all public functionaries of whatever rank, and to those 
from public bodies. 
202. Petitions addressed to the King, or the King 
in Council, memorials to public officers or departments 
of His Majesty's Government, must be in like manner 
sent to the Governor for transmission to the- Secretary 
of State. 
208. The Governor is bound to transmit to the Secre 
tary of State with all reasonable despatch every com- 
munication so received by him, accompanied by such 
report as its contents may appear to him to require, 
CHAPTER V.—FINANCE. 
A. Accounting Officers. 
204. The Treasurer is the chief Accounting Officer 
of the Colonial Government, and subject to these regu- 
lations and to such instructions as may with the 
authority of the Secretary of State be approved by 
the Governor, the financial and accounting operations 
of the Government are under his general management 
and his supervision, but it is also the duty of the 
Colonial Secretary, the Auditor, the heads of depart- 
ments, the sub-accountants and all accounting officers 
fo take care that these regulations are duly observed. 
The term sub-accountant means an officer who is 
entrusted with the receipt, custody, and disbursement 
of public money and who is required to keep one of 
the recognised cash books, the transactions in which 
are subsequently embodied in the final accounts ren- 
dered by the Treasurer. 
205. It is the duty of the Treasurer :— 
(1) To see that the proper system of account 
is established in every department of the Colonial 
Government :