Regulations for His Majesty's colonial services

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Identifikator:: 1772010170

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-156465

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: Regulations for His Majesty's colonial services

Place of publication:: London

Publisher:: His Majesty's Stationery Off.

Year of publication:: 1928

Scope:: 150 S., 1 Bl.; Ill.

Digitisation:: 2021

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter V. - Finance

Collection:: Economics Books

He will be responsible for seeing that effect is given to any instructions from the Secretary of State for limiting the amount of public money that may be at any one time in the custody of a bank. He will com- municate such instructions to the Treasurer, who will be responsible for their strict observance, and also to the Auditor, whose duty it will be to report at once to the Governor for the information of the Secretary of State, if he should find that the prescribed limit bas been exceeded. 304. The Governor will take care that a secure fire- proof vault or safe is provided for the custody of money wot in the charge of a bank. The door of such vault or safe will be furnished with three different locks, the keys of which will be kept in the charge of the Treasurer and such two other principal officers of the Government as the Governor may appoint. 305. The Colonial Treasurer will keep in his own immediate charge only such sums of money, not ex- ceeding a certain fixed maximum, as may be necessary bo meet current cash disbursements. 306. The strong vault will on no occasion be opened, nor will any money be deposited therein or withdrawn therefrom, except by the three officers entrusted with the keeping of the separate keys, and on every such occasion they will sign a joint record of every sum deposited or withdrawn, which record will be kept in the vault. 307. All cash received by public officers will be deposited as soon as possible in the safe or vault pro- vided for the purpose, or paid into a bank. Negligence In this respect will throw the entire responsibility for any loss upon the officer concerned. No public officer shall keep or allow to be kept in any Government safe under his charge any money except public money or such as by virtue of his office he is bound to receive and account for.

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