APRIL 21.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1097

11. The voting-papers provided for the election of members of the said committee of management shall be different in colour from those provided for the election of members of the Board.

12. On every day appointed for holding the ordinary general election of members of the Waimate County Council and Waimate Borough Council respectively there shall be held an election of members to represent their county or borough, as the case may be, on the said committee of management, and all the last preceding regulations shall, mutatis mutandis, apply.

13. Should the Waimate County Council or the Waimate Borough Council fail to elect, under the preceding Regulation 12, the required number of representatives, the Governor-General may, by Warrant under his hand, appoint such qualified persons as he thinks fit to be the representatives in lieu of those who ought to have been elected.

14. Section 24 of the said Act, setting out the circumstances under which the office of a member of a Board becomes vacant, shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the vacation of office by a member of the Waimate Hospital Committee.

15. When a member of the Waimate Hospital Committee vacates his office through the operation of the last preceding regulation, the Council of the county or borough, or the Hospital Board, as the case may be, by whom such representative was elected or appointed shall forthwith appoint a representative to hold office for the unexpired portion of the term of office of his predecessor.

16. If no such appointment is made within two months after the happening of the vacancy, the Governor-General may, by Warrant under his hand, make the required appointment.

17. No person shall be eligible to be elected or appointed as a member of the Waimate Hospital Committee to whom section 23 of the said Act applies.

Travelling-expenses of Members of Hospital Boards.

18. The rate of travelling-expenses that may be paid to members of Hospital Boards shall be as follows:—

    (a.) Fares actually payable by public conveyance, whether by rail, steamer, coach, or tram, by the most direct route.

    (b.) Where any such public conveyance is not available, or available only at greater cost, either (i) the expenses attaching to a member’s use of his own horse or vehicle at a rate not exceeding 8d. per mile, counted both ways, together with actual cost of garage or stabling expenses not exceeding 5s. for each night that a horse or vehicle has to be kept from home; or (ii) fares actually paid for cab or other special conveyance.

    (c.) The cost of a special conveyance required by members to make an official visit, when appointed by the Board to make such a visit, and where a public conveyance as indicated in clause (a) is not available.

    (d.) When a member is obliged to absent himself from home or from his place of business, living-expenses at the rate of £1 per day of twenty-four hours, any portion of a day to be reckoned at the rate of one twenty-fourth of the full daily rate for each hour of necessary absence. The day shall be deemed to commence at the hour nearest to the time of departure from the place of residence or business.

    (e.) In special cases the Board may, in lieu of the above payments, with the sanction of the Minister, pay to any member a sum not exceeding the necessary expenses actually incurred and paid by that member.

19. Before any member is paid any money for travelling-expenses under the last preceding regulation he shall make a statutory declaration that he has not been already paid any sum and is not entitled to be paid any sum in respect of the same travelling-expenses by any other person or body corporate, and shall deliver that declaration to the Chairman or Secretary of the Board.

Preparation of Accounts.

20. Each Board shall keep a cash-book or cash-books showing all moneys received and expended by such Board.

21. All moneys received by a Board shall, if possible, be paid into the Board’s banking account daily, and at no later period than three days after receipt.

22. Receipts on printed forms numbered consecutively shall be given for all moneys received by a Board.

23. No payments shall be made except such as are covered by a cheque specially drawn for the purpose or purposes stated to the Board, and duly passed by it.

24. Receipts shall be obtained for all payments made by a Board over 5s. in amount, and the same shall be attached to an account clearly showing the nature of the expenditure.