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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 51

Expenditure by Administrator.

33. Subject to such regulations and to the control of the Minister of External Affairs, all moneys in the Samoan Treasury may be expended by the Administrator for such public purposes in Samoa as he thinks fit.

Loans to Samoan Treasury.

34. (1.) Out of moneys appropriated by Parliament for that purpose the Minister of Finance may from time to time, under the authority of and in accordance with an authorizing Order in Council, issue out of the Public Account and pay into the Samoan Treasury by way of loan such sums as may be required by way of capital expenditure for the provision of public buildings, roads, harbour-works, water-supply, drainage, and other public works or purposes in Samoa.

(2.) Every such authorizing Order in Council shall specify the amount of the loan, the rate of interest payable, and the terms of repayment, and shall provide for the establishment and maintenance by the Samoan Treasury of a sinking fund under the control of the New Zealand Treasury sufficient to pay off the loan within a period not longer than thirty years.

(3.) For the purpose of enabling the Samoan Treasury to meet emergent necessities the Minister of Finance may from time to time, on the recommendation of the Controller and Auditor-General, make temporary advances to the Samoan Treasury out of moneys available in the Public Account for the unauthorized expenditure of the New Zealand Treasury, but all advances so made shall be repaid by the Samoan Treasury within six months after the making thereof.

(4.) All moneys payable by the Samoan Treasury in pursuance of this section shall be a first charge on the Samoan revenues after payment of the salaries and allowances of the Samoan Public Service.

Public Health.

Chief Medical Officer of Samoa.

35. (1.) There shall be an officer of the Samoan Public Service to be called the Chief Medical Officer of Western Samoa.

(2.) Such officer shall be charged, subject to the control of the Administrator, with the administration of all laws relating to public health, quarantine, lunacy, hospitals, and medical aid.

Assistant Medical Officers.

36. The Minister may appoint such Assistant Medical Officers as he may think necessary to assist the Chief Medical Officer in the execution of his duty.

Qualification of Medical Officers.

37. No person shall be qualified for appointment as a Medical Officer unless he is duly registered in New Zealand as a medical practitioner under the laws there in force in that behalf.

Duties of Medical Officers.

38. (1.) It shall be the duty of the Medical Officers to provide for all persons in Samoa such medical and surgical aid and attendance as may be reasonably required and is reasonably practicable.

(2.) Such medical and surgical aid and attendance shall be subject to the payment of such fees (if any) as may be prescribed by the Administrator; and all such fees shall form part of the public revenues of Samoa.

(3.) No liability shall be incurred by His Majesty in respect of any neglect to provide such medical or surgical aid or attendance, or in respect of any negligence of a Medical Officer in the execution of his office.

Hospitals and other institutions of public health.

39. The Administrator shall establish and maintain in Samoa such hospitals and other institutions as he may deem necessary for the public health, and all institutions so established shall be under the control of the Chief Medical Officer.

Prisons and Police.

Establishment of prisons.

40. The Administrator shall by warrant under his hand and the seal of Samoa appoint as prisons such buildings or places in the Territory as he thinks suitable for that purpose.