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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

the Governor in Council, in the name and on behalf | 2. All persons in whose custody public stores are
of Her Majesty, at any time during the illness or
absence of a Judge of the Supreme Court, or for
any other temporary purpose, to appoint a Judge or
Judges of the Supreme Court, to hold office during
His Excellency's pleasure.

And whereas Sir George Alfred Arney, Knight,
the Chief Justice of the said Court, having obtained
leave of absence, and being about to leave the Colony
for a time, His Excellency the Governor, by Order in
Council bearing date the ninth day of May, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, by and with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
New Zealand, in the name and on behalf of Her
Majesty, did appoint Joseph Schroder Moore, Esquire,
from and after the fifteenth day of May, one thou
sand eight hundred and sixty-six, to be a Judge of
the Supreme Court of New Zealand, to hold office
during His Excellency's pleasure.

And whereas the said appointment was made for
temporary purposes during the absence of the said
Sir George Alfred Arney, Knight, pursuant to the
provisions of "The Supreme Court Judges Act, 1858,"
in that behalf.

And whereas the said Sir George Alfred Arney,
Knight, having returned to the said Colony, it is
expedient to determine the appointment of Joseph
Schroder Moore, Esquire, as such Judge as aforesaid :

Now therefore His Excellency the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
New Zealand, doth hereby order and doth hereby
declare his will and pleasure to be that from and
after the thirtieth day of June instant, the said
appointment of the said Joseph Schroder Moore,
Esquire, as a Judge of the Supreme Court, shall
cease and determine; and that the said

JOSEPH SCHRODER MOORE, Esquire,

shall from and after the said thirtieth day of June
cease to hold office as a Judge of the Supreme
Court of New Zealand.

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

G. F. BOWEN, Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, the
twenty-fifth day of June, 1868.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by "The Public Stores Act, 1867," it
is enacted that it shall be lawful for the
Governor in Council, from time to time, to make
regulations not inconsistent with the said Act for the
guidance of all Storekeepers and Sub-storekeepers,
and for the inspection of stores, and for the render-
ing of accounts relating thereto, and for the audit of
all such accounts:

Now therefore, His Excellency the Governor, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council of
New Zealand, in pursuance and in exercise of the
power and authority vested in him by the said Act
doth hereby make and ordain the Regulations con-
tained in the Schedule hereto for the guidance of all
Storekeepers and Sub-storekeepers, and for other
the purposes hereinbefore specified.

SCHEDULE.

REGULATIONS.

I.—OF THE CUSTODY AND ISSUE OF PUBLIC
STORES.

1. In accordance with the provisions of "The
   Public Stores Act, 1867," a Storekeeper will be
   appointed for each Department of the Government in
   which stores are kept for the public service.

placed by or by the authority of a Storekeeper, for
the purpose of being issued for the public service, are
thereby made Sub-storekeepers by "The Public
Stores Act, 1867."

3. Every person in whose custody any stores,
   such as military weapons, accoutrements, ammuni-
   tion, &c., are placed for the purpose of use or expen-
   diture in the public service, but not for re-issue, is
   deemed to have the custody of such stores, and is
   made responsible under the fifteenth clause of the
   Act for all improper expenditure of or damage to the
   same; but such person does not become a Sub-store-
   keeper under the Act.

4. No issue or expenditure of public stores shall
   be made, except upon the written authority of a
   Minister.

5. Every Storekeeper or Sub-storekeeper shall be
   charged with the custody of all public stores which
   he shall have received, and for the issue and expen-
   diture of which, or for the transfer of which to some
   other Storekeeper or Sub-storekeeper, he shall not show
   the authority of a Minister, and a proper receipt or
   voucher. Ammunition is deemed to be expended, so
   far as the store accounts are concerned, when issued
   to the men by the proper officer under due authority.

II.—ON THE RECEIPT OF MONEY FOR PUBLIC
STORES SOLD.

6. When any public stores shall be issued for sale
   under proper authority, the moneys due for the same
   shall be paid to the Storekeeper or Sub-storekeeper
   from whose custody they shall be issued. When the
   price of such stores is to be recovered out of moneys
   due by the Government to the persons buying them,
   the Storekeeper or Sub-storekeeper issuing them shall
   forthwith transmit to the Paymaster or Sub-pay-
   master by whom moneys so due are to be paid, a list of
   the stores issued and of the sums so to be recovered;
   and such Paymaster or Sub-paymaster shall forthwith
   pay to such Storekeeper or Sub-storekeeper the price
   of such stores out of moneys retained by him for the
   purpose.

7. All moneys accruing from the sale of public
   stores are payable into that branch of the Public
   Account against which the cost of such stores was
   charged, and the Colonial Treasurer will, from time
   to time, direct the Receivers into which branch of the
   Public Account such moneys shall be paid. But
   pending any such instructions in that behalf by the
   Colonial Treasurer, all such moneys shall be paid into
   the Consolidated Fund.

III.--OF THE ACCOUNTS OF PUBLIC STORES.

8. Every Storekeeper and Sub-storekeeper shall
   keep a Store Ledger in such form as shall be directed
   by the Minister, in which he shall enter under the
   head of each article, on the debit side, all the stores
   which he shall receive, on the day on which he shall
   receive the same, by number, weight or measurement,
   and mark; and on the credit side, on the day on which
   he shall issue the same, all the stores which he shall
   issue under proper authority.

9. On the last day of each quarter every Store-
   keeper and Sub-storekeeper shall balance his Store
   Ledger, and shall bring down the balances of all the
   stores remaining in his custody on that day; and
   he shall carry on such balances as the first entry in
   the Store Ledger on the debit side in the succeeding
   quarter. And it shall be the duty of every Store-
   keeper and Sub-storekeeper to ascertain by personal
   inspection that the stores appearing in the balances
   in his ledger as debited against him are actually in
   his custody.

10. Whenever a Storekeeper or Sub-storekeeper
    shall be directed by the Minister in the manner set
    forth in the twenty-fourth clause of these Regulations,