Nov. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 3479

The Samoa Treasury Regulations, 1930.

BLEDISLOE, Governor-General.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House at Wellington, this 29th day of October, 1930.

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 Treasury Regulations (Territory of Western Samoa), 1923, the Samoa Treasury Regulations, 1924, 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, 1930, and shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1931.

2. In these regulations—

“Administration” means the Government of the Territory of Western Samoa:

“Accounting officer” means any person who is required to render an account under these regulations and includes every person who by any law, regulation, ordinance, or appointment is charged with the duty of collecting or receiving or who does actually collect or receive any public moneys, or who is charged with the duty of disbursing or who does actually disburse any public moneys, or who is charged with the receipt, custody, or disposal of or the accounting for public stores:

“Act” means the Samoa Act, 1921:

“Controller and Auditor-General” includes the Acting Controller and Auditor-General and the Deputy Controller and Auditor-General appointed under the Public Revenues Act, 1926:

“Auditor” means any person appointed by the Controller and Auditor-General to carry out any of his functions under these regulations:

“Estimates” means the statement of proposed expenditure of the public revenue during any financial year or period as approved by the Minister and includes any further statements prepared in the form of supplementary estimates relating to that year:

“Imprestee” means any person in whose hands any public money is placed for expenditure in the public service:

“Minister” means the Minister of External Affairs:

“Public moneys” includes all moneys, and all bonds, debentures, and securities of what kind soever for the payment of money, received for, or on account of, or payable to, or belonging to the Administration:

“Public stores” or “stores” means all chattels in possession of or under the control of any Department on account of the Administration of Western Samoa:

“Treasurer” and “the Treasury” mean the Treasurer of Western Samoa as defined in the Act.

3. The financial year shall commence on and include the 1st day of April and end on and include the 31st day of March in the next following year.

4. 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.

5. (a) Consistently with the Act and these regulations the Minister shall have power to issue such standing instructions for the guidance of accounting officers and other persons concerned in the collection, receipt, custody, and expenditure of public moneys or stores as he considers necessary.

(b) The Treasurer shall be responsible to the Administrator that the provisions of the Act, the regulations, and any instructions issued by the Minister in pursuance of the preceding regulation are complied with, and to this end and to the extent of the powers expressly conferred upon him by the Act and the regulations, all accounting officers and persons concerned in the collection, receipt, custody, issue, and expenditure of public moneys or stores shall be subject to him and shall carry out his directions.

(c) Nothing herein shall be construed as giving to the Treasurer any power which by the Act or regulations is exercisable by the Administrator.

6. The powers and duties conferred or imposed on the Treasury and the Controller and Auditor-General respectively by virtue of these regulations in respect of public moneys are hereby declared to apply equally with respect to public stores.