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Subject. Particulars. Regulation Number or other Authority. Exemption from juries Exemption from. Juries. Volunteers are exempted from service on any jury Regulation 172a. Groomage Allowance. Groomage allowance Vide " Allowances." Regulation 379. Guards of honour ... Guards of Honour. Vide " Allowances " Horse-hire and forage Horse-hire and Forage. Regulations 396, 398, 399, 399a. Vide " Allowances " Juries, exemption from Juries, Exemption from. Vide above " Defence Act, 1908," section 158, and Regulation 172a. Medals and rewards Medals and Rewards. New Zealand Volunteer Service Medal. — For twelve consecutive years' efficient service in the Volunteers New Zealand Volunteer Long and Efficient Service Medal. —Granted to members of Volunteer . Force who have served efficiently for twenty years' broken service or for sixteen consecutive years' efficient service Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long-service Medal. — Granted to officers, N.C.O.s, and men after twenty years' service Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration. — Granted to officers with twenty years' service —need not be continuous Government Prize Medals. —Awarded on results made in firing annual musketry course : Gold medals, one for each Island ; gold and silver medals, one for each Island; silver medal, one for each Island Regulation 474. Regulation 473. Regulation 472. Regulation 471. Military Funerals. Regulations 379, 381. Regulations 541-47. lilitary funerals few Zealand Rifle Association meeting Vide " Allowances " Government grant of £1,000 voted annually. Vide " Competitions." )fficers visiting Great Britain Officers Visiting Great Britain. Facilities granted Volunteer officers visiting Great Britain to be attached for training to the forces and,parades. Facilities for social purposes also provided by High Commissioner General Order 62/1907. 'ersonal payments ... Personal Payments. Vide " Badges and Personal Payments " Regulations 97,101, 393, 379, 405-7, 411, 413, 414, 416-18, 418a, 419, 420. 'ostage allowance ... Postage Allowance. Vide " Allowances " Circular Memo. No. 2, 9th January, 1907; Circular Memo. No. 523, 8th February, 1907; Circular Memo. No. 13/08, 7th April. line shooting (see also " Competitions") Rifle Shooting. Grant of £700 per annum distributed amongst districts to encourage rifle shooting Voted annually by Parliament.