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determined, a notice of such amount, certified to by
the Auditor-General, shall be sent by the Perma-
nent Head of the Department in which the default
shall have occurred, to the Chairman of the Board,
and such notice shall state whether any and what
amount of salary or other moneys payable to the
defaulter is in the hands of the Government: Pro-
vided always that the amount to be made good shall
in no case exceed the sum for which the defaulter is
assured; and also, that the liability of the Assurers
shall only extend to losses occasioned by the act or
acts of the defaulter himself.

15. On receipt of any such notice of defalcation,
    the Chairman shall forthwith call a meeting of the
    Board, and the Board shall thereupon proceed to
    assess upon the total sum assured the rate per cent.
    required to cover the sum in default. A notice,
    signed by the Chairman of the Board, shall then be
    published in the New Zealand Gazette, specifying the
    department in which the default has occurred, the
    amount of the defalcation, and the rate per cent. on the
    sum assured, required to be levied; and such notice
    shall be binding on each and every person assured to
    the extent of the particulars contained therein; and
    such notice shall be sufficient to authorize the
    deduction of the sum payable by each officer from
    any salary or other moneys to which he may then or
    at any time thereafter be entitled: Provided that
    the sum so to be deducted shall not in any one
    month exceed ten per cent. on the amount of salary
    payable for that month; and any sum remaining
    unpaid in one month shall be deducted from the
    salary payable for the succeeding month or months.

16. Immediately after publication of the Gazette
    notice aforesaid, the Chairman shall forward to the
    Paymaster-General schedules for transmission to the
    respective Paymasters by whom the several officers
    are paid, showing the amounts recoverable from such
    officers, together with a separate receipt for the sum
    payable by each. The Paymasters shall thereupon
    recover out of any moneys payable to the officers
    specified, the amount for which each is liable, and
    the Paymaster-General, on receipt of advice of
    such recoveries, shall pay the amount to an account
    at the Bank, to be called "The Civil Service
    Guarantee Account," from which account money
    shall be withdrawn from time to time by cheques
    signed by the Chairman, and countersigned by one
    other member of the Board.

17. Whenever any defalcation shall have taken
    place and a notice of call shall have been published
    in the Gazette as aforesaid, the Colonial Treasurer
    shall, on the application of the Chairman, pay to
    "The Civil Service Guarantee Account" at the Bank a
    sum equal to one-fortieth part of the total amount of
    such call, and shall charge the same on the Consoli-
    dated Fund.

18. All moneys payable by the Government to any
    defaulter, by way of salary or otherwise, shall be paid
    to the Chairman of the Board, and shall be applied
    in reduction of the amount for which the Board is
    liable in respect of such defaulter.

19. So soon as the total assessment has been col-
    lected, together with the contribution from the Con-
    solidated Fund, the Chairman of the Board shall pay
    to the Public Account the amount for which the
    defaulter was assured, or so much thereof as may be
    required to make good the defalcation, and shall ad-
    vise the Colonial Secretary that such payment has
    been made, and shall forward a copy of such letter of
    advice to the Receiver-General, with a Bank receipt
    for the sum paid in.

20. All moneys received by the Government from
    any defaulter shall be paid to the Chairman, and by
    him be placed to the credit of "The Civil Service
    Guarantee Account;" but if recovered before any

calls have been made in respect of the defalcation,
the claim of the Government on the assurer shall be
reduced by the amount of the moneys so recovered,
and such moneys shall not be paid to the Chairman;
but if recovered after the call shall have been made,
then the moneys so recovered shall be divided by the
Board amongst the assurers in proportion to the
amount of the calls paid by them: Provided that if
the sum so recovered be under fifty pounds, then the
same shall be paid to and remain at the credit of
"The Civil Service Guarantee Account," and shall
be assessed in reduction of the amount to be made
good in respect of the next subsequent defalcation.

21. In case there shall be any balance remaining
    after making good the amount of defalcation as
    aforesaid, such balance shall remain at credit of "The
    Civil Service Guarantee Account," and shall be
    applied in reduction of the amount to be made good
    in respect of the next subsequent defalcation.

22. The Board shall keep proper accounts of all
    sums received and paid by it; and an abstract of
    such accounts, signed by the Chairman, and sup-
    ported by appropriate vouchers, shall be transmitted
    during the month of January in each year for ex-
    amination by the Auditor-General, who shall forward
    the same to the Colonial Secretary, with such re-
    marks as he may think necessary.

23. The Board shall be empowered to receive and
    consider reports and communications on matters
    which concern the integrity of any officer, and shall
    act therein as may seem expedient.

24. These Regulations shall apply to every person
    who shall be concerned in the receipt, custody, con-
    trol, issue, or expenditure of the public moneys or
    stores, but, except as herein provided, they shall not
    apply to the following officers and departments, that
    is to say:—

The Governor's Establishment.
The Auditor-General, Deputy Auditor, and Clerks in the
Audit Department.
The Attorney-General, and Assistant Law Officer.
Judges Associates.
The Geological and Meteorological Department.
The Government Reporter and his Staff.
Officers of Militia and Volunteers.
The Printing Department, excepting the Government
Printer, Overseer, and Printers of Postage and Duty
Stamps.
The Overseer of Domains, Gardeners and Labourers.
Draftsmen in the Waste Lands Department.
Surveyors and Draftsmen in the Inspector of Surveys'
Department.
Surveyors and Draftsmen in the Public Works Depart-
ment.
Lighthouse Keepers.

Nor shall these Regulations apply to any Member of
the Executive Council, to the Bank appointed under
the Public Revenues Act, nor to any of the officers
specified in section 6 of "The Government Officers
Guarantee Act, 1870," except as therein excepted.

25. It is hereby declared that the foregoing Regu-
    lations apply to the offices following, that is to say—

Controller of the Public Account.
Commissioner of Government Annuities (if such Commis-
sioner is not a Member of the Executive Council),
Actuary, Clerks, or other Officers in his Department.
Private Secretary to Premier.
Clerks in Colonial Secretary's Office.
Assistant Treasurer, Receiver-General, and Paymaster-
General, with Clerks, Cadets, and Messengers in their
offices.
Secretary for Crown Lands, and Clerks in his office.
Land Claims Commissioner.
Secretary, Accountant, Clerks, Cadets, Stampers, and Mes-
senger in Stamp Office.
Sub-Treasurers.
Paymasters, Sub-Paymasters, and Clerks in their offices.
Deputy Commissioners of Stamps, and Clerks in their
offices.
Registrar-General of Births, &c., and all Clerks in his
office.