Dec. 23.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

follow his usual practice of obtaining a meal at midday, he may
be granted a meal allowance on the following scale:-

Officers receiving £400 a year or over, 2s. 6d.

Officers receiving under £400 a year, 2s.

Tram fares to and from the officer's residence may be paid only
when no meal allowance is granted. A meal allowance shall not be
paid to officers on regular day duty who can be released without
difficulty for sufficient time to take their meals at home. A meal
allowance shall not be granted when overtime or a bonus is paid for
the duty in excess of the ordinary day's work.

63. (1.) Any officer who, with the knowledge and authority of the
    Permanent Head, acts in a higher controlling position at his own station
    for three consecutive months, or for four months in any twelve months,
    may be paid, while so acting, the difference between his salary and the
    salary of the officer he replaces: Provided that where an officer acts
    in the place of an officer in a position classified in a superior grade
    or class he may be paid an allowance at the rate of £15 per annum.

(2.) The absence of the officer on approved leave shall not be
deemed to break the period of acting, but payment of an allowance
shall not be made for the period of his absence.

64. (1.) Any workman on the permanent or temporary staff who
    acts for more than a month in charge of two or three men may be paid
    an allowance of 6d. per diem while so engaged. If the number of men
    controlled exceeds three the allowance may be ls. per diem. A camp
    cook is not to be counted as one of the men controlled.

(2.) A workman receiving an allowance under this regulation shall
not be entitled to receive payment under Regulation 63 hereof.

65. The Permanent Head may at any time grant an allowance
    in a lump sum or at an annual rate to an officer-

(a.) Performing special duties:

(b.) Stationed at an isolated station or where the cost of living is
excessive:

(c.) In lieu of overtime:

(d.) Performing duty on a railway travelling post-office or at a
public counter:

(e.) In lieu of official quarters:

(f.) Using his own vehicle on official business.

66. Officers of the Department whose salary does not exceed a
    maximum to be fixed from time to time by the Permanent Head
    when transferred away from home shall receive lodging-allowance
    according to a scale to be determined from time to time by the
    Permanent Head.

67. (1.) With the exception of those officers and employees
    referred to in Regulation 59, all officers and all persons employed
    in a temporary capacity may, when required to perform duty away
    from headquarters, be paid travelling-allowance for personal expenses
    at the following rates:-

(a.) Officers drawing salaries not exceeding £155 per
annum : Actual and reasonable expenses. Per Diem.

(b.) Officers drawing salaries exceeding £155 and not £ s. d.
exceeding £380 per annum ... 0 12 6

(c.) Officers drawing salaries exceeding £380 and not
exceeding £470 per annum ... 0 15 0

(d.) Officers drawing salaries exceeding £470 and not
exceeding £565 per annum ... 0 17 6

(e.) Officers drawing salaries exceeding £565 per annum.. 1 0 0

Provided that while at sea, if the time occupied
is more than twenty-four hours, the allowance
to the officers referred to in the foregoing para-
graphs (b) to (e) inclusive shall be-

For the first day of absence from headquarters 0 10 0
For every subsequent day ... ... .. 0 2 6

(2.) The allowance shall be for each day of twenty-four hours.
The day shall be deemed to commence at the hour of departure from
headquarters, which for the purposes of this regulation shall be con-
sidered to be the office at which the officer ordinarily performs duty.

(3.) For any portion of a day the rate shall be one twenty-fourth
of the full daily rate for each hour's absence.

(4.) In computing the time of absence a fraction of an hour, if
less than half an hour, shall not be taken into account, but half an
hour or more shall be reckoned as one hour.