Admiralty Order in Council No. 58.

7 August, 1894.

A.G.

Whereas by Article 1436, and Appendix XVII., page 976, of the Regulations established for the government of Your Majesty's Naval Service, it is provided that Engineer Officers in charge of the Engines of Your Majesty's Vessels should be awarded Charge Pay at rates varying from 1s. to 4s. a day according to the Indicated Horse Power of each vessel, and at rates varying from 4s. to 9d. a day if in charge of Engines of 3,000 Indicated Horse Power and upwards in the larger vessels of modem construction. And whereas we are of opinion that, in consideration of the increased responsibility devolving on Engineer Officers by the size, complexity and number of Engines in each vessel, the present system of payment of Charge Pay, according to the Indicated Horse Power, no longer adequately represents the actual amount of responsibility in each particular case and should be abolished, and that the existing rates, viz. 1s. to 9s. a day, should be extended to all vessels, the rate being determined by us from time to time in accordance with the altered conditions of the Engines in each vessel. We beg leave therefore to recommend that Your Majesty may be graciously pleased, by Your Order in Council, to sanction the proposals in the subjoined schedule. The Lords Commissioners of Your Majesty's Treasury have signified their concurrence in these proposals.

Schedule.

A. Appendix XVII., page 276, of the Regulations for the Government of the Naval Service, to be amended by the substitution of the following rules for the scale based on Indicated Horse Power : -

In Ships in Commission, Engineer (Officers in charge of the Machinery will be allowed Charge Pay varying from 1s. to 9s. a day, the rate for each Ship being determined by the Admiralty.

In ships in the Fleet and Dockyard Reserves, half the rates of Charge Pay and of Senior Engineer's Allowance payable while in commission are to be paid to their Engineer Officers, (but in vessels in which the full rate of Charge Pay is under 2s. a day, the rate of Half Charge Pay payable to be Is. a day,) subject to the conditions laid down in Article 1436.

In Torpedo Boats in Commission, Engineer Officers in charge of the Machinery will be allowed Charge Pay at rates determined by the Admiralty.

In Torpedo Boats in Reserve, an Engineer or Assistant Engineer in charge will receive Charge Pay at 1s. a day.

B. The new system to take effect from 1st April 1893, except in cases where provision to the contrary is expressly made herein.

C. Any reduced rates awarded at the initiation of the new system only to come into force in the cases of Officers appointed after the date of this Order in Council.

D. Any increased rates awarded at the initiation of the new system only to be payable from the date of this Order in Council.

E. In order to maintain a just proportion between the rates allowed for older and for modern ships, it shall be open to their Lordships to revise rates of Charge Pay upon occasions of commissioning or re-commissioning.

In a case where a vessel has not been in commission for 3 years, the rate of Half Charge Pay to be liable to revision on the occasion of her Engineer Officer being appointed or superseded.

F. In oases where the recent revision of the official record of horse powers (e.g., in Navy List) brings the Indicated Horse Power of vessels below 3,000, the Senior Engineer's Allowance of 1s. a day hitherto paid to be continued until the supersession of the Officer or Engine Room Artificer receiving it at the date of this Order in Council.

N. P. 1788 / 1894

^ back to top ^