot to make requisite abatements for allotments, &c., and to mark the men D.S.Q. at the proper time.

3. Marines.-All marines, other than commissioned officers, checked sick from ships at home are to be borne for pay on ship's books for a period of 91 days from the date on which they were first so checked, and then, unless previously invalided or discharged dead, they are to be discharged from ship's books to headquarters. They are, however, to be subjected, after the expiration of 30 days, to an abatement for hospital stoppages at the rate of 7d. a day, which is to be charged by the Accountant Officer on the ship's ledger.

4. Relapses, when to be considered continuous.-In the case of venereal disease, all persons, who are again checked sick within 14 days of the expiration of the previous period of sickness, are to be considered as under continuous treatment, counting, however, only the days actually so checked. All other cases are to be dealt with on their merits, but, as a general rule, they are to be considered as continuous if checked sick with the same complaint within seven days.

5. Medical Officer's decision.-The Medical Officer's decision should be obtained, on form S. 60, in all cases of men returning within 14 days for further treatment, as to whether the treatment should be regarded as continuous or not, and his decision should be recorded in the " Remarks " column of the ledger. The form is to accompany the other enclosures of the ledges when sent into office.

6. Private treatment.-A man or boy under private treatment (see 880, clause 4; will be exempt from hospital stoppages. Should he, however, be sent for further treatment to a naval hospital, or be placed in the care of a naval. Surgeon. or Surgeon and Agent, he will become chargeable with stoppages as soon as 30 days' treatment, reckoning the time under private treatment, shall have expired, or forthwith if that period has already expired.

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7. In Civil Hospitals.-Men sent for treatment to a civil hospital by the naval authorities are to be regarded for purposes of pay and hospital stoppages as if under treatment in a naval hospital or sick quarters.

8. When a man or boy is checked sick onshore, it should be stated in the ledger on which he appears for pay whether he was under treatment by a naval Surgeon or a Surgeon and Agent, by a private practitioner, or in a civil hospital; if in a civil hospital, it should also be stated whether he was placed there by order of the naval authorities or not.

9. Prisoners, &c., in Hospital.-Should a prisoner or person under detention be under treatment in a hospital when his sentence expires, the time during which he has been under treatment is to count towards the 30 days after which hospital stoppages become chargeable under this Article, and towards the 91 and 30 days after which continuous service and non-continuous service men respectively cease to be borne for pay. See 601 (Discharge to Sick Quarters) ; 599 and 600 (Men left in Hospital on Sailing).

1426. Sick Men sent home from abroad.-Continuous service men and boys sent home sick from abroad, who, on arrival home, require further hospital treatment, shall be allowed pay for 91 days from that date, if not invalided or discharged from the Service before the expiration of that period. They shall be subject to hospital stoppages at the rates laid down in Article 1425, after the expiration of 30 days in hospital at home. See 1353 (Persons injured on Duty) ; 1428, clause 5 (When invalided from Home Hospital).

2. Officers' Stewards and Cooks sent home sick from abroad are to be borne on ship's books and paid for a period not exceeding 30 days while in hospital, unless found unfit for further service before the expiration of that period. Their pay while under treatment shall not be subject to hospital stoppages.

3. Other Non-C.S. Men and Boys.-If other non-continuous service men and boys are sent home sick from abroad, their pay will cease on their arrival in England, except as specially provided for in Article 1353. See 1600 (Pay Tickets).

1427. In Hospitals Abroad.-Petty officers, seamen, marines and boys who shall be sent to hospital or sick quarters abroad, are to remain checked until they return to their ship or are otherwise finally disposed of from the hospital or sick quarters, but they are not to be subject to any deduction from their pay on account of hospital stoppages. Should any such men or boys be left in hospital or sick quarters, they are to be transferred to the books of the flag-ship, and checked as above, when the ship to which they belong receives her final orders to quit the station ; and, if they join any other ship from hospital, the Captain of that ship is to send a notification thereof at once, to the flag-ship, in order that they may be discharged from her books.

2. Natives in Hospitals Abroad.-Natives of places abroad, who may be sent from ships to hospital or sick quarters, are to be dealt with as follows

1. If sent to hospitals in the country from which they entered, they are to be dealt with under the provisions laid down in Article 1425 for non-continuous service men in hospitals at home ; should, however, their ship be about to sail within the periods therein mentioned, and their services be no longer required, they are to be discharged to the shore on the date of sailing ;
2. If sent to hospitals other than those in the country from which they are entered, they are entitled to receive full pay to the date of return to their port of entry.

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to headquarters, or from the Service, shall cease to be entitled to sea pay on the date of their discharge from ship's books.

