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a sub-head, nor may the unexpended portion of any 
subhead be drawn from the Treasury for the purpose 
of setting it in reserve to meet impending payments, 
or to be carried to a deposit or suspense account. On 
the other hand, expenditure properly chargeable to 
the account of a given year must, as far as possible, 
be met within the year, and must not be deferred for 
the purpose of avoiding an excess on the amount pro- 
vided in the Estimates. 
289. Where any officer, department, or board 
administers on behalf of the Government anv com 
Regulations for His Majesty's Colonial Services. 
CORRECTION. 
For Regulation 287 substitute -— 
287. The authority for expenditure conveyed by an 
Appropriation Law lapses at the end of the financial 
year to which it relates, and if further expenditure 
ls necessary for the completion of any service it must 
be provided for in the Hstimates, or in a Schedule of 
additional provision, of the year in which the sum 
will actually be expended. The authority conveyed 
by warrant and requisitions similarly lapses on the last 
day of the financial year in which they are issued and 
00 payments may be made after that date, except 
inder the authority of warrants or requisitions issued 
lor the service of the ensuing financial year. 
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