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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 25TH NOVEMBER, 1893.

ROYAL WARRANT-REGULATIONS UNDER THE REGIMENTAL DEBTS ACT, 1893.

VICTORIA R. & I.

WHEREAS by Our Warrant of 22nd April, 1881, We were pleased to make the Regulations thereunto annexed, being Regulations under the Regimental Debts Act, 1863; and Whereas by the Regimental Debts Act, 1893, which will come into operation on the 1st October, 1893, the Regimental Debts Act, 1863, is repealed; and Whereas We deem it expedient to make Regulations under the Regimental Debts Act, 1893, to take effect as from the 1st October, 1893, in lieu of the Regulations annexed to Our said Warrant of the 22nd April, 1881;

OUR WILL AND PLEASURE IS that Our said Warrant of 22nd April, 1881, and the Regulations thereunto annexed, shall be and are hereby cancelled as from the 1st October, 1893, and this Our Warrant and Regulations which shall be administered, construed, and interpreted by Our Secretary of State for War, and Our Secretary of State in Council of India, as the case may require, shall, on and after the 1st October, 1893, subject to and in conjunction with the Regimental Debts Act, 1893, be the sole and standing authority on the matters therein treated of;

PROVIDED ALWAYS that where and so far as the Regimental Debts Act, 1893, the Army Act, or this Our Warrant and the Regulations thereunto annexed do not parti- cularly prescribe the manner in which any sum of money is to be disposed of or invested, then and in every such case, until by further Warrant under Our Royal Sign Manual we otherwise direct, the same shall be disposed of or invested as the same would have been disposed of or invested if the Acts above quoted had not been passed.

Until by further Warrant under Our Royal Sign Manual We otherwise direct, medals and decorations belonging to persons dying while subject to Military Law shall be disposed of as Our Secretary of State for War may, according to the circumstances of different cases, think fit.

Given at Our Court at Balmoral, this 30th day of August, 1893, in the 57th

year of Our Reign.

By Her Majesty's Command,

H. CAMPBELL-BANNERMAN.

REGULATIONS.

(Section 1 of the Act.)

1. Where the deceased was an Officer employed on the Staff, the Committee of Adjustment is to consist of two Officers to be appointed by the Officer Commanding at the station, one of whom should, if practicable, be a Field Officer.

2. Where the deceased was an Officer not employed on the Staff, the Committee of Adjustment is to consist of a Major of the regiment or corps, or an Officer doing Major's duty in his absence, and two other Officers of the regiment or corps not under the rank of Captain (unless Officers of that rank or of the regiment or corps cannot conveniently be had), to be appointed by the Commanding Officer of the regiment or corps or by the Officer Commanding at the station.

3. Where the deceased was a Warrant Officer, non-commissioned officer or man employed on the Staff, the Committee of Adjustment is to consist of any Officer, not under the rank of Captain, under whom the soldier was serving, and two other Officers to be appointed by the Officer Commanding at the station.

4. Where the deceased was a Warrant Officer, non-commissioned officer or man not employed on the Staff, the Committee of Adjustment is to consist of the Officer Commanding the troop, squadron, battery, or company to which the deceased belonged, and two other Officers of the regiment or corps to be appointed by the Commanding Officer.

5. Where the death occurs at sea, and a Committee of Adjustment does not assemble on board the ship on which the death occurs, a Comraittee will be assembled at the port of arrival.