MAY 25.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2191

CAMP OR FIELD ALLOWANCE.

109. Camp or field allowance shall be paid as follows :—
     To a chairman, overseer, or other leading man
     when in charge of any particular work re-
     quiring his absence from Headquarters, for the s. d.
     first seven days or under .. .. 7 6 per day.
     And for any longer period thereafter .. 4 0 ,,
     To any other man, if married, and sent away
     from his home, for each day in camp .. 2 0 ,,

In each case a day shall mean a full day of twenty-four hours.
The above regulation shall apply only to men who are on the
permanent staff, except with the special consent of the Permanent
Head.

SPECIAL TRAVELLING AND OTHER ALLOWANCES.

110. The following special travelling and other allowances shall
     be payable in the cases stated hereunder :—
     To each sub-overseer, foreman storeman, or head chairman on
     an engineering or a survey party, and to each officer in the Post and
     Telegraph Department below Class G 7 who is employed in a similar
     capacity, for each day occupied in travelling from his headquarters
     to his work and back to headquarters from his work the sum of 7s. 6d.
     To any other man whom it is necessary to employ in any centre
     and send to work in the country, the cost of transit to and back from
     his work ; and, in addition, for each day occupied in so travelling
     to and back from his work, the sum of 6s., but no allowance shall
     be payable for the period during which he is employed on the work
     he is sent to perform unless under special circumstances approved
     by the Permanent Head.
     In each case “ day ” shall mean a full period of twenty-four hours.
     For portions of a day the allowance shall be at the rate of 6d. per
     hour, but shall not in any case exceed the full day’s allowance specified
     above ; but when a man is sent out from any centre and returns the
     same night the cost of transit only will be paid, unless he was unaware
     the previous night that he was to leave the next day, in which latter
     case actual and reasonable expenditure for meals will be refunded.

TRAVELLING-EXPENSES.

111. Workmen travelling under instructions shall be entitled to a
     refund of actual and reasonable expenses incurred for board and lodging.
     Receipts for all sums in excess of 5s. shall be submitted.
     The cost of transport by land or sea will be paid by the Department, or, when paid by the workman, will be refunded to him on
     production of vouchers, but no vouchers for such expenses will be
     required for sums of 5s. or less ; and vouchers for railway fares
     will not be required if the railway travelled upon and the extent of
     the journey is stated.
     Workmen who are transferred from one locality to another at
     their own request, or by mutual exchange, must bear the whole cost
     of their removal.
112. When transferred on account of misconduct the cost must be
     borne by the workman at fault, unless otherwise determined by the
     Commissioner prior to removal.

When any workman is transferred—
(a.) In the public interest ;
(b.) To meet the convenience of the Department ;
The actual cost of conveyance of such workman and of
his family (with personal and household effects only) will
be paid by the Department; but the Permanent Head
shall decide as to the transfer of the workman’s family
if the work to which the workman is to be transferred be
estimated to last for a shorter period than six months.
(c.) In the interests of the workman,---
When there is no public work available in a district,
and a workman desires to be retained in the Post and
Telegraph Department and there is work available for him
in another district, he may be transferred to such last-named
district, but in such case his personal expenses only will be
paid by the Department.