Canterbury Provincial Gazette – 1855 – No. 2

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✨ Treasury Regulations

lease to the Treasurer and his Sureties for
the amount named therein.

The Treasurer shall keep the following books of Account.

(1) The “Daily Account Book,” in which shall enter every payment made to him or to his account into the Union Bank and every payment made by him at the time when such payments severally shall be made.

(2) The “Ledger Receipt Book,” in which the entries of Receipts in the “Daily Account Book” shall be distributed under the proper heads, according to the sources whence the receipt has arisen.

(3) The “Ledger Expenditure Book” in which the entries of Payments in the “Daily Account Book” shall be distributed under the heads of the several Departments on account of which the disbursement has been made.

(4) The “Treasurer’s Bank Book” in which shall be entered every payment made by him or to his account into the Union Bank at the time of each payment.

The ordinary Bank Pass Book shall be kept between the Bank and the Audit Office, and shall not be accessible to the Treasurer.

He shall on or before the fourth day in every month make the following returns to the Audit Office.

(1) A return shewing the amounts of Revenue received by him during the previous month from each department severally.

(2) A return shewing the amounts expended by him during the previous month, on account of each Department severally.

(3) A balance sheet shewing the total amounts received and expended during the previous month, comprising the Balances in the Treasury, brought forward and carried forward respectively.

Sub Treasurers.

All the above regulations relating to the duties of the Provincial Treasurer shall apply to every Sub Treasurer provided only that all monies received or paid by any Sub Treasurer, shall be paid into or out of a Petty Cash box, and that all his accounts shall be treated as Petty Cash Accounts only.

PRINTED BY J. WILLIS, AT THE “STANDARD” OFFICE, CHRISTCHURCH.

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VUW Te Waharoa — Canterbury Provincial Gazette 1855, No 2

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💰 Duties of the Provincial Treasurer (continued from previous page)

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