MAR. 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1119

TREASURY REGULATIONS.

the first week after the period to which they relate. (See Regula-
tion 31.) Abstracts for pensions which are payable in advance may be
forwarded to the head office at any time after the commencement
of the period for which they are payable.

88. Salaries and pensions which are payable by cheques on dif-
    ferent branches of the bank must be entered on separate abstracts
    for each branch.
    Separate abstracts for each bank.

89. The abstract must state the first and last day of the period
    of service, and both must be included in the calculation.
    How pay and allowances to be calculated.

One month’s pay at an annual salary must be calculated at one-
twelfth part of such salary. Pay for a broken part of a month must
be computed by multiplying the month’s pay by the number of days
in the broken part, and dividing it by the number of days in the
month.

Where wages or allowances are fixed by the day, the total num-
ber of days within the period must be taken, unless it is stated that
working-days only are to be allowed.

90. Where fees received are authorized to be retained as salary,
    the actual sum received as fees in the period, or the amount authorized
    to be retained, must be stated in the abstract as the salary for such
    period.
    Fees retained as salary.

91. Abstracts which have been “ provisionally certified,” as pro-
    vided in the form in the Thirteenth Schedule, must not be “ finally
    certified ” before the last day of the month, or other period when
    the service is completed ; and a cheque must not be countersigned
    until the abstract is so “ finally certified,” except by the authority
    of the Treasury.
    Abstracts to be finally certified.

92. In cases in which the service for which an abstract has been
    “ provisionally certified ” is not completed, the certifying officer
    shall prepare an amended abstract, and forward it to the head of
    his Department for approval ; but, before doing so, the certifying
    officer shall require the original cheque to be given up, which he shall
    countersign and shall forthwith pay into the Public Account, for-
    warding the bank receipt, together with the original abstract, to the
    Paymaster-General.
    Cases of non-completion of service.

OF THE PAYMENT OF CLAIMS FOR CONTINGENT SERVICES OR
SUPPLIES.

93. Claims for the payment of contingent services or supplies
    must be made out on a Contingency Abstract, in the form in the
    Fourteenth Schedule hereto, on which must be set forth in full the
    particulars of the claim—in the case of services, the exact date or
    period of service ; and in the case of supplies, the date on which they
    were received, the quantities and prices of the several articles, and the
    purpose for which they were required, together with the name and
    postal address of the claimant.
    Particulars to be set forth in full in abstract.

94. It is the duty of every public officer who is authorized to incur
    any expenditure on behalf of the Government to send in the abstract,
    in the case of services, immediately on the conclusion of the service,
    and in the case of supplies, not later than the end of the month in
    which the supplies were received. In the case of invoices, freight-
    charges, and other payments which require to be made before the
    Abstracts to be sent in immediately on completion of service.