THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 47

business, or by express permission of the permanent
head of the department or branch. Officers having
to attend at more than one place of business shall,
as far as possible, attend at stated times, and shall
post a notice of such times of attendance at the
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 for the Government. 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 Ser-
vice Act, 1866," applies, shall engage or continue in
the private practice of his profession without the
authority 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 province, county, 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 supervision
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
remuneration, 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, stating nature of complaint, 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 supported by
reasonable proof of the existence of such necessity.

14. 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 latter case they will be
allowed a reasonable sum, to be fixed by the Minister,
for expenses.

15. 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.

16. 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.

17. 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.

18. Public Property in care of Officers.
All officers will be held responsible for the careful
use and preservation of all Government property in