Financial and Allowance Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth (Amendment) (Provisional) (Cth)

STATUTORY RULES.

1909. No. 84.

PROVISIONAL REGULATIONS UNDER THE DEFENCE ACTS 1903-1904.

I, THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL in and over the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, hereby certify that on account of urgency the following Regulations under the Defence Acts 1903-1904 should come into immediate operation, and make the Regulations to come into operation forthwith as Provisional Regulations.

Dated this 8th day of July, One thousand nine hundred and nine.

DUDLEY,

Governor-General.

By His Excellency’s Command,

JOSEPH COOK.

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FINANCIAL AND ALLOWANCE REGULATIONS FOR THE MILITARY FORCES OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Amendment.

Regulation 204 is cancelled, and the following substituted:—

“204 (a).—The following are the daily scales of forage for issue to horses:—

Scale i.		scale II.		Scale III.
—	For horses the property of the Commonwealth Government, private horses of members of the Defence Force when attending Schools of Instruction, Continuous Training, Staff Rides or Tours, and horses hired as “riding” or “light draught.”		For horses hired as medium draught,” and (in lieu at Scale 1) for Army Service Corps horses, the property of the Commonwealth Government when recommended by the P.V.O, and approved by the Commandant.		For horses hired as “heavy draught.”
					In quarters.	* In Camps.
In Quarters.	In Camps.	In Quarters.	In Camps.
lbs.	lbs.	lbs.	lbs.	lbs.	lbs.
Oats............	10	12	10	12	12	14
Chaff..........	8	12	12	14	12	14
Hay.............	6	...	4	...	4	...
Bran...........	1	1	1	1	2	2
Straw..........	7	...	7	...	7	...

* “The camp scale may be approved by the Commandant in other circumstances, which, in his opinion, are equivalent to Camp.

“(b) For the purpose of calculating fractional parts of a day’s forage, a ration shall be considered to consist of four equal feeds of

 

oats and chaff, or their equivalent, viz., ‘morning,’ ‘mid-day,’ ‘evening,’ and ‘night’ feeds, and any hay and bran shall be considered part of the night feed. A full day’s ration of forage will count from and including the ‘evening’ feed, any other feeds before or after such full days being requisitioned as fraction of a ration.

“(c) Officers commanding units will exercise their discretion as regards the method of distribution and proportion for issue to individual horses.

“(d) Commandants may decrease or vary the scales according to local requirements by means of substitutions at the following rates:—

Oats, maize, and barley, each 1 lb. Hay and chaff, each................. 1½lb. Bran....................................... 1½lb. Straw....................................... 2 lbs. Either of these may be taken as equivalents of the other.

“(e) Commanding Officers may vary the scales, by increasing or decreasing the quantities of any article of forage, and by adding carrots, green fodder, linseed, &c., provided that the total cost of the forage is not greater than for the authorised scale at the contract prices.

“(f) All contracts shall include conditions giving the necessary power to make variations as authorized by (d) and (e).

“(g) The scale for ‘pack’ horses will be as recommended in each case by a veterinary officer.”

 

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