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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

doors of their several offices. Officers are not during
the hours of business to receive private visitors, or
otherwise to allow their attention to be engaged in
private affairs.

4. Fees or Remuneration not to be received.
   No fee, reward, or remuneration of any kind what-
   soever, beyond his salary, shall be received and kept
   for his own use by any officer for the performance of
   any service connected with the department in which
   he is employed, unless under the express authority
   of law. All fees received by officers attending in
   their official character, under a subpœna or order, to
   give evidence or to produce papers in any court,
   shall be paid by such officers into the General
   Revenue, and such officers shall duly enter and account
   for all fees received by them for the performance of
   such duty, and shall transmit to the head of their
   branch an account and vouchers of all the necessary
   expenses, if any, incurred by them in the performance
   of such duty.

5. Officers not to engage in Private Business.
   No officer shall accept, or shall continue to hold or
   discharge, any paid office in connection with any bank-
   ing, insurance, or mining company, or any building
   society, or any similar body whatsoever, without the
   express permission in writing of the responsible
   Minister.

6. Professional Officers not to engage in Private
   Practice.
   No professional officer to whom "The Civil Service
   Act, 1866," applies shall engage or continue in the
   private practice of his profession without the autho-
   rity of law or the express permission in writing of
   the responsible Minister.

7. Officers not to be Members of Local Bodies.
   No officer shall accept or continue to hold the
   office of mayor, president, chairman, or member of
   the council or board of any city, town, borough,
   shire, or road district.

8. Addresses and Testimonials.
   No address or testimonial shall be accepted by any
   officer in respect of his official duties without the
   sanction in writing of the responsible Minister of
   his department.

9. Subordination of Officers.
   Every officer shall obey promptly and with readi-
   ness all instructions that may be given to him by the
   officer under whose immediate control or super-
   vision he is placed. If any officer should think that
   he has ground of complaint, arising out of such
   instructions, or from any other cause whatsoever, he
   may at all times report the same, through the
   permanent head of his branch, to the responsible
   Minister of the department.

10. Absence from Office or District.
    Except in cases of sudden illness or other emer-
    gency, which shall be immediately reported to the
    responsible Minister, by or through the permanent
    head, no officer shall be absent without leave from
    his office or place of business, or from the district to
    which he is appointed.

11. Applications for Leave of Absence.
    Applications for leave of absence shall, in all cases,
    be made in writing, by or through the permanent
    head to the Minister of the department, and shall be
    accompanied by a statement showing the total length
    of absence of the officer from duty, from all causes,
    during the previous part of the same year. The
    permanent head shall also, in all cases of application
    for leave of absence by any officer under him, make a
    special report (1) as to the general conduct of the
    officer during the previous portion of the year, and
    (2) as to the regularity or irregularity of attendance,
    by the officer for the same period during the hours of .
    business prescribed by the first regulation.

12. Leave of Absence.
    Any officer absent from his office or his district
    without such application having been made and
    granted, shall, except in case of sudden illness or
    other emergency mentioned in the last but one pre-
    ceding regulation, be deemed to be absent without
    leave. The duties of any officer absent on leave
    under the provisions of the twenty-seventh section of
    "The Civil Service Act, 1866," shall be performed by his
    brother officers, without additional salary or remune-
    ration, in such manner as the Minister may authorize
    or direct.

13. Leave of Absence on ground of Illness or other
    pressing Necessity.
    Applications for leave of absence on the ground of
    illness, under the twenty-seventh section of "The Civil
    Service Act, 1866," must be supported by a medical
    certificate, to the satisfaction of the responsible
    Minister, that such leave is necessary; and applications
    for leave of absence on the ground of other pressing
    necessity, under the section aforesaid, must be sup-
    ported by reasonable proof of the existence of such
    necessity.

14. Travelling Allowances to Officers Absent on
    Duty.
    Officers absent on duty will receive such allowances
    as may be from time to time fixed by the Government.

15. Change of Station.
    All officers stationed in any place or district will
    be liable to be removed at any time to any other
    place or district, and when so removed, the actual
    reasonable travelling expenses of themselves and
    their families will be paid, on production of proper
    vouchers, except in case of removal at their own
    request, or in consequence of any fault of their own,
    or of promotion, in which case they will be allowed a
    reasonable sum, to be fixed by the Minister, for
    expenses.

16. Accounts and Public Moneys.
    In the matter of accounts and the collection and
    payment of public moneys, officers are enjoined to
    conform strictly to the provisions of law, and to such
    regulations and directions as may, from time to time,
    be issued by order of the Honorable the Treasurer.

17. Officers not to incur Liability on behalf of the
    Government, or to alter general conditions, &c.,
    of Contracts.
    No officer shall be authorized to incur, or shall
    attempt to incur, any liability, or shall have authority
    to make, or shall attempt to make, any contract on
    behalf of the Crown, or of the Government, or of
    any department of the Public Service, without the
    authority, in writing, of the Minister of his depart-
    ment. The general conditions and forms of specifi-
    cations of contracts, which may from time to time be
    prescribed to any department, shall be strictly
    adhered to by the professional and other officers of
    such department, unless in any special circumstances
    an alteration therein may be made, and be approved
    in writing by the responsible Minister.

18. Requisitions.
    Requisitions for stores, stationery, furniture, fit-
    tings, and repairs to buildings, are to be made in
    strict accordance with the regulations in that behalf,
    or with such instructions as may from time to time
    be given by a Minister.

19. Public Property in care of Officers.
    All officers will be held responsible for the careful