New Zealand Gazette – 1911 – No. 24

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✨ Treasury Regulations

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

TREASURY REGULATIONS.

Receiver shall enter the gross sum, showing the deduction therefrom and the net amount in cash in its proper column. Immediately after bank hours, at the expiration of each accounting period, every Receiver shall add up and balance his Cash-book at that point at which the receipts have been paid or remitted to any branch of the bank.

Moneys received after bank hours shall be entered under the total of receipts as balanced, with the heading “Received after bank hours”; and at the close of business on the last day of each accounting period the Cash-book shall be again balanced by showing such receipts as “Balance in hand carried to next account,” in which account, under the proper headings, the amount brought forward will form the first item of receipt.

Every Receiver shall prepare and post for transmission to the Receiver-General, by the first mail leaving after the last day of each accounting period, a correct copy or abstract of so much of his Cash-book as he has not previously sent, accompanied by the bank receipt for each payment into the bank, and by the certified copies of the receipts given to the persons from whom he received the moneys, together with a declaration in the form set forth in the Third Schedule hereto.

When any deduction is made from any sum receivable, the Receiver shall furnish full accounts and vouchers in support of such deduction.

If no money has been received in any accounting period, the Receiver shall forward to the Receiver-General a “Nil” return, signed and attested in the form provided.
In cases in which a Receiver is authorized to retain fees received by him in lieu of salary, he shall make up his Cash-book to the close of business on the last day of every calendar month, and forward to the Receiver-General a copy of so much thereof as he has not previously sent, accompanied by a salary abstract, as provided by Regulation 87, properly certified and receipted, for the amount of fees retained by him during the period for which he is accounting.
Public moneys shall not under any circumstances be lodged in any bank to a private account or be involved with private funds.

CHEQUES AND ORDERS.

The Bank of New Zealand, and branches, will receive for immediate credit all cheques and orders collected on account of the Government. Cheques received are to be crossed “bank” and paid into the Public Account.

Cheques are only to be accepted from ledger-account holders and persons of acknowledged standing.

To prevent dishonour from informality every cheque or order must be closely scrutinized, and any defect remedied by the drawer before it is accepted, and any indorsement required must be made before it is sent to the bank. When loss occurs through failure to do so, the officer accepting the cheque will have to make the amount good unless he can show reasonable grounds for his action.

All cheques taken in payment must include bank exchange when such are drawn on a branch of a bank at a place other than

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