2. If, however, they should be discharged abroad, and sent home for the following reasons :

1. Their ships having been put out of commission;
2. Reduction of complement ; or
3. To be pensioned; they shall continue on full pay, according to their respective ratings and former conditions of service, until they shall be disposed of in England.

3. Men sent home on account of expiration of periods of service cease to be borne for pay on the date of their arrival in England, unless they return home at their own request in other than His Majesty's ships, in which case they cease to be borne for pay on the date of their discharge from the ship's books. See 358 (Officers' Stewards and Cooks from Abroad).

4. Time-expired Men.-Men who may become entitled to claim their discharge by the expiration of their engagement while serving abroad, but who remain in the ships to which they belong, for the remainder of the commission, shall be allowed to retain their full pay according to their respective ratings and former conditions of service until the expiration of the period of foreign service leave earned under Article 872. They are to be discharged to their general depot for leave purposes as soon as practicable after their arrival in England. See 369 and 371 (Time-expired Men retained on Station).

5. Invalided or " D.D." at Home.-Persons belonging to the ship's company and borne on ship's books, who may be invalided or discharged " dead " from a home hospital, from sick quarters at home, or from a ship on the home station, will not be entitled to sea pay beyond the date of their being so invalided or discharged " dead," and marines so invalided are to be discharged from ship's books to headquarters on the date of invaliding. See 1426, 1427 (Invalids from Abroad).

6. Persons as specified above, remaining in home hospitals, or sick quarters at home, under medical treatment for injuries received in the execution of duty, will be dealt with under Article 1353.

7. Sick Marines.-Marines sent home sick from abroad will be discharged to headquarters on their arrival in England, whether sent to hospital or not.

1429. Pensioners called out.-Seamen pensioners called out shall be allowed their pensions in addition to their pay, and shall receive the continuous service pay of the ratings in which they are borne.

2. Marine pensioners when called out will receive the pay of their respective ranks, in addition to their pensions.

3. Pensioners voluntarily entered in duly authorised posts will only receive the non-continuous service pay of the ratings which they are entered to fill ; unless in any particular instance the Admiralty may otherwise direct. See 745 and 746 (Badges of Pensioners) ; 1449 (Gunnery Pay).

1430. Reserve Men up for Drill.-Men belonging to the Seamen Pensioner Reserve, when up for drill, will be allowed to receive their naval pensions, and the non-continuous service pay of the rating last held by them in the Navy.

1431. Acting Ratings.-A man holding an acting rating (whether substantive or non-substantive) is to receive the lowest scale of pay of that rating.

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his own but of another branch, e.g., a Seaman doing Artisan's duty [see 387 (Avoidance of Employment out of Proper Rating)], he may, at the discretion of the Captain, receive the difference between the rate of pay of his own substantive rating and the lowest rate of pay of the more highly paid rating (except in the cases stated in clause 5), provided that :

1. Such higher rating is allowed in the complement;
2. His general conduct and performance of the duties are satisfactory.

2. Of Higher Rating in same Class.-Any person who may be employed on the duties of a higher rating, whether substantive or non-substantive, in his own particular class, is to receive the difference of pay on very exceptional occasions only, and provided that in each case :

1. The conditions laid down in sub-clauses (a) and (b) of clause 1 of this Article are fulfilled.
2. In the opinion of the Captain, real and definite responsibilities are involved.
3. The performance of the duty in the higher rating exceeds seven consecutive days.
4. The written authority of the Commander-in-Chief is obtained. (This authority is to be forwarded into office with the ledger on which the payment commences.)

3. Continuous service men and marines are to receive the C.S. rate and non-continuous service men the non-C.S. rate of pay of the higher rating.

4. Men doing the duty of Naval Schoolmaster and Sick Berth Attendant are to be dealt with as laid down in Articles 1451, and 1458 respectively, and men qualified in Armourer's work as in Article 403.

5. E.R.A.s and Writers.-Difference of pay between the different classes of Engine-Room Artificers and Writers is not to be granted without the express sanction of the Admiralty, except in the following cases :

1. An Engine-Room Artificer may receive difference of pay as Chief Engine-Room Artificer when from any cause he is in actual charge of the machinery of the ship, or is doing the actual duty of an engineer officer allowed to the ship but not borne.
2. A First Writer doing duty in a vacancy for Chief Writer or a Writer of a lower grade doing duty in a vacancy for either a Chief or First Writer, may be allowed to receive the lowest rate of pay of the higher rating.

In each of these cases payment can only be made under the conditions of clause 2.

1433. Natives filling Naval Ratings.-On foreign stations where natives are entered for service on the station only, and where the rates of pay authorised by the Regulations for corresponding naval ratings are in excess of the labour rates obtaining locally, the Commander-in-Chief, at his discretion, may authorise payment at such lower rate as he shall deem fair and equitable in the circumstances.

