No. 26.
The Hon. the Colonial Secretary to the Native Reserve Board, Wellington.
Gentlemen,—
I am directed by His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor to inform you of the following arrangements with reference to the receipt and disposal of the funds arising from the occupation of Native reserves in this district.
As regards the receipts, you will have the goodness to pay them over to the Colonial Treasurer as they fall into your hands, to be held as deposits unavailable, and whenever you may have occasion to draw against such receipts to meet the expenses of the trust you should submit an estimate of the amount required, specifying the services for which it may be due, upon which the Lieutenant-Governor will issue his warrant to the Treasurer to pay the gross amount to you from the funds so placed by you under his charge. Previous, however, to any expense being incurred by you on account of the trust, an application should be made for His Excellency's authority for such expenditure, which authority should be appended to the voucher. The account current of the receipts and expenses of the trust should be forwarded to the Auditor-General quarterly, duly supported by the several vouchers.
I have, &c.,
Alfred Domett,
Colonial Secretary.