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PRIZE MONEY.
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PRIZE MONEY.
GEORGE, B.l.
Whereas Her Majesty Queen Victoria was
graciously pleased by Her Royal Proclamation of
the 17th September, 1900, to regulate, according to
the Scheme set forth therein or recognised there-
by, the distribution of the net proceeds of prizes
captured from the enemy, &c. :
And whereas by an Order in Council, dated the
28th August, 1914, We were pleased to cancel the
system of distribution described In the above-men-
tioned Proclamation as regards Prizes captured
from the enemy, and to declare that in lieu thereof
it was Intended to substitute a system of Prize
Bounties or Gratuities for more general distribution
to the Officers and Men of Our Naval Forces:
And whereas by the Naval Prize Act, 1918, it is
provided that if We are pleased to signify Our
intention to make a grant of Prize Money to Our
Fleet out of the proceeds of Prizes captured In the
present War, such Prize Money shall be of such
amounts and payable to Buch members of Our Naval
and Marine Forces and In such manner as We by
Proclamation or Order in Council may determine :
We do therefore now make known to all Our loving
Subjects, and to all others whom it may concern, by
this Our Proclamation, by and with the advice of
Our Privy Council, thatOur Royal Will and Pleasure
Is and We do hereby order and direct that the net
produce of all such Prizes captured during the
present War as shall be declared by the Tribunal
appointed under the said Act to be Droits of the
Crown, and of all other sums which under that Act
shall be paid into the Naval Prize Fund, shall be for
the entire benefit and encouragement of the Officers
and Men of Our Naval and Marine Forces as deflnt d
in the above-mentioned Act, and shall be distribut-
able in accordance with the said Act, and further,
that when the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty
shall judge that there Is a sufficient sum standing
to the credit of the Naval Prize Fund to warrant it,
a distribution shall be made in the shares ai d
proportions and in the manner and in accordance
with the Regulations We may hereafter announce
by Our Royal Proclamation to such members of Our
Naval and Marine Forces as may be qualified to
share therein, or in case of their death to their
representatives.
Given at Our Court at Buckingham Palace, this
Fifteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand nine hundred and eighteen, and
in the Ninth year of Our Reign.
God satb the Kins.
REGULATING THE DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE MONEY
TO THE FLEET.
GEORGE R.l.
Whereas by the Naval Agency and Distribution
Act, 1864, it is provided that money distributable
among the Officers and Crews of any of Our Ships of
War in respect of Awards made in the several cases
therein mentioned, so far as full provision respect-
ing the distribution thereof is not made by or under
any Act of Parliament other than that Act, shall be
distributed under the direction of the Lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty in the shares in
that behalf specified in any Royal Proclamation or
Order in Council :
And whereas by the Naval Prize Act, 1918, it Is
provided that if We are pleased to signify Our
intention to make a grant of Prize Money to Our
Fleet out of the proceeds of Prizes captured In the
present War, such Prize Money shall be of such
amounts and payable to such members of Our
Naval and Marine Forces and in such manner as We
by Proclamation or Order in Council mav determine:
And whereas We were pleased by Our Proclama-
tion of the 15th August, 1918, to order and direct
that the net produce of all such Prizes captured
during the present War as shall be declared by the
Tribunal appointed under the said Act. to be Droits
of the Crown, and of all other sums which under that
Act shall be paid Into the Naval Prize Fund, shall
be for the entire benefit and encouragement of the
Officers and Men of Our Naval and Marine Forces
as defined in the above-mentioned Act, and shall be
distributable in accordance with the said Act, and
further, that when the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty shall judge that there is a sufficient sum
standing to the credit of the Naval Prize Fund to
warrant it, a distribution shall be made in the
shares and proportions and in the manner and in
accordance with the Regulations We may hereafter
announce by Our Royal Proclamation to such
members of Our Naval and Marine Forces as may
be qualified to share therein, or In oase of their
de»th to their representative* :
We do therefore now make known to all Our
loving Subjects, and to all others whom it may
concern, by this Our Proclamation, by and with the
advice of Our Privy « 'ouncil, that Our Royal Will
and Pleasure Is and We do hereby order ar d direct
that the said distribution shall be made in the
shares and proportions hereafter mentioned at such
time as the Admiralty may determine to those
members of Our Naval and Marine Forces as afore-
said who have during the present War performed
service at Sea in Our Ships and Vessels of War in
accordance with the following Peculations or in
case of their death to their representali . cs : —
1 . Service at sea shall be defined as having been
borne for service at sea on the books of a seagoing
Ship of War which goes to sea or on the books of a
parent Ship for service in armed seagoing tendei s.
2. Offensively Armed Auxiliary Vessels serving
with Our Fleet Bhall be deemed Ships of War,
including Armed Boarding Vessels, Trawlers,
Drifters, and Vessels of the Auxiliary Patrol.
3. In any case of difficulty the Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty are empowered to determine
what Vessels or Classes of Vessels shall be regarded
as Ships of War for the purposes of the distribution
and what nature of service afloat shall be considered
as sea service and harbour service respectively.
4. As regards Our Royal Naval Air Service, trained
Pilots and Observers, the ere as of Our Naval Air-
ships and others who have bad to fly continuously
at sea shall, while borne on the books of one of Our
Ships and attached to a Naval Air Station, be con-
sidereii to have been performing service at sea, but
no service at a Training Establishment, or whilst
employed on shore for service with Our Army or
the Armies of any of our Allies shall he so con-
sidered.