2. In such cases the word " Native " is to be added after the rating on the ship's ledger and in all documents, thus: Stoker (Native), and the authority of the Commander-in-Chief for the special rate paid is to accompany the ship's ledger on which the first payment appears.

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1907, and after completing their first term re-engage to complete time for pension, are to be allowed additional pay of 2d. a day.

2. Such men discharged from the Service before the end of their first term and afterwards re-entered, are to be granted this allowance on the completion of 12 years' total service, provided they then re-engage to complete time for pension or have already done so.

3. The allowance is to commence from the date on which the re-engagement to complete time for pension is executed, or, should the execution of the re-engagement be unavoidably postponed, from the date on which the man volunteers to re-engage; always provided that no man shall be entitled to the allowance until he has completed under continuous service engagements 12 years' actual service in man's rating and in receipt of wages.

4. Marines transferred to ratings of the above-mentioned branches before 1st October 1907 are to be granted this allowance of 2d. a day on completion of 12 years' combined service in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines, exclusive of service in the Royal Marines with character below " Fair," provided that they then re-engage to complete time for pension or have already done so.

5. This 2d. a day, re-engaged pay, is to be distinguished on the ship's ledger by the letters R. P.

6. These regulations do not apply to men serving in the Coast Guard.

1435. Extension Pay (E.P.).-The following classes of continuous service petty officers and men who re-engage after completing time for pension will receive an addition of 6d. a day to their pay, from the date of actually volunteering to re-engage, viz. :

All Petty Officers of the Seaman class.

Leading Seamen, Leading Signalmen, and Leading Telegraphists of over three years' service as such and passed for Petty Officer.

Artisans.

Electricians.

Chief and other Engine-Room Artificers.

Mechanicians.

Chief and other Stokers.

Naval Schoolmasters (at the discretion of the Admiralty).

N.B.-The actual ratings entitled to receive this additional pay are specially distinguished in Appendix XV. (Part I, col. 2).

Men not entitled.-Seamen class ratings not included in the above who are permitted to re-engage after completing time for pension will receive extension pay subject to the following conditions :

If, however, they should afterwards be reduced to Able Seaman, the pay is not to be continued to them whilst serving in the lower rating. Leading Seamen over three years passed for Petty Officer who may have re-engaged after completing time for pension are not to be deprived of extension pay if subsequently disrated to Able Seaman. These conditions apply also to the corresponding ratings in the Signal and Telegraphist branches.

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2. This 6d. a day extension pay is to be distinguished on the ship's ledger by the letters E.P.

3. Extension pay is not to be granted to Instructors of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, or men holding such other permanent appointments ashore as the Admiralty may direct.

Allowances.

1436. Clothing Gratuities (G.C.).-Clothing gratuities of the amounts stated in clause 2 are to be credited as follows :

1. On first entry into the Royal Navy to men who engage for continuous service and are not supplied gratuitously with kit in kind under Article 1738.

Men transferred from the Royal Marines and continuous service men who re-enter the Royal Navy after discharge as boys or with less than four years' service from the age of 18, are to be treated as first entries so far as concerns clothing gratuity or the gratuitous issue of kit.

2. On first entry, to those Officers' Stewards or Cooks, who are required to provide themselves with a full regulation service kit, except on stations where orders to the contrary have been given.
3. To Engine-Room Artificers 5th Class, on being rated Acting Engine-Room Artificer 4th Class.
4. To men who, having actually served 12 years under continuous service engagements in men's ratings, and in receipt of wages, re-engage for a further term of not less than five years.
5. To men discharged after four, but with less than 12 years of such service, if allowed to re-enter for continuous service or as Officer's Steward or Cook.
6. To continuous service men allowed to serve after completing time for pension, provided that they execute re-engagements for a further term of five years and that they have not already received the gratuity under (d).

2. The amount of the gratuity allowed under clause 1 is �2. 10s., except in the case of the following ratings, who are to be credited with �3. 10s., viz., Naval Schoolmasters, Chief Engine-Room Artificers, Engine-Room Artificers, Chief Electricians, Electricians, Chief Carpenters' Mates, Carpenters' Mates, Leading Shipwrights (O.S.) and Shipwrights.

Men advanced to Shipwright from Leading Carpenter's Crew or Carpenter's Crew are to be credited with the difference of �1.

3. On change of Rating.-Continuous service men permitted to change their rating are to be credited with the clothing gratuity, if any, allowed to first entries in the rating to which they are transferred, provided that they are required to change their uniform from Class II. to Class III., from Class III. to Class IL, or from Class II. to Class I.

