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234. He shall not advance any moneys to a member of another military command on account of travelling or other expenses, unless authority has first been obtained for so doing from the Command Paymaster of the command to which the expenditure is to be charged.

235. The Paymaster will carry out a systematic periodical examination of the office records of claims, rents, or other revenue due to the public, adopting such measures as will secure the prompt discharge of claims and the necessary credit to public funds.

236. Should difficulty be experienced in recovering vouchers supporting receipts, statements, &c., or money due from officers or others, the Paymaster shall at once represent the circumstances in writing to the Director of Financial Services.

Upon receipt from the Ordnance Officer of a claim for damages or deficiencies against a unit the Command Paymaster shall demand payment from the C.O. or other officer responsible, and in the event of such claim not being satisfied within thirty days of such demand the Command Paymaster shall report the fact to the Director of Financial Services, who shall immediately take such action as may be necessary to obtain immediate payment.

237. He shall be responsible for checking all regimental-fund accounts of units, and shall not forward them to the local Audit Inspector until they are in order.

238. A Paymaster or any member of the A.P.C. will not take charge of any regimental or other funds not belonging to the public, nor shall he act on the committee controlling the expenditure of the same.

SECTION XV.—MILITARY FUNERALS.

239. A funeral at the expense of the State will be provided for a soldier of the Permanent or Territorial Forces who dies as the result of disability arising out of and in the course of his official duties, provided application is made to the nearest Defence Office, and all the arrangements are made by officers of the Defence Department. No liability shall be incurred by the Defence Department by reason of any instructions given by the relatives or friends of the deceased.

240. Where, owing to special circumstances, a military funeral as provided for in the preceding paragraph or under General Regulations for the N.Z. Military Forces cannot be arranged for and conducted by or under the direction of the Department, a refund not exceeding £13 may be made to the relatives or representative of the deceased who paid for such funeral, provided receipts are produced covering the whole of the expenditure incurred in connection therewith.

241. No payment shall be made to troops for attendance at military funerals, and no expense will be incurred in connection therewith, without the special authority of the O.C. the Command in which the funeral takes place.

SECTION XVI.—MISCELLANEOUS.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 28th day of July, 1925.

R. HEATON RHODES, Minister of Defence.

Appointing a Member of the Thames Harbour Board.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

WHEREAS it is provided by subsection three of section thirty-eight of the Harbours Act, 1923, that in the event of an extraordinary vacancy in the office of a non-elective member of a Harbour Board, the Governor-General shall, by Warrant under his hand, appoint some qualified person in his place:

And whereas Albert Bruce, a non-elective member of the Thames Harbour Board, having resigned his office by writing under his hand delivered to the Secretary of the Board, an extraordinary vacancy in the membership of the Board has been created, and it is desirable to appoint a qualified person in his place:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor-General of the Dominion of New Zealand, in exercise of the hereinbefore-recited power and authority, doth hereby appoint Henry Lowe to be a member of the Thames Harbour Board in the place of the said Albert Bruce, resigned.

As witness the hand of His Excellency the Governor-General this 31st day of July, 1925.

R. HEATON RHODES,
For Minister of Marine,

Fruit Control Act, 1924.—Section 5 (relating to the Constitution of the Export Control Board) modified.—Notice No. Ag. 2514.

CHARLES FERGUSSON, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 6th day of August, 1925.

Present:

His EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL IN COUNCIL.

WHEREAS by notice published in the New Zealand Gazette of the fifteenth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and twenty-five, the Minister of Agriculture, in terms of section four of the Fruit Control Act, 1924 (hereinafter termed “the said Act”), excluded the Otago Provincial District from the operation of Part I of the said Act:

And whereas it is deemed desirable to modify the provisions of section five of the said Act relating to the constitution of the Export Control Board:

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 the said Dominion, and in pursuance and exercise of the power and authority conferred on him by subsection three of section four of the