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_____ Initials of Officer maldng the Entry. 1. Next of kin : 2. Campaigns : 3. Wounded: 4. Effects of wounds : 5. Special instances of gallant conduct: 6. Medals and decorations : 7. Injuries in or by the Service : 8. To whom married, place, and date : 9. Passed classes of instruction: 10. Character on being discharged : 11. Place of discharge • 12. Cause of discharge : 13. Died: 14. Notes :

Note.—These entries are to be made from time to time as they occur, and initialed by the officer making the entry.

APPENDIX B. Regiment New Zealand Volunteers. MemoeANDUm oe Agreement made between the Commanding Officer of the Regiment New Zealand Volunteers (who is hereinafter designated as "the said Commanding Officer," and which term shall include and comprise the successors of the said Commanding Officer who shall in future command the said regiment) of the one part, and the undersigned 0- the other part: Wheeeas the undersigned are desirous of serving in the said regiment, for which purpose they will require uniform, the estimated cost of which is £3, and the said Commanding Officer agrees to cause them to be supplied with the same on their joining the regiment in the prescribed manner, and on their binding themselves, as they do by this agreement, to continue in the regiment during the present and two following official Volunteer years, and during that time to become and continue efficient members, according to the regulations of the Volunteer service, so as to entitle the regiment to claim the capitation grant for each of them respectively: Each of the undersigned shall be entitled to receive uniform when the Adjutant shall report that the Volunteer has attended thirty recruit-drills, and has received a proficiency certificate. When, either by payment by the Volunteer in cash, or by his qualifying for the capitation grant, the said sum of £3 shall have been received by the regiment, the uniform shall become the sole and exclusive property of the Volunteer; but until they have been so paid for they shall remain and be the property of the said Commanding Officer. Each Volunteer binds himself that should lie become non-efficient, be dismissed, or leave the regiment before the said sum of £3 shall have been fully paid, either in cash or by qualification for the capitation grant, he shall thereupon pay to the said Commanding Officer the unpaid portion of the said sum of £3. As witness the signatures of the several parties on the dates set opposite their respective names.

APPENDIX C. RULES FOR EXAMINATION OF OFFICERS AND SERGEANTS. 1. Every officer appointed to a commission as Subaltern, Captain, or Field Officer in the Volunteer Force, or promoted to be a Field Officer in that force, will, unless he Bhall have served— (a) in a similar arm of the regular forces, and have passed his examination therein for the rank of Lieutenant in the ease of a Captain or Subaltern, and of Captain in the case of a Field Officer; (.) in the case of a Captain or Subaltern, as a Sergeant of the same arm of the Volunteer Force, and obtained a certificate of proficiency—be required, within twelve months after he has obtained such appointment or promotion, to pass the examination laid down in the following paragraphs for the arm of the Volunteer service to which he belongs. Boards of Examination have no power to exempt an officer from examination in any of the prescribed subjects. An officer who fails to obtain a certificate will be required to resign his acting appointment. Cavaiby Volunteees. 2. Subalterns and Captains. — (a.) Practical examination in drilling a troop or company in the prescribed evolutions, including dismounted service, (b.) Riding, (c.) Practical acquaintance with sword exercise and with the carbine or short-rifle exercise, (d.) Duties and formation of advanced- and rear-guards, and reconnoitring an enemy.* (e.) Aiming drill, and orders at the firing-point. 3. A Subaltern who obtains a certificate of proficiency in the foregoing subjects need not be examined again when he becomes a Captain. 4. Field Officers. — (a.) Evolutions of a regiment of cavalry; the examination being, as far as possible, practical in the field, (b ), (c), and (d). As laid down for Captains, unless the officer has already passed in these subjects. Aetiiieex Vohjnteebs. 5. Subalterns and Captains. — (a.) Practical examination in drilling a company in cloße and extended order, (b.) Duties of commander of a guard. Mode of

* Not compulsory for Subalterns, but if they are not examined therein they must be so after promotion to the rank of Captain,