4. Officers' Stewards or Cooks allowed to transfer to, or re-enter in, a continuous service rating dressed under Class II. of the Uniform Regulations are to be credited with the clothing gratuity, if any, allowed to first entries in the new rating.

6. Special Service Men allowed to change their rating, or to re-enter, are to be credited with the clothing gratuity, if any, allowed to continuous service men in similar circumstances.

6. Cases of re-entry or change of rating that are considered to require exceptional treatment with regard to the credit of a clothing gratuity are to be referred to the Accountant-General.

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7. The gratuity on entry, re-entry or transfer (except re-entry after discharge on expiration of engagement) is not in any case to be credited until the man has received clothing.

8. Outfit of C.P.O.s (O.G.).-A gratuity of �5. is to be credited on the ledger to every petty officer dressed as a Seaman, who is advanced in his own class to the position of chief petty officer, to assist him to procure the necessary outfit. It is to be credited when he is rated " Acting Chief Petty Officer " and noted on the ledger O.G. (Outfit Gratuity).

9. Police.-A gratuity of �5. is to be credited on the ledger to every petty officer dressed as a Seaman, and to every non-commissioned officer of Royal Marines, on advancement to the rating of Ship's Corporal. In the case of the marine the �5. is to take the place of the clothing gratuity of �2. 10s. allowed to men on first engaging for continuous service by clause 1 of this Article, and no further gratuity will be credited in respect of his first naval engagement.

1437. Bedding Gratuity (G.B.).-A bedding gratuity of �1. is to be credited in the cases specified below :

1. To men who, having actually served twelve years under continuous service engagements in men's ratings, and in receipt of wages, re-engage for a further term of not less than five years.
2. To men discharged after four but with less than twelve years of such service, or after not less than four years' special service, if allowed to re-enter.
3. To continuous service men allowed to serve after completing time for pension, provided that they execute re-engagements for a further term of five years.
4. To non-continuous service men, who, having completed five years' actual service in receipt of wages from the date of the gratuitous issue of bedding in kind or the last credit of the gratuity, volunteer for a fresh period of service and execute a re-engagement under Article 365.

2. Marines, &c.-This gratuity shall not be allowed to marines or other persons who are granted the loan of bedding, nor to persons who are not required to maintain a complete set of bedding. See 1739 (Marked Bedding).

1438. Recovery of Gratuities, &c.-If a man or boy, other than a marine, or a boy dealt with under the Training Service Regulations, is discharged within two years of entry, he will be liable to be charged with the value of the kit aid bedding supplied to him gratuitously on entry, or, if credited with a clothing gratuity, with the amount of the gratuity and the value of the bedding. This charge is to be made in every such case if the discharge is for misconduct or fraudulent entry. In cases where discharge is not for these causes, the charge is to be made only when ordered by the Admiralty or a Commander-in-Chief at home or abroad, as the case may be, at the time of approving the discharge.

2. Sale of Effects.-Every man and boy against whom this charge is made is, if already in debt, or if the charge brings him into debt, to have his naval effects sold, or as much of them as is needful for the purpose, to meet the debt, and the sum realised is to be credited to him on the ledger. If expedient, the sale should take place before his discharge to the shore. In every such case of compulsory sale of effects the man or boy is to be allowed to retain at least one old suit. See 759 (Men dismissed).

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rate of �2. a year for each Officers' Steward rating employed as a personal servant to an officer, or as a ward-room mess waiter, is to be paid to the wardroom mess committee by the Accountant Officer to enable the man to provide himself with the necessary mess clothing.

2. Payment is to be made for one year in advance from the date on which the man commences attendance on a officer or at the mess, and subsequently quarterly in arrear at the rate of 10s. a quarter. These quarterly payments are to be made at the end of each quarter, a proportionate amount being paid for the adjustment of a broken period.

The advance of �2. may be paid notwithstanding that payment has already been made in advance on account of a servant replaced, provided that it is not made in respect of a servant on whose account a similar advance has been made within the year at the same or some other establishment. In the latter case payment at the rate of 10s. a quarter may be made quarterly in arrear on the expiration of the period covered by the original advance.

3. This allowance is not to be considered as a part of the mess fund, but is to be paid over by the mess committee to the Officers' Stewards as compensation for providing themselves with the mess clothing.

4. It is not to be credited on the ledger, but paid on a voucher to the cash account on form S. 24, which is to show :

1. The names of the ratings employed, with the amounts and periods for which each of them is paid, and the dates to which they were last paid on previous vouchers.
2. A certificate signed by a member of the mess committee that the Officers' Stewards, &c., paid have all been employed as mess waiters or as. personal servants during the period to which the payment relates.

