The Sun.
London, England, 1860-03-19 00:00:00

111. PROMOTION.

Masters, when recommended for distinguished
service, are to be considered eligible for promotion
to the rank of commander, provided they shall have
served two years at sea as master. Second masters,
in similar cases, are to be considered eligible for
promotion to the rank of lieutenant, provided they
shall have served seven years at sea.
Masters are to be permitted to retire with the
rank of commander or captain under the conditions
of her Majesty's Order in Council of the 28th Feb-
ruary, 1855. Those masters only who may have
been serving at the date of her Majesty's Order in
Council authorising these regulations, or who may
hereafter serve, are to be entitled to the benefit of
these regulations.
PAYMASTERS AND ASSISTANT PAY-
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MASTERS.
I. FULL AND HALF PAY.

All time served as acting paymaster, and four
years of time served as assistant-paymaster, to
reckon towards increase of half-pay. -
The full pay of paymasters is not to be regulated
by length of service, but according to the, class in
which, by standing on the list, the paymaster may
be, as settled by Majesty's Order in Council of Feb.
28, 1855.

The full pay of assistant paymasters-in-charge is
to be 10s. a-day.

Half Pay.
Per Diem.
s. d.

Paymasters having less than three years' ser-
vice, to receive
Paymasters having more than three and less
than six years' service, to receive,
Paymasters having more that six and less than
nine years' service, to receive 7 6
Paymasters having more than nine, and less
than 12 years' service, to receive ,
Paymasters having more than 12 and less than
15 years' service, to receive lO 6
Paymasters having more than 15 and less than
20 years' service, to receive
Paymasters having 20 years' servica and up-
wards • l4 0
With reference to the above rates of half-pay, if
a paymaster shall be proved, after the necessary
inquiry, to have been negligent of the duties en-
trusted to him, the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty reserve to themselves the power to place
him on the lowest, or any intermediate, rate of half-
pay they may deem proper.
11. ALLOWANCE IN FLAG-SKIPS, TROOP-SHIPS, &C.
Paymasters of flag-ships, of troop-ships when ac-
tually conveying troops, and of steam guard-ships
will be allowed, under special circumstances, a sum
varying from 2s. 6d. to ss. a day, in consideration
of the extra duty entailed by such service.
111. RETIREMENT.
All paymasters retiring in future, whether with
the rank of paymaster-in-chief, or paymaster, are to
receive such rate of half-pay only as they
may have
earned by service, without any addition.
Time served as secretary is to count as time ser-
ved as paymaster ; but secretaries, having served
twelve years as such, are to be entitled to 12s. a
day, as at present, unless otherwise entitled to a
higher rate.
Those paymasters only who may have been ser-
ving at the date of her Majesty's Order in Council
authorising these regulations, or who may here-
after serve, are to be entitled to the benefit of these
regulations.

ENGINEERS.
I. FULL AND lALF FAY.
All time served as acting and chief engineer, and
four years of time served as assistant engineer, 'will
be allowed to reckon towards increase of full and
half-pay.

Full Pay. Full Pay.
Per diem. Per diem.
s. d. s. d.

Inspectors of machinery afloat, when
appointed to take charge of the
machinery of a fleet or squadron,
to receive 22 0* ..
Inspectors of machinery under other
circumstances, to receive 2O 0* ..
Chief engineers having less than five
years' service, to receive lO 6 .. 5 0
Chief engineers having more than
five and loss than 10 years' service,
to receive
Chief engineers having more than 10
and less than 15 years' service, to
receive
• .
Chief engineers having more than 15
and less than 20 years' service, if
qualified for first and second rates,
to receive l5 6 .. 10 0
Chief engineers hvaing more than
20 and less than 25 years' service,
if qualified for first and second
rates, to receive
Chief engineers having more than 25
years' service, to receive . 2O 0 • • 15 6
Engineers qualified for charge hav-
ing less than five years' service in
charge, to receive
Engineers qualified for charge hav-
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in!,
more than five and less than
10 years' service in charge, to re-

ceive
Engineers qualified for charge hav-
ing more than 10 years' service in
charge, to receive

Harbour Pay.

Assistant engineers, first class, to re-
ceive 9 0 .. 5 6
Assistant engineers, second class, to
receive
76 4 6
Assistant engineers, third class, to
receive
* Inspectors of machinery to receive the same rates of
half pay as chief engineers.
Assistant engineers, when in charge of engines,
are to be allowed ls. a day in addition to their pay.
The widows of engineers qualified for charge,
having more than 10 years' service in charge, will
be granted pensions of £4O a year each, provided
the usual conditions laid down in the Queen's regu-
lations for the grant of pensions are fulfilled.
Those engineers only who may have been serving
at the date of her Majesty's Order in Council
authorising these regulations, or 'rho may hereafter