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80. Summary of reccommendations made in this chapter:
(1) The authority of the Deputy Financial Secretary should be such as to relieve the Financial Secretary of the necessity for considering routine and simple matters. (39)
(2) Provision of a wider clerical service. (40)
(3) Pension papers should not be sent to the Financial Branch but to the
Accountant General. (42)
(4) Accidents to Government Vehicles.
(i) The Director of Public Works should decide on the cost of repairs
and the party responsible for the damage. (45)
(47)
(ii) The Motor Accident Assessment Board should be abandoned.
(iii) The Financial Branch should be the authority for deciding on
appeals against claims for recovering cost of repairs. (48)
(51)
(5) Simplified Special Warrant procedure should be adopted.
(6) Simplified method of preparing annual Estimates. (54)
(7) Exchange Control.
(i) Instructions should be codified. (55)
(ii) Banks should be consulted with the view to abolishing the confirma-
tion of permits. (58)
(iii) The usefulness of reports and records should be constantly under
review. (59)
(iv) Reduce the recording in and size of Ledger E.C.7. (61)
(v) Abolish the register of inward correspondence. (65)
(vi) Abolish the register of outward correspondence. (67)
(vii) Envelopes should be mechanically addressed for regular corres-
pondents. (69)
(viii) Abolish the Export Account Ledger. (71)
(ix) Abolish unnecessary memo writing. (73)
(x) Reduce the recording in and the size of Ledger C.S.30. (75)
(xi) Excessive use of typewriter should be avoided. (77)
(xii) The post of one clerk should be abolished.
(78)
(xiii) Prevention of personal accidents to callers. (79)
CHAPTER V.
TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BRANCH
Designation and allocation of subjects.
81. At present there is no Branch called by this name and it is recommended that the above designation should be used to identify the subjects now held by and which may be allocated to this Branch,
82. It is recommended that the subjects for which this Branch shall be respon- sible should be as shown on the proposed Distribution of Business List "A" (Appendix B).