1440. Warrant Officers' Mess Waiters' Dress Gratuity.-At certain naval establishments at home, to be determined by the Admiralty, an allowance at the rate of 10s. a year may be paid on account of the Officers' Stewards employed as waiters in the warrant officers' messes in order that they may be provided with extra mess clothing.

2. The allowances payable at each establishment are to be on the scale of one for every six warrant officers borne, with one additional when the total number of warrant officers borne is at least three in excess of six or a multiple of six.

3. Payment is to be made (at the rate of 2s. 6d. a quarter for each waiter allowed by his scale) to the warrant officers' mess committee by the Accountant Officer on vouchers to the cash account, the voucher in every case showing the names of the waiters employed and the dates to which previous payments have been made, a certificate being added as to the number of warrant officers borne during the quarter. The allowance is not to be considered as part of the mess fund and is to be expended solely in the provision of the necessary clothing.

4. The first quarterly allowance may be paid in advance, but subsequent payments are to be made quarterly in arrear at the end of each quarter, a proportionate amount being paid in adjustment of a broken period.

1441. Working Suit Allowance (W.S.A.).-All persons holding any of the ratings marked " W.S.A." in column 3 of Appendix XV., Part I., who are liable to be employed in coaling their ships, whether as part complement or supernumeraries, are entitled to an allowance at the rate of 10s. per annum to provide themselves with the necessary working suits, shoes, and soap.

2. In General Depots.-This allowance is also payable to men (except marines) borne on the books of the general depots at the home ports and Malta

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who are actually employed with working parties, &c., in such cases as the Admiralty may direct.

3. Ratings not eligible.-Payment is not to be made to :

1. Men employed in stationary ships other than general depots.
2. Men who may not have provided themselves with proper working suits.
3. Ratings included in the retinues of Flag Officers or Commodores First Class, and marines doing duty as ward-room officers' servant- ; but if at any time required to assist in coaling they are to be paid extra pay (Article 1469).

4. The allowance is to be credited on the ledger quarterly in advance, 2s. 6d. on the first day of each quarter. Men who enter a ship in which the allowance is payable and have not previously received the allowance for the quarter in which they enter, and men who receive ratings entitling them to the allowance after the beginning of the quarter, are to be credited with the allowance in full if they enter or are so rated on or before the 15th of the second month of the quarter. No credit for the quarter is to be made to men entering or being rated after that date.

5. Men in Hospital.-As the allowance is authorised to be credited in advance, men temporarily absent in hospital or otherwise on the first day of a quarter are entitled to the quarterly credit, provided they are borne for pay ; and the credit is not to be recovered from men discharged to the shore.

6. On the discharge of men who have received the allowance the letters W.S.A., and the date to which credit has been made, are to be noted on their transfer lists or pay tickets.

1442. Engine-Room Clothing Allowance (E.D.C.A.). - Engine-Room Artificers, Mechanicians, Electricians, Chief Stokers, and other stoker ratings, whether borne as part complement or as supernumeraries, are entitled to an allowance at the rate of 12s. per annum to provide themselves with the necessary working suits ; the allowance is to be known as engine-room department clothing allowance (E.D.C.A.).

2. The allowance is to be credited on the ledger quarterly in advance, 3s. on the first day of each quarter, and the instructions contained in Article 1441, clauses 4, 5, and 6, are applicable to this allowance.

1443. Working Suits to Marines.-Marines when employed in working parties at the general depots at the home ports and Malta are to be allowed two duck working suits, according to the authorised uniform pattern, and two pairs of boots in lieu of shoes, on joining ; and one duck working suit and one pair of boots every half-year after the first year. The date on which the issue is last made is to be noted against the men's names in each ledger until superseded by corresponding entries of the dates of subsequent issues. Similar notations are to be made on all transfer lists or pay tickets, and on the ledgers of the ships to which men may be transferred. The uniform working suits for marines are to be drawn from the victualling yards, and nominal lists of the issues are to be forwarded with the clothing accounts, as vouchers to the credits.

1444. W.S.A. for Kroomen and Seedies.-Kroomen and Seedies who are liable to be employed in coaling their ships are entitled to a working suit allowance of 2s. 6d. per annum, which is to be credited to them on the ledger yearly in advance on 1st April ; those who enter the Service after this date being credited in advance to 31st March following at the rate of 2�d. a month, to commence from the first day of the month in which they enter if they enter

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on or before the 15th of the month, or from the first day of the following month, if they enter after the 15th.

