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Chapters-
1.—General Regulations.
II.--Ceremonies and Distinction. III.-Rank and Command.
IX.-Instructions to Officers in general.
X.-Instructions to Commander-in-Chief and Officers in Command of
Fleets and Squadrons.
XI. Instructions to Flag Officers.
XII.-Instructions to Captains of the Fleet.
XIII-Instructions to Captains.
XIV. Instructions to Lieutenants and Sub-Lieutenants,
XV.
Instructions to Gunners, Boatswains, and Carpenters.
XVII-Courts-Martial.
XVIII.-Courts of Euquiry and Naval Courts.
XIX.-Discipline.
XX-Police.
XXI.-Certificates.
XXIV. Gunnery and Torpedo.
XXV -Engine Department.
XXVI.--Navigation and Pilotage.
XXVII-Regulations for preventing Collisions, &c. XXVIII.—Convoys,
XXIX. Classification, Armament, &c., of His Majesty's Ships.
XXX.-Commissioning and Equipment. XXXI.Preservation, Repairs, and Docking.
XXXIV.His Majesty's Land Forces and Transport.
XXXV-Medical.
XLVII. Returns and Correspondence (General).
XLVIII.-Prizes, Prize Money, and Prisoners of War.
L-Salvage.
The following chapters clearly deal with matters of administration, which, in accordance with the agreement quoted at the beginning of this Memorandum, are to be left entirely to the Dominion Government. They will no doubt, however, serve as a model:-
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Chapters--
IV.-Appointment of Officers.
V.-Definitions of Service.
VI. Qualifications and Promotions.
VII-Training and Examination of Officers.
VIII. -Entry, Qualification, and Instruction of Men and Boys. XVI.-Instructions to Chaplains and Naval Instructors.
XXXVII to XLVI, which deal with accountant officers, pay, allowances, and
similar matters.
LIA, LII A, and LIII a, which deal with pensions and gratuities, &c.
There are a few chapters which require consideration, as they cannot be said to fall at once into either category :--
Chapters
XXII.-Messing, Cabins, and Canteens. XXIII.--Leave of Absence.
XXXII.-Paying Off.
XLIX. Quarantine and Customs.
It is desirable that the regulations in respect of these matters should be the same iu both branches of the service, but clearly they cannot be insisted on.
Finally, Chapter XXXIII deals with Marines. If there is to be a Marine force in the Dominion fleet units, it is essential that it should come under the same naval regulations.
The scheme, as herein sketched, covers the main points dealt with in order to carry out the Provisional Agreement. Once the main principles have been accepted, other points of great but subsidiary importance will have to be considered before a complete scheme can be worked out.
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