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Governor's allowance or disallowance noted thereon,
will be returned to the Treasurer. If approved, it
will be sufficient authority for the expenditure to be
incurred, and one copy will be retained by the
Treasurer. The other copy will be sent to the head
of the department from which it was received for
record and reference
266. Should the expenditure authorised upon any
Requisition be found insufficient, the head of the
department requiring authority for further expen-
diture will, so soon as he foresees the necessity there-
for, forward to the Treasurer a supplementary Requi-
sition for such further expenditure, drawn up in the
same form as the original Requisition and accom-
panied by a memorandum explaining the necessity for
the axeeas
267. In any exceptional case where it is manifestly
for the benefit of the public service that expenditure
should be immediately incurred, and time does not
permit of authority being obtained in the usual way,
an officer may, on his own responsibility, incur the
expenditure ; but he will at once forward a Requisition
as above provided with a covering memorandum ex-
plaining the reasons which induced him to depart from
the ordinary course. In every such case he will be
held personally liable for the expenditure in the event
of the payment not being finally approved; and any
items which may appear unnecessary or extravagant
will be disallowed and surcharged against him.
268. All payment entries in the accounts must be
vouched for on the prescribed form.
269. Vouchers for all salaries, allowances, and othet
services included in the General Warrant will be
delivered duly certified by the heads of departments
to the Treasurer, or, in the out-stations, to the nearest
sub-accountant, three clear days at least before the