1445. Good Conduct Pay.-Petty Officers, seamen and marines, on whom good conduct badges carrying with them pay have been conferred under Chapter XIX., Section III., and Chapter XXXIV., Section X., are entitled to the following Allowance in addition to their full pay so long as they retain such badges

For each good conduct badge - - - 1d. per diem.

1446. Good Shooting Prizes.-Prizes for good shooting with heavy, light, and other guns are allowed to seamen and marines under special regulations contained in the gunnery manual. Prizes for good rifle and pistol shooting are allowed to Seamen under special regulations laid down in the Rifle Practice Instruction, Part VI., and also to marines, subject to the modifications mentioned in Article 1160.

1447. Torpedo Firing Prizes.-Prizes for proficiency in torpedo firing in torpedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers are allowed to seamen under special regulations contained in the Torpedo Manual (Vol. III.).

1448. Time-expired Men detained.-All men, whether entered for continuous or non-continuous service, who, in cases of emergency, are detained in the Service after the expiration of the period for which they were originally liable to serve, are entitled, with the approval of the Commander-in-Chief, to receive 2d. a day in addition to the pay of their respective ratings.

The sanction of the Commander-in-Chief is to be forwarded into office in each case.

2. This allowance is not payable, in ordinary circumstances, to men who voluntarily remain in their ships after their engagements have terminated nor to men who volunteer to remain abroad when their ships are ordered home ; nor to marines; nor to men waiting passage home.

1449. Pensioners with Gunnery Rates.-Pensioners who may be exceptionally allowed to retain their pensions while serving shall not be entitled to gunnery or torpedo allowances, unless qualified for and serving as Gunner's Mate or Torpedo Gunner's Mate [Gunnery Instructor (O.S.), Torpedo Instructor (O.S.)], in which case they may be paid the allowance for that qualification alone.

1450. Temporary Schoolmaster.-In the temporary absence of a Naval Schoolmaster from a ship allowed that rating, an allowance of 6d. a day will be paid to the person, who, not being a Naval Schoolmaster, is selected to perform the duties, for the period of actual employment.

1451. Ships without a Schoolmaster.-If a person is appointed by the Captain to perform the duties of Naval Schoolmaster, where none is allowed, he is to receive, in addition to his pay, an allowance of 1s. per lesson, which is to be credited on the ship's ledger. The total payment for any one quarter is not to exceed 45s.

This allowance is conditional on the instructions laid down in Article 389, clause 3, and also provided that the duty has been performed to the satisfaction of the Captain, and that the person has not neglected any other duty which by his rating he was bound to perform. A certificate that these conditions have been complied with is to be furnished on the form provided in the ship's ledger.

The register referred to in Article 390, clause 2, is to be kept.

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1452. School Stationery.-In every ship, not supplied with stationery in kind in which a Naval Schoolmaster is borne, or a competent person detailed to perform the duties, the following allowances may be paid, if so much be required :

by the Accountant Officer to the Chaplain for the purchase of slates, paper, and school necessaries for the use of the men and boys attending the school, and of the Schoolmaster; if no Chaplain is borne, the payment is to be made to the officer superintending the school work.

School Books.-Arithmetic and other school books are not to be purchased out of this allowance, but are to be issued by the Accountant Officer. (See 656, clause 2.)

2. The officer in charge of the school is to procure the articles for which the allowance is required and present the account for payment to the Accountant Officer, who is to transmit it with the voucher to the Accountant-General.

3. The allowance is not to be drawn each quarter, unless the Captain is satisfied that it is required for the efficient working of the school.

1453. Ship's Library.-In ships not bearing a Naval Schoolmaster, or any person receiving the allowance under Article 1451, the person appointed to manage the issue and return of the books of the ship's library shall receive 1d. a day while so employed. See 1727 (Charge of Library).

1454. Playing Harmonium, &c.-In all ships in which a Chaplain is allowed in the complement an allowance of 2s. a week is to be paid to any properly qualified person of the ship's company, selected by the Commanding Officer, who plays the harmonium or any other suitable instrument and conducts the choir during Divine Service.

2. In other ships payment is only to be made if a harmonium is in use, and subject in each case to the prior approval of the Admiralty.

3. This allowance is to be paid quarterly on the production of a certificate, approved by the Commanding Officer, that the duty has been efficiently performed.

4. Officers other than Chief or Head Schoolmasters are not eligible for this allowance.

1455. Victualling Store Allowance.-Ship's Stewards, Second Ship's Stewards, and persons acting in those capacities, when in charge of stores, are entitled to victualling store allowance in addition to their full pay, as shown in Appendix XV., Part III., provided they shall in all respects have performed their duties honestly and efficiently, and that they are sober, well-conducted persons.

