238. In cases where sufficient loan funds are not immediately available and the expenditure must therefore be met in whole or in part out of current revenue, surplus balances or short term borrowing, subject to reimbursement when the contemplated loan has been raised, such expenditure shall be charged as an advance pending reimbursement. The amount to be advanced in any year will require the sanction of the Legislature and the Secretary of State.
239. The estimated loan expenditure during the year shall not appear in the body of the Estimates but a full statement of such expendi- ture, including a schedule showing the salaries of any staff specially engaged, shall be appended to the general Estimates of the Colony, and receive the approval of the Legislature and the sanction of the Secretary of State. In the case of expenditure on a public work, the particulars mentioned in Colonial Regulation 201 shall also be given.
240. When the statement referred to in the preceding Regulation has been approved by the Legislature and sanctioned by the Secretary of State, the loan expenditure of the year shall be held to be definitely limited and arranged. Should any further disbursements during the year be required, the approval of the Legislature and the sanction of the Secretary of State will be necessary.
241. The authority to incur loan expenditure is vested in the Governor, and the Accountant General shall not make any payments nor accept any charge in his accounts unless authorised to do so by a Loan Warrant signed by the Governor or by the Colonial Secretary or the Financial Secretary signing" by Command ".
G. Remittances and Imprests
242. All payments due by a Colonial Government to public depart- ments or other creditors in the United Kingdom, and, unless otherwise authorized, all payments due to other Governments, shall be made through the Crown Agents for Overseas Governments and Administra- tions.
243. The Crown Agents shall be kept continuously in funds by the Accountant General whose duty it is to watch the account of the Colony with the Crown Agents, to be prepared to meet their current require- ments and to notify them in good time if local circumstances make it necessary to arrange for temporary accommodation in aid of the Government's account with them.
244. If it is necessary for any officer other than a sub-accountant to have at his disposal, for disbursement on the public service, money for which vouchers cannot conveniently be presented direct to the Accountant General or a sub-accountant for payment, he will receive an imprest.
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