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Yours truly,

Enclosure in No. 5.

W. GRAHAM GREENE.

GOVERNOR TO ENROL A FORCE OF NAVAL VOLUNTEERS. overnor of the Cape of Good Hope, with the advice and Legislative Council and House of Assembly thereof,

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al for the Governor to enrol within the Colony British Establish-

-_-years-and-under-the-age-of- -year to constitute a meat of a ape-Colonial-Division-Royal Naval Volunteer-Reserve," form aval votuus yal Naval Volunteer Reserve, established under the teers. rard 7 Chapter 6 and to serve in His Majesty's Royal ad the territorial limits of the Colony, and either ashore ible under-and-subject-to-suoh-regulations-and-conditionty-in on actual (active) service, or when being temporarily any of His Majesty's ships and vessels for instruction, loat or ashore, to all and several the provisions of the elating to naval discipline for the time being in force, regulations and conditions as may from time to time by the Lord High Admiral, or the Commissioners for Lord High Admiral, acting under the authority of the r by the Governor under powers assigned to him by under the like authority, in respect of the matters he title, constitution, establishment, and organisation general administration; (b) enrolment, duration of resignation, and retirement of its members;

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Pensions, allowances. and gratui-

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Privileges.

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precedencey--command, command, precedence, uniform, and decorations; (d) discipline, offences, and punishments in so far as they are not provided for by the--Naval Discipline--Aoto, any Imperial Statute relating to naval discipline; (e) calling out for actual (active) service; (f) pay, property, finance, pay, and the appropriation of fines: Provided that in the event of any volunteer being sentenced under the Naval Discipline Act or any regula- tion made under this Act to a term of penal servitude, or of imprisonment exceeding six months, to be served in any of His Majesty's gaols outside the territorial limits of the South African Colonies, he shall, if he so desires, be transferred, as soon as a proper opportunity offers, to one of the gaols or convict stations, as the case may be, in this Colony, and-provided-further-that-n9- volunteer shall be liable-to-serve-on-active-(actual) service for any period exceeding (?)-

TWO-YEARS.

2.-(i.) If any volunteer dies under this Act from any injury or illness received or contracted by reason of his being on actual service, or by reason of his being temporarily borne on the books of any of His Majesty's ships and vessels for instruction, training, or exercise, ashore or afloat, or by reason of his being called out, by proclamation of the Governor, in aid of the civil power in the protection of life or property, as hereinafter provided, his widow or dependents, being ascendents or descendents, shall be entitled to an adequate pension (to be paid out of moneys to be provided by this Parliament for the purpose) having regard to her or their social position and means of livelihood, to be determined by the Governor; and such pension shall be paid till disallowed, decreased, or increased, as the case may be, by this Parliament: Provided that in the case of descendents, an annual allowance for a reasonable number of years shall be awarded, and not a pension for life.

(ii.) If any such volunteer receives or contracts a serious injury or illness in such circumstances but does not die therefrom, the Governor may by way of compensation award such gratuity, or annual allowance, or pension as may appear to be equitable, having regard to the circumstances of the case, and more especially to the nature of the injury or illness, the amount of suffering, its permanency, and its effect on his capacity to carry on his usual vocation or earn a livelihood; and any such pension or allowance shall be payable till disallowed or altered by this Parliament, provided that no gratuity shall be wholly paid till approved of by Parliament.

3. All and several the provisions of sections ninety-seven et seq. of the Colonial Forces Act, 1892, shall apply to the-Cape-Navai-Volunteers volunteers under this Act, their person, property, and equipments, and to the public in respect of them respectively.

4. It shall be lawful for the Governor at any time by proclamation to call out on active service against an enemy or in aid of the civil power in the protection of life and property volunteers enrolled under this Act, and there- upon and for such period as may be agreed upon by the Governor and the Admiral Commander-in-Chief all volunteers so called out shall be subject to all the duties and liabilities of volunteers enrolled under the Colonial Forces Act aforesaid, and, as regards the public, shall be deemed to have been enrolled thereunder.

5. This Act may be cited as the Naval Volunteers Act, 1906, 1907.

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No. 6.

DEAR MR. DEAKIN,

ADMIRALTY to MR. DEAKIN,

Admiralty, 18th May 1907. I HAVE been desired by Lord Tweedmouth, who has now left London, to send you an estimate of the first cost and maintenance of four destroyers of the River class and four coastal destroyers. This number has been taken as affording a convenient comparison with the cost and maintenance of four submarine boats. Should the provision of a larger number be in question, it would be necessary carefully to consider the organisation of the flotilla, and in that case some fresh item of expense would probably present itself.