Admiralty Order in Council No. 99.

15th May 1900.

A.G.

Whereas we have had under our consideration the Allowances for subsistence granted to Officers in Your Majesty's Navy when absent from their Ships on Service ;

And whereas we are of opinion that the existing regulations which require an absence of 9 hours before an Officer can be compensated for expenses on account of meals whilst detained on duty on shore during daytime, entails a disadvantage which should not be inflicted upon Officers engaged in the execution of their public duties ;

We beg leave to recommend that Your Majesty will be graciously pleased to sanction, by Your Order in Council, an allowance, calculated on the basis of one-fifth of the Subsistence Allowance now established for an absence of 24 hours, to all Naval Officers necessarily absent on duty from their Ships for a period exceeding five, but not exceeding nine, hours ;

The Lords Commissioners of Your Majesty's Treasury have signified their concurrence in this proposal.

I.C. 1577 / 1900

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