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Of Deposits ivith Receivers of Land and Gold Revenue for Surveys. 40. When any survey in respect of which deposits are received is completed, the Chief Surveyor of the district shall forward to the Receiver an abstract in the form in the Thirteenth Schedule hereto, certified in the following manner, viz.:— (a.) In cases where the survey is made by the permanent staff of the Sur-veyor-General's Department,—in favour of the Public Account. (b.) In cases where the survey is made by some surveyor specially employed for the purpose, —in favour of the person so employed. On these abstracts the Receiver shall note the amount and the date of receipt of each deposit, and shall forthwith forward such abstracts to the SurvejrorGeneral, who shall send them when approved to the Treasury. The abstracts shall then be returned to the Receiver, who shall forthwith pay them out of his Deposit Account either to the Public Account or to the surveyor entitled, as the case may require. Any balance repayable to the depositor the Receiver shall thereupon refund to him. Of Deposits toith Tenders on account of Contracts. 41. Every deposit on account of a contract shall be received, unless otherwise specially provided by the condition of the contract, by a cheque on some bank nearest to the place at which the tenders are appointed to be received. The cheque must be marked by the banker on whom it is drawn, as good for twentyone days, and must be drawn in favour of the Receiver-General's Deposit Account only. 42. The cheques shall be retained in the custody of the Receiver until the tenders are pronounced upon, when those of unaccepted tenderers shall be forthwith returned to them, and that lodged with the accepted tender shall be immediately paid to the bank for credit of the Receiver-General's Deposit Account at Wellington, and the Receiver shall forthwith post to the Receiver-General a memorandum of particulars, together with the bank receipt. If there is no branch of the bank in the town in which the tenders are received, the cheque shall be sent forthwith by registered letter to the Receiver-General, together with a memorandum of particulars. 43. Deposits in the custody of the Receiver-General, when returnable to depositors, shall be refunded through the Receiver on requisition made by the Under-Secretary or Head of his department. In all cases of refund a receipt in the regulation form shall be taken from the depositor. 44. Whenever any deposit becomes forfeited, the amount, if in the custody of the Receiver shall be paid forthwith to the Public Account, a bank receipt for the payment and a memorandum of particulars being forthwith transmitted to the Receiver-General. If any such deposit is in the custody of the Receiver-General, a notification of the forfeiture shall be forwarded to his office, in order that the amount may be transferred to the Public Account. 45. In all cases the deposits received shall be brought on charge in the Deposit Cash-book of the Receiver, who shall take credit for the amounts refunded to depositors or paid to the Receiver-General's Deposit Account, or to the Public Account. 46. The Deposit Cash-book shall be made up on Saturday, and a copy forthwith posted to the Receiver-General, supported by the bank receipts and the receipts of the depositors for all sums refunded, on the form provided for the purpose. If no deposit is received or refunded during any accounting period a "Nil" return shall be furnished. 47. The balance in the custody of the Receiver shall be supported by a statement in detail in the form in the Eighth Schedule hereto, to be furnished every month with the copy of the Deposit Cash-book. Law Trust Deposits. 48. Every officer receiving law trust moneys shall keep a Law Trust CashBook in the form in the Ninth Schedule hereto. Under the head of receipts he will enter all such moneys coming into his hands under the proper date and in the order in which they are received, each entry being supported by a voucher in the form in the Tenth Schedule hereto, and certified in the manner provided by the fourteenth Regulation. 49. The Receiver shall day by day pay all moneys as above received before the close of business on any day, and which have not been paid to the persons entitled to receive them, into the bank to credit of an account in his name, called " The Law Trust Account of the [naming the Court]." Any moneys received after bank hours shall be lodged in the bank on the following morning. 50. Where an officer holds appointment under more than one Court he shall keep a Law Trust Cash-book and a Law Trust Account at the bank for each Court separately, or for all the Courts in one, as the Receiver-General may direct.

Dej-osits for land and gold revenue for surveys.

Deposit to be received by marked cheque only.

Cheques to be retained until tenders pronounced upon, then returned or paid into ReceiverGeneral's Deposit Account.

Authority for refunding deposits.

Forfeited deposits.

All deposits received to be entered in cash-book.

Copy of cashbook to be forwarded to ReceiverGeneral.

Certified statement of balance in custody of Receiver.

Receiver to keep Law Trust CashBook.

Moneys received to be paid into Bank.