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service, but must not recommend such exten- sion. The officer seeking an extension must apply at least one clear month before the time when he ought to start in order to reach the colony before the end of his existing leave.

122. Governors are required by the Act 54 Geo. 3. c. 61. to report to the Secretary of State for confirmation each case in which leave of absence has been granted, under a penalty not exceeding in each case 1001.; they must also transmit a certificate in the form inserted in the Appendix (page 313), and a similar cer- tificate in case the Governor should afterwards recommend an extension of leave. If the officer is paid by fees, they must also report what arrangements are made respecting the disposal of those fees during the officer's ab-

Bence.

123. An officer to whom leave of absence has been granted, is in general entitled to half salary during his absence from the colony. Any private arrangement made with the object of securing to the absent officer more than the authorised allowance is on no account to be allowed. No advance of salary will be granted to the absent officer in order to enable him to return to the colony.

124. Stipendiary magistrates on leave may receive so much of their allowance for house rent as may not be wanted for the acting officers, the amount so allowed being reported to the Secretary of State; but they must receive no part of their allowance for horse hire.

125. Governors are to furnish every officer proceeding on leave of absence with a dupli- cate of the despatch to the Secretary of State, reporting his leave, and a duplicate of the cer- tificate above mentioned; and an absent officer cannot receive his half salary in this country, nor any extension of his leave, unless he pro- duces such certificate.

126. The regulations respecting the stop- page of half the salaries of civil officers on ob- taining leave of absence are to be applied, as far as practicable, to the case of ministers of religion in the colonies receiving salary from colonial or Imperial funds. Leave in these cases is to be granted by the Governor of the colony on the recommendation of the bishop or other superintending authority (if any) of the body to which the minister may belong, and subject to the same rules as in the case of civil officers in regard to the confirmation and extension.

127. To whatever extent the authority of the Queen, or of Her Majesty's officers, may be competent to enforce it, the further rule must be observed, that no minister of religion must be permitted to absent himself from the colony in which he serves, until adequate and satis- factory provision shall have been made for the performance of his clerical duties during bis absence, unless the state of his health absolutely requires it.

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128. The same rules extend to leave of ab- sence granted to judicial functionaries of every

class.

129. In cases where salaries are fixed by law, the rule as to half salary can always be applied by the Governor's declining to grant the leave unless on condition of conforming to it.

130. On his arrival in this country the officer on leave must report himself to the Secretary of State, transmitting the Governor's despatch, and mentioning the place of his residence, and should be subsequently change his residence he must notify the same to the Secretary of State. Officers who are public accountants should also leave their address at the office of the Comp- troller and Auditor-General.

131. Leave of absence will be extended by the Secretary of State, but not as a matter

of course, nor unless the public convenience admits of it."

132. Except in very special cases, as of un- broken official residence in the same colony for 15 years, no extensions will exceed six months at a time, nor will any officers on leave be allowed to receive half salary at any one time for more than the following periods :-

Heligoland and Mediterranean West Indies, Bermuda, Western Australia, British Columbia, Cape of Good Hope, Natal, St. Helena, and Falkland Is- lands.

West Coast of Africa, Mauritius, Ceylon, Hong Kong, Straits Settlements, and Labuan

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Nor for a period which, added to his previous absences on leave with half salary, would ex-

ceed by six months one sixth of his resident service in the colony. Absence without salary will not be counted against him in calculating his claim for further leave of absence, nor for him, with certain exceptions, in calculating his pension.

133. The foregoing regulations are not de- signed to prevent, or to regulate, any vacation not exceeding, in the case of civil officers, three months in any two years, or in the case of judicial functionaries the ordinary vacation of the court to which such functionary may belong, for the purpose of relaxation from business. In such cases no report to the

• In Ceylon, except in cases of unforeseen emergency, extension of leave will be refused when the Governor has notified that it cannot conveniently be granted; and in the case of application for extension on other grounds than that of ill health, half salary will not be granted without a refer- ence to the colony.-Secretary of State's Despatch, 196, 18th Nov, 1867.

Note-Special advantages as to leave of absence are granted to officers on the West Coast of Africa. See Chap- ter XVIII, of these Regulations.

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