New Zealand Gazette – 1924 – No. 60

Page 2139

✨ Samoa Treasury Regulations



SEPT. 11.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2139

THE SAMOA TREASURY REGULATIONS, 1924.

JELLICOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 9th day of September, 1924.

Present:

HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by section thirty-one of the Samoa Act, 1921, it is provided that the collection, expenditure, and control of the public revenues of Samoa and the audit of the accounts of the Samoan Treasury shall be in accordance with such regulations as may from time to time be made by the Governor-General in Council in that behalf:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, acting by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of that Dominion, and in pursuance of the authority so conferred on him by the Samoa Act, 1921, and of all other powers and authorities enabling him in that behalf, doth hereby revoke, as from the date of the coming into operation of the regulations hereby made, the Samoa Treasury Regulations, 1920, and the amendments thereof, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the following regulations.

REGULATIONS.

  1. THESE regulations may be cited as the Samoa Treasury Regulations, 1924, and shall come into operation on the 10th day of September, 1924.

  2. In these regulations—

“Accounting officer” means any person who is required to render an account under these regulations, and includes every person who is in any manner charged with the duty of collecting, receiving, or expending, or who does actually collect, receive, or expend, any public moneys:

“Auditor” means any person appointed by the Controller and Auditor-General to audit the accounts of the Samoan Treasury:

“Public moneys” means moneys forming part of the public revenues of Samoa, and includes all securities for such moneys:

“Treasurer” means the Treasurer of Western Samoa.

  1. The financial year shall commence on the 1st day of April and end on the 31st day of March, both of these days being included.

  2. The Bank of New Zealand (hereinafter referred to as “the Bank”) shall be the bank at which public moneys shall be kept, and accounts may be opened and kept at the branches of that bank in Apia, Auckland, and London respectively.

  3. Moneys shall be withdrawn from the said bank account at Apia or at Auckland only by bank order signed by the Administrator or by the Deputy Administrator for the time being and countersigned by the Treasurer, and from the said bank account at London only by cheque signed by the High Commissioner for New Zealand and countersigned by the London Audit Officer. The said bank accounts shall not be at any time overdrawn.

  4. The Treasurer shall pay into the Bank to the credit of the Samoan Treasury all public moneys received by him.

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🌏 Samoa Treasury Regulations, 1924

🌏 External Affairs & Territories
9 September 1924
Samoa, Treasury Regulations, Financial Management, Banking, Audit
  • JELLICOE, Governor-General