✨ Postal and Telegraph Service Regulations
JUNE 15.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1725
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950. Chief Postmasters and Officers in Charge when authorised to employ temporary clerks will pay the minimum fixed wage of 10s. a day.
951. Claims for tea-money from officers performing 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. duty and called upon to perform extra duty in the evening may be submitted to the Secretary, provided that such officers are unable to go home and return to the office in time for the special attendance. The claims will be considered on their merits.
952. All way-bills or other accounts received from the Railway Department must be enface with the reason of the expenditure, and with the name of the office, line, or section of line to which it is chargeable.
953. Officers must alter the certificate to a voucher as occasion may require before signing it, taking care that it is so worded as to afford assurance that the conditions upon which in each case the payment of the claim depends have been completely and satisfactorily fulfilled, thus :—
(a.) When the expenditure is incurred under a contract, it should be certified “that the charge is according to contract, and that the service has been satisfactorily performed.”
(b.) In claims for supplies, add, “The supplies have been duly delivered, and are entered in my Departmental Property or Stores for Issue Return for the ending , 190 .”
(c.) In claims for food or presents to Natives, add, “The supplies have been delivered to the Natives for whom they were obtained.”
(d.) In claims for forage the certificate must include the following statement: “I actually kept a horse for the public service during the period for which the claim is made.”
(e.) In claims for bicycle allowances the certificate must include the words, “I actually kept a bicycle for the public service during the period for which the claim is made.”
(f.) In claims for any other service for which no special certificate is provided in these rules, add, “The service has been duly performed.”
954. Officers certifying abstracts will be held responsible for all errors in computation (section 59 of “The Treasury Regulations”). They are requested to observe that unless the foregoing instructions are strictly complied with the Audit Office will be unable to pass the account.
955. Pension claims must be prepared on the special form, and the signature of the pensioner attested as provided. They must be
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Overtime Pay Regulations for Postal and Telegraph Officers
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🚂 Transport & CommunicationsOvertime, Postal duties, Telegraph duties, Sunday attendance, Statute holidays, Payment rates, Claims, Allowances, Clothing allowance, Bicycle allowance, Lodging allowance, Sick leave, Night duty
🚂 Minimum Wage for Temporary Clerks
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsWages, Temporary clerks, Chief Postmasters, Officers in Charge, Minimum pay
🚂 Tea-Money Claims for Extra Duty
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsClaims, Tea-money, Extra duty, Evening duty, Special attendance, Secretary approval
🚂 Way-Bills and Account Documentation
🚂 Transport & CommunicationsWay-bills, Railway Department, Accounts, Expenditure reasons, Office identification, Line identification
💰 Voucher Certification Requirements
💰 Finance & RevenueVouchers, Certification, Contracts, Supplies, Food, Presents, Natives, Forage, Bicycles, Service performance
💰 Responsibility for Abstract Computation Errors
💰 Finance & RevenueAbstracts, Computation errors, Audit Office, Treasury Regulations, Certification responsibility
💰 Pension Claims Documentation Requirements
💰 Finance & RevenuePension claims, Special forms, Signature attestation, Claim preparation