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of such money, daily or at the earliest possible opportunity,
 either into the bank to the credit of the
Treasurer, or into the Treasury, or to a sub-accountant.
247. In all cases the gross amounts received must
be paid into, or accounted for to, the Treasury. All
charges upon the revenue received will require
authority, and should appear as expenditure, supported
 by proper vouchers.
248. Between the time of receipt and the time of
payment into the bank, Treasury, or to a sub:
accountant, no public money shall be made use of
in any way whatsoever ; nor will any officer advance,
lend, or exchange any sum for which he is answerable
 to the Government.
249. Bills of exchange, cheques, or promissory
notes will not be received as revenue, except under
such conditions as, having regard to local circumstances,
 the Governor may prescribe by standing
order. When so authorised, accounting officers, on
the receipt of any such negotiable instrument, will
enter the amount thereof in their cash books as
revenue. collected, taking credit for the same when
handed over to the Treasurer.

250. All fees received from the public by an officer
in his public capacity, which are specially appropriated,
 either wholly or in part, to the remuneration
of such officer, and which form part of his pensionable
 emoluments, will be dealt with in the same
manner as other receipts of public money, and the
total amount paid into or accounted for to the
Treasury. The amount to which the officer is entitled
will then be issued to him, on a proper voucher, by
the Treasurer. In all cases where any portion of
such fees is receivable by the Government the total
sum collected will be brought to account as revenue,
the amount paid to the officer being charged as ex-Penditure
 against the proper head, under ** Personal