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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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commission of a crime, the amount to the credit of
such officer may, after paying to the Public Account
any defalcations he or she may have made, be paid
to his or her legal representative, in such man-
ner and at such time as the Minister may deter-
mine.

TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT.

36. The Secretary shall from time to time cause to be
    enrolled in a register the names of fit and proper persons
    desirous of employment in any temporary work in the de-
    partment, and shall also record the kind of work either
    clerical or non-clerical desired by each of such persons.

37. Whenever, in the opinion of the Superintendent or
    Secretary, temporary assistance of any kind is required, he
    may nominate any person whose name stands recorded on
    such register to perform such temporary work if such per-
    son be available and willing to be nominated, the persons
    to be taken in the order in which they are recorded accord-
    ing to the class of work; such nomination to be subject to
    the approval of the Minister, who may at any time remove
    any such person.

38. No such person shall be nominated for a longer period
    than three months at any one time. But this provision
    shall not apply to persons who may have been temporarily
    employed prior to the 1st January, 1891.

OVERTIME.

39. The regulations affecting the payment of overtime
    shall be amended as follows:—

Officers of the Postal branch when required on duty be-
tween the hours of 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., and on Sundays and
on statute holidays, for the purpose of sorting English or
other heavy mails, and for Sunday attendance at the circu-
lation branch of the General Post Office, Wellington, during
the sittings of Parliament, shall be paid overtime at the rate
of 6d. per hour for every £50 of salary or fractional part of
£50, with a minimum of 1s. 6d., and a maximum of 3s. per
hour.

40. No overtime allowance will be made to officers of
    either branch of the service unless the extra attendance ex-
    ceeds twenty minutes. Attendance up to forty-five minutes
    to count as half an hour; over forty-five minutes, one hour.
    Claims for overtime at the rates already in force in respect of
    the Telegraph branch must be rendered at the end of each
    fortnightly period, and for the Postal branch immediately
    after the service has been performed.

41. No payment for overtime for services other than what
    is provided for by regulations shall be allowed, except in
    cases of extraordinary or exceptional attendance, and then
    only when specially approved by the Minister.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE.—HOLIDAYS.

42. The Superintendent or Secretary may, at such times
    as may be convenient, grant to every officer in the Clerical
    Division leave of absence for recreation on the following
    scale:—

(1.) Where an officer has served for fifteen years or up-
wards, not exceeding four weeks in each year;

(2.) Where he has served less than fifteen years and
more than ten years, not exceeding three weeks in
each year;

(3.) Where he has served less than ten years, then not
exceeding two weeks in each year.

43. Officers in the Non-clerical Division may receive two
    weeks’ leave in each year. Telegraph message-boys, dis-
    tributors, and night-watchmen may be given a week’s leave
    in each year after one year’s complete service.

No officer shall be entitled to claim such leave as a right;
and, if for any cause the Superintendent or Secretary thinks
such leave ought not to be granted, he may refuse the same
in any case.

In cases of illness or other pressing necessity the
Minister may grant to any officer such extended leave, not
exceeding twelve months, and on such terms as he thinks fit.

44. The Governor may, on the recommendation of the
    Minister, grant to any officer in the department of at least
    ten years’ continuous service twelve months’ leave of absence,
    and to any officer of lesser period of service any time not
    exceeding six months’ leave of absence, on half salary.

During such period of absence no officer shall be entitled
to receive any annual increment.

45. The following days in each year shall be observed as
    holidays:—

(1.) New-year’s Day, Christmas Day and the follow-
ing day, Good Friday, and the birthdays of Her
Majesty and of the Prince of Wales;

(2.) Whenever any of such days falls upon a Sunday, the
next following Monday shall be a holiday in lieu of
such day.

Nothing herein shall prevent the Minister from requiring
the services of any officers during any such holiday in case
of emergency, but in that case such officers shall be entitled
in lieu thereof to a holiday upon such other occasion as
shall not interfere with public business, and in such case no
overtime shall be payable.

46. Where it has been decided to dispense with the ser-
    vices of any officer, he shall not be entitled to any leave of
    absence, either at the time or in contemplation of his ser-
    vices being so dispensed with; nor shall any officer who
    retires from the Service upon a superannuation allowance
    be granted more than three months’ leave of absence im-
    mediately prior to or in contemplation of such retirement,
    except in case of physical or mental infirmity, when the
    Governor may grant such further leave as the circum-
    stances justify.

47. If any officer is allowed to use or occupy for the pur-
    pose of residence any house or building belonging to Her
    Majesty, he shall, unless the Minister otherwise directs, pay
    rent for the same, and the amount of such rent shall from
    time to time as it becomes due be deducted from the
    officer’s salary as such salary becomes payable, or in such
    other manner as the Minister determines.

ALEX. WILLIS,
Clerk of the Executive Council.