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5. In order to make sure that the New Zealand Navy Board is kept fully informed of the progress made in gunnery, torpedo, and mining in the Royal Navy, the Admiralty should be asked to forward the required number of all gunnery and torpedo publications, all gunnery and torpedo information issued to ships of the Royal Navy, and copiers of such reports of firings as are considered to be of interest. The New Zealand Division should be considered in every respect a portion of the Royal Navy in the same way as squadrons abroad. A free interchange of views on gunnery and torpedo matters with the Com-manders-in-Chief in China and the East Indies, and the Navy Board of the Royal Australian Navy is recommended. (C) Torpedo Training. The New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy should follow to the smallest detail the torpedo and mining methods of the Royal Navy, and no departure whatever from those methods should be sanctioned. To help in the achievement of this— (a.) Lieutenants qualifying for Torpedo Lieutenant, (6.) Sub-Lieutenants qualifying for Lieutenant, (c.) Acting Mates qualifying for Mate, (d.) Ratings qualifying for Torpedo Gunner's Mate, (e.) Ratings qualifying for Electrical Artificer,* (/.) Electrical and Whitehead Artificers qualifying for Chief Electrical and Chief Whitehead Artificer, 2nd Class,* should be sent to England to qualify, the necessary arrangements being made with the Admiralty. 2. It is recommended that by arrangement with the Admiralty and the Government of Australia the torpedo training of the officers and ratings, other than those mentioned above and those trained in the seagoing vessels of the New Zealand Division of the Royal Navy, should, be carried out in the Training Establishments in England or Australia, thus avoiding the heavy burden of setting up duplicate establishments for the comparatively small numbers belonging to the New Zealand Division who will require training. 3. The arrangements for torpedo training made in January, 1919, by the Gunnery and Torpedo Division of the Naval Staff were promulgated in C.M.O. 166/19. 4. Proposals for ensuring that the latest technical information shall be constantly sent out to New Zealand are embodied in the remarks on gunnery training above. (D) Mine-sweeping Training.f It is recommended that two mine-sweeping trawlers should be based at Wellington, and that the seagoing instruction of mine-sweeping personnel should be carried out in these vessels. The vessels should be maintained equipped with the latest mine-sweeping material of every kind, the responsibility that the instruction and appliances are kept up to date resting with the Superintendent of Training and Reserves. (E) Mining Training. In England all mining work, except certain work connected with controlled mines, is carried out by the Torpedo personnel, assisted in the unskilled work by other ratings. '" \;' .'.'.

* If recommendations of Armament Personnel Committee are adopted. t This subject is a branch of torpedo training.