STATUTORY RULES.
1905. No. 15.
PEOVISIONAL 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 24th day of February, One thousand nine hundred and five.
NORTHCOTE,
Governor-General.
By His Excellency's Command,
J. W. McCAY,
Regulations for the Military Forces of the Commonwealth, 1904.
Part III.—Quartermasters.
At the end of paragraph 49 add new sub-para. :—
Quartermasters of not less than seventeen years commissoned service who have held the rank of Captain or Honorary Captain for not less than seven years may, for special services, be promoted to the honorary rank of Major if recommended by the District Commandant.
By Authority : Robt. S. Brain, Government Printer, Melbourne.
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