Emoluments.”” Where the Government is not
entitled to any portion of such fees and they are not
2 pensionable emolument, the officer receiving them
will be required to make a monthly report of their
amount for record in the Treasury. The estimated
amounts receivable as fees by any officer should be
shown in footnotes to the annual Estimates.
251. Payments to the ‘Treasury or to sub-
accountants by collectors of revenue will be supported
in edch case by such subsidiary detailed schedules or
abstracts as the Treasurer may prescribe.
252. Whenever a public officer not being a regular
collector of revenue comes into receipt of public
money, he will pay it to the Treasurer or to a sub-
accountant without delay, obtaining a receipt for the
amount so paid in:
253. If at any time the public revenue sustains a
loss by reason of the neglect or fault of any officer,
he will be liable to be surcharged with the amount.
254. The Treasurer will report to the Colonial
Secretary any failure on the part of an accounting
officer to receive and duly account for any sums
receivable by him. He will also report -any case in
which he may have reason to think that the revenue
is falling unduly into arrear. The Auditor will
similarly report in like circumstances
255. All officers charged with the supervision of the
collection of revenue will furnish to the Treasurer
for transmission to the Auditor periodical returns
showing the state of the arrears in the collection of
taxes or any other revenue receivable by them. In
the event of there being no such arrears a nil return
will be furnished
256. In the case of irrecoverable arrears of revenue,
except where other authority is by law established.