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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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TREASURY REGULATIONS.

and the officer shall account direct to the Treasury Cashier or to the Post Office, as the Treasury may direct, for the money obtained in such credit-note; but it must be understood that the credit-notes are not to be used to pay claims which can be conveniently paid through the Post Office as provided for in Regulation 108.

110. Officers receiving advances by means of credit-notes are to be deemed to be Imprestees, and subject to all regulations governing same.

111. In any case in which it may be impracticable or inexpedient for a Postal officer to take from the payees themselves receipts for the payments made by a Postmaster out of moneys imprested to the Post Office, he may supply with the necessary money, and employ to take such receipts, the certifying officer authorized by the Treasury, taking his receipt to account for the money pending the production of the receipted vouchers.

112. Duplicate cheques shall not be issued without the sanction of the Treasury.

113. Officers travelling on the public service must provide themselves with forms of receipt, to be obtained from the Storekeeper, and must take receipts thereon for passages by steamers, coach fares, horse, cart, and boat hire, and every similar petty expense exceeding five shillings in amount.

114. All salary and allowances payable to an Imprestee must be drawn from the Treasury direct in the ordinary way, and must not be paid out of his imprests, except in the case of officers electing to draw the daily allowance for travelling-expenses authorized by the Civil Service Regulations or by the Minister of his Department.

115. All Imprestees’ accounts shall, as soon as they are received in the Treasury, be distributed to the several Departments for authorization; and it shall be the duty of the head of each Department to prevent delay in authorizing such payments, and accordingly to return each voucher duly authorized within fourteen days after its receipt.

116. The Treasury will refuse to pass any payment for salary or allowances to any Imprestee or other officer holding advances whose accounts are not received at the time required. The Treasury may, however, extend the time within which the account is required to be sent.

117. The Treasury shall send the authorized vouchers as soon as received to the Audit Office for examination; and, when passed, they shall be returned to the Treasury for entry to the credit of the Imprestee.

118. Where imprests are issued to Commissioners or other persons not in the receipt of salary or allowances on the public service, such persons are required to account for the same in the manner set forth in these Regulations; and the Audit Office shall allow credit in their accounts for such sums only as shall be so accounted for and supported by proper vouchers. This Regulation shall apply equally to members of Parliament when travelling upon other than their parliamentary duties.

119. Every Imprestee is a debtor to the Crown for all moneys imprested to him for which he has not received credit in the manner above provided.

Officers receiving credit-notes to be deemed imprestees.

Receipts for payments made by Postal officers.

Duplicate cheques.

Receipts for passages, &c., on certain forms.

Imprestee not to pay his salary out of his imprests.

Vouchers to be sent to Departments for authorization and return to Treasury.

Salaries and allowances of officers whose accounts are in arrear, not to be paid.

Authorized vouchers to be sent by Treasury to Audit.

Imprests to Commissioners.

Imprestee debtor to Crown