2. If the Accountant Officer considers that payment should be withheld he is to represent the circumstances to the Captain ; and in case of its being withheld, he is to fill up and sign the certificate provided for the purpose in the ledger, and a report thereof is to be furnished through the Captain to the Commander-in-Chief in order that due inquiry may be made, and the result forwarded to the Commander-in-Chief at the port to which the man is attached.

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3. Commencement.-Ship's Stewards and Second Ship's Stewards are to commence this allowance as follows :

1. When appointed to ships at any port in the United Kingdom :
From the date on which they commence duty under the Accountant Officers of such ships.
2. When appointed to ships on foreign stations, or sent to foreign stations as disposable supernumeraries
From the date of their embarkation for such ships or stations.
3. When promoted while serving on a foreign station, if they are directed to be borne as disposable supernumeraries:
From the date they are so borne.

4. Absent from Ship.-Ship's Stewards and Second Ship's Stewards in receipt of this allowance are entitled thereto during absence from the ship in the following circumstances, viz. :

1. While sick at hospital on account of disease not the result of their own misconduct ;
2. While absent from the ship on duty or on leave.

5. Ship's Stewards and Second Ship's Stewards discharged abroad, and sent home on account of :

1. Their own ships having been paid off ;
2. Their term of service having expired;
3. Being sick;
4. Having been superseded, except for misconduct, or at their own request ;

are entitled to this allowance until disposed of in England.

6. Closing Accounts.-Ship's Stewards and Second Ship's Stewards employed in closing the accounts of their ships, after paying off, are to be granted this allowance for the time so employed, which is not to exceed the period authorised by Article 1397.

7. Cessation.-Ship's Stewards and Second Ship's Stewards invalided, superseded, or otherwise discharged from ships on the home station, cease to be entitled to this allowance on the day on which they cease to do duty on board such ships.

8. Ship's Stewards and Second Ship's Stewards borne for disposal in general depots at home are not entitled to victualling store allowance.

9. Navigating Parties, &c.-Ship's Stewards, Second Ship's Stewards, Ship's Steward's Assistants, or the persons doing duty as such, with navigating parties, &c., in ships not in commission, will be paid victualling store allowance according to the authorised scale, but in no case is any such payment to be made without the express sanction of the Admiralty.

10. Tenders, &c.-Ship's Steward's Assistants, or the persons doing duty as such in tenders or vessels in which no Ship's Steward or Second Ship's Steward is borne, may be granted an allowance of 6d. a day.

1456. Troop Allowance.-In cases of His Majesty's ships carrying troops, the Ship's Steward or Second Ship's Steward is entitled to troop allowance at the rate of 3d. per diem for every 50 Military persons victualled, but not for less than 40. This allowance is to be paid by the Accountant Officer upon a certificate signed by the Captain, showing the numbers victualled each day, which is to be attached to the receipt for payment.

This allowance may also be paid, at the discretion of the Admiralty, to the Ship's Steward or Second Ship's Steward of any ship employed in the conveyance of naval supernumeraries, but in no case will it be paid for any day on which the number of naval supernumeraries carried does not cause the authorised sea-going complement to be exceeded by 200.

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1457. Tool Money.-Leading Carpenter's Crew and Carpenter's Crew are required to provide themselves with tools in order to perform the duties of their rating, and are entitled to tool money at the rate of 3d. a day in addition to their full pay.

2. Kroomen and natives entered to fill the vacancies of artisans of these classes in the ship's complement are also entitled to tool money.

3. If a complete set of tools is not provided by the man, this allowance is not to be paid.

1458. Sick Berth Attendant's Duties.-In ships in which no sick berth rating is allowed in the complement, or in which, though allowed, no such rating is serving, the person employed on the duties of Sick Berth Attendant may be credited with an allowance as follows :

1. 3d. a day in a ship in which a sick berth rating is allowed but not borne, or in a ship in which a sick berth rating is not allowed nor a medical officer borne.
2. 2d. a day in a ship in which a medical officer is borne but a sick berth rating is not allowed.

2. The allowance is not payable in a ship allowed two or more sick berth ratings unless no sick berth staff is borne.

3. While it is not desired to restrict the Captain in selecting the most efficient man for this duty, it is to be understood that in making the selection preference should be given to men whose pay does not exceed 1s. 8d. a day.

1459. Lamptrimmer.-A Private of Royal Marines employed as lamptrimmer in a ship in which this rating is allowed, is to receive 2d. a day, and, in addition, the allowance specified in clause 2, if he is the senior or only lamptrimmer. The employment of marines as lamptrimmers is to be noted in red ink under their names in the ledger.

This allowance is also payable to any person, who, in the absence of a duly qualified marine, satisfactorily performs the duty of lamptrimmer in a ship allowed the rating. The person so performing the duty is to be shown on the ship's books as " Acting Lamptrimmer."

