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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 24

TREASURY REGULATIONS.

Tradesman to supply bill of parcels.
goods are received, the abstracts must be provisionally certified, and must be accompanied by the bills of lading or other sub-vouchers in support of the claim.

95. Every tradesman or other person supplying goods for the service of the Government shall send together therewith a bill of parcels stating the particulars and prices of the goods supplied; and any officer taking delivery of any goods not accompanied by such bill will be held responsible for their cost.

The officer must note on every such bill the date on which it was received in his office.

Where the abstract comprises claims for several parcels of goods supplied, the bills which accompanied the goods shall be appended to the abstract.

Ministerial authority to be quoted.
96. Every Contingency Abstract must contain a reference to the general or special authority of the Minister for incurring the expenditure to which it relates.

Signature of claimant.
97. Claims for contingent services or supplies, except where the latter are supported by bills of parcels, must, whenever practicable, be authenticated by the signature, opposite the total, of the claimant; and must in all cases be certified, in the case of stores, by the Storekeeper or officer responsible for their custody; and, in the case of services, by the officer in charge.

Contracts to be sent to Treasury.
98. The head of every Department shall send to the Treasury every contract entered into on behalf of the Government, or a certified copy or memorial of the same, immediately on its execution; and the Treasury shall forthwith send the same to the Audit Office for record therein.

Signatures not to be obtained to incomplete forms.
99. Officers are strictly forbidden to obtain signatures to blank forms of account or orders for payment, or to acquittances or receipts, before the actual payment of the account, or to acquittances or receipts which are not properly filled in.

IMPRESTS.

Imprest advances for wages, travelling-expenses, &c.
100. Advances by way of imprest may be made to public officers for payment of wages, the expenses of officers travelling on public service, jurors and witnesses in criminal prosecutions, and similar services which require disbursements to be made in prompt cash.

To be issued upon approved requisition.
101. Imprests will be issued only upon a requisition in the form in the Eighteenth Schedule, made by or on behalf of the officer requiring the advance, stating his official designation and address, and the branch of the bank in which the money is to be lodged. The requisition must be addressed to the head of his Department, who must note thereon the vote or other account authorized by Parliament against which it is to be charged. On approval by the Minister or the officer authorized by him, the requisition must be sent to the Treasury for payment.

Imprest moneys to be kept in bank.
102. Moneys issued to an Imprestee, either by imprest or credit-note, must be kept in the branch of the bank nearest to his office, in an account called “The Imprest Account of [naming the Imprestee],” to the credit of which account the imprests will be lodged by the Paymaster-General; except in the case of money required for travelling-expenses, which may be paid to or retained in hand by the Imprestee. In all cases of imprests received from the Treasury