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918. Claims must only include the time from which officers are required to be on extra duty, not from the actual time of arrival in the office.
Allowances.
919. Claims for allowances must, unless specially exempted by the Accountant, General Post Office, be prepared on Contingency Vouchers.
920. In the preparation of claims for allowances, &c., that fluctuate with the salary of claimant, the current rate of salary must be shown. Chief Postmasters and Officers in Charge will be held responsible for seeing that, on arrears of increase of salary being paid, the overpayment of allowance is adjusted by deducting it from the amount payable to the officer and paying it to Public Account. The allowances usually affected are those for lodging, and telephone-exchange night duty.
921. Clothing allowance to telegraph messengers must bear the following form of certificate, without which approval of the claim will be refused by the Head Office: “that the claimant has served for one year, and that his conduct and service during that time have been satisfactory.”
922. Bicycle allowances to letter-carriers and telegraph messengers are paid quarterly on the last days of March, June, September, and December. The first payment of an allowance should carry the payment to one of these dates. The certificate should read, “and that I actually kept a bicycle for the public service during the period for which the claim is made.”
923. Lodging-allowances must be claimed on Form Acct. 227, and claims must bear the certificate “that the officer was stationed away from home during the period for which claim is made.” At large centres where more than three payments are made monthly the Salary Form 226 may be used, the wording of the form being altered to meet the above requirement.
924. Officers on sick-leave on half-pay who draw lodging-allowance are entitled to the full allowance unless such officers return to their homes during the currency of the leave. Postmasters and Officers in Charge are not to decrease an officer’s lodging-allowance in anticipation of a classification increase of salary being authorised.
925. A special allowance to telephone-exchange clerks performing night duty is made at the following rates:—
Salary less than £80 per annum, 15s. per week.
,, £80 to £100 ,, 12s. ,,
,, £105 to £120 ,, 10s. ,, Contingent Expenses.
926. Accounts for advertising must not be paid without the certificate of the Government Printer, and for this purpose should in
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