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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 16TH DECEMBER,

1882.

985

5.-Honorary Members are those who, being unable, because of their occupations or otherwise, to attend regularly to drill and on parade, are nevertheless desirous of lending their support and coun- tenance to the movement and who subscribe an annual sum of at least $5 to the Funds of the Corps.

6.-Honorary Members are entitled, on signing the roll as Honorary Members, and on pay- ment of an annual subscription to the Fund of not less than $5, to wear on all public occasions the uniform of the Corps and to take part in all shooting matches and other amusements of the Corps, but are not liable to be called on to perform military duty, and shall have no voice in the management of the Funds of the Corps.

7.-Effective Members of the Corps, who are temporarily absent from Hongkong for any period exceeding six months, shall rank as Honorary Members without payment of any subscription and shall be entitled to be restored to the roll of the Corps as Effectives on their return to the Colony, if they desire it.

8.-The Effective Members of the Corps shall be formed into Batteries to be known as A. B. C., &c. Batteries according to the number thereof.

9.-The strength of a Battery shall be

1 Captain,

2 Lieutenants,

4 Sergeants, one of whom shall perform the duties of Battery Ser-

geant Major and Quarter Master Sergeant,

4 Corporals,

36 Gunners,

1 Trumpeter.

Total,.....48.

10. The Commandant of the Corps shall be a Military Officer appointed by the Governor. 11.-There shall be a Major 2nd in command, to be appointed by the Governor from among the Volunteer Officers.

12. The appointment of officers is vested in the Governor of the Colony, but His Excellency has consented to select the officers from a list of names to be chosen by the Volunteers themselves.

13. At this election all gentlemen who shall have enrolled themselves as Members other than Honorary Members shall be entitled to vote.

14.-All subsequent promotions and appointments among the Officers will be made by the Governor.

15.-The appointment of non-

n-Commissioned Officers vests in the Commandant.

Promotions among the non-Commissioned Officers will be, as a rule, by seniority.

Enrolments, Resignations, and Dismissals.

16.-All Members of the Corps shall sign the roll of the Corps, each stating opposite his name whether he joins as an Honorary or Effective Member, and the latter shall take the oath prescribed by the Ordinance.

17.---All Members desirous of qualifying as Effective Members must first be passed as physically fit by the Honorary Surgeon of the Corps, who will attend in the Orderly Room of the Corps every Monday and Saturday from 6 to 7 P.M., for the purpose of passing recruits.

18. The Honorary Surgeon will on each occasion make out and sign and return to the Com- mandant a list of the gentlemen passed by him.

19.-A Justice of the Peace or the Commandant will attend at the Orderly Room at all convenient times to administer the oath of allegiance, and the Commandant will then enroll members passed by the Honorary Surgeon..

20. Every Member on signing the Roll shall be furnished with a printed copy of these Rules and Regulations and by his signature of the Roll bind himself to the observance of them, and of any Rules and Orders to be made by the Commandant for the better governance of the Corps under the Ordinance or under these Rules.