2. Senior or only Lamptrimmer.-For the due care of the lamps and lamp stores in His Majesty's ships and establishments an allowance at the rate of from 1d. to 4d. a day (at the discretion of the Admiralty) is payable to the senior or only lamptrimmer allowed or the person acting in that capacity.

3. The allowance to the senior or only lamptrimmer is to be considered as a gratuity for thoroughly efficient performance of duty, and is not to be paid as a matter of course, but only upon a special certificate on the ledger signed by the Carpenter or, in ships in which a Carpenter is not borne, by the Navigating Officer, and approved by the Captain, that the lamps and stores have been carefully and properly attended to.

4. Lamps in another Ship.-Whenever, in exceptional cases, a lamptrimmer is allowed in the complement in one of His Majesty's ships, vessels, or depots, for the care of lamps and lamp stores on board another ship not in commission, or on board a hulk or overflow ship, an allowance within the rates authorised in clause I of this Article may be granted for the due care of such lamps and lamp stores. The Captain will therefore transmit to the. Accountant-General a detailed statement of the circumstances of each such case as it arises, with a view to enabling the Admiralty to determine whether an allowance should be granted, and, if so, at what rate.

1460. Butchers or Barbers.-Royal Marines employed as butchers or barbers in ships in which these ratings are allowed in the complement are to

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receive 2d. a day in addition to their pay and other allowances. The fact of their being so employed should be entered in red ink under their names on the ledger.

2. Acting Butcher.-This allowance is also payable to any person, who, in the absence of a duly qualified marine, satisfactorily performs the duty of butcher in a ship allowed the rating. The person so performing this duty is to be shown on the ship's books as "Acting Butcher."

1461. Engineer's Writer.-An allowance of 6d. a day whilst actually doing the duty is to be paid in such ships as the Admiralty may direct, to the Stoker rating selected by the Engineer Officer, with the approval of the Captain, to perform the duty of Engineer's Writer.

2. On the Engineer Officer of a ship being superseded, or on a man who is performing the duty of Engineer's Writer leaving a ship or being removed from the duty through misconduct or inefficiency, a report is to be attached to his certificate as to his fitness or otherwise for the duty.

1462. Ships undergoing Trials, &c.-Men employed in a ship undergoing trials, but not in commission, on the duties of the following ratings, viz. Ship's Steward, Yeoman of Stores, Engineer's Writer, Lamptrimmer and Butcher - may at the discretion of the Admiralty be credited with the established allowances (Appendix XV., Part III., Nos. 80, 81, 83, 93, 21, 53, 54, and 2).

2. The sanction of the Admiralty is to be obtained in each case before payment is made, and the application for payment is to be accompanied by certificates that the men have performed their duties satisfactorily.

1463. Gunnery Lieutenant's Writer.-An allowance of 3d. a day is to be paid to the seaman gunner employed on clerical duties with the Gunnery Lieutenant in ships having hydraulic or electric gun mountings. This allowance is not to be paid in special service vessels.

1464. Fraudulent Entries in Navy.-When a man is found to have joined the Royal Navy or Royal Marines from the Special Reserve. Militia, Territorial Force or any other force affiliated to the Army, he will be required to make good any sums that may be due from him under the regulations of the force to which he previously belonged. The amount due from him will be notified by and repaid to the Commanding Officer of the unit from which he joined, and charged against the man on the ship's ledger.

1465. Report to Admiralty.-The circumstances of each case, and whatever evidence may be procurable, are to be reported to the Admiralty for their directions in the matter. See 354 (Questions on Entry).

1466. Fraudulent Entry in Army or Marines.-The value of any clothes or other articles supplied gratuitously to a deserter from the Navy, who, while in a state of desertion, shall have entered the Army or the Marines, as well as all moneys due by him to the regiment or corps when reclaimed for the Navy, shall be charged against him on the ledger of the ship in which he may be re-entered, and the amount shall be payable to the Army in satisfaction of the debt, irrespective of the state of the man's account.

2. Whenever practicable, the necessary adjustment of these debts is to be made locally between the Accountant Officers of the Services concerned, otherwise the case should be reported to the Admiralty.

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1467. Forfeitures generally.-The forfeiture of pay, allowances, &c., necessary under the various conditions specified in the Regulations, are dealt with in the following Articles :

602, 603 (Discharge by Purchase and Re-entry) ;
613 (Men lent to Merchant Vessels) ;
758 (Dismissal with Disgrace) ;
812 (Men in Civil Custody) ;
807-810 (Rewards for Recovery of Deserters and Absentees);
1360 (During Imprisonment or Detention).

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