progress was made towards finalizing contracts re-entered in the previous year and, in one case, the Department was authorized to meet some $102,000 sub-contractor's wages arrears as a charge against the main contractor, the employees having assigned their rights under a Court award to Government. In general, however, the position on these re-entered contracts at the year end could not be considered satisfactory. Efforts continued to obtain settlement of the $99,547.83 owed by one contractor as liquidated damages and cost of extra work, but at the end of the year it had still not been possible to locate the proprietor of the firm in question to obtain judgement against him.
Military Works and Services
2.20. As shown in Appendices I and J, the expenditure on maintenance, new services minor works and capital works handled by the Public Works Department under the Defence Costs Agreement totalled $15,512,000. This represents an increase over the corresponding 1967-68 expenditure of 76%.
2.21. Although many of the administrative and procedural problems associated with the take-over of these commitments from July 1967 had been resolved by the beginning of the year, fresh problems continued to arise and these, coupled with the increased workload, resulted in the accounts staff being hard-pressed to maintain satisfactory records and returns for accounting control and statistical purposes.
Accounting services
2.22. The 1967-68 report on the Public Works Department accounting services prepared by the Senior Treasury Accountant was re-examined during the year and revised, in consultation with sub-departments, to incorporate changes in departmental work patterns and to determine priorities for accounting re-organization. This review was completed shortly before the year end and the revised submissions were forwarded to the Colonial Secretariat with recommendations for the early deployment of the additional accounting staff required.
TECHNICAL AUDIT
Chief Technical Examiner:
D. M. HARDING, F.R.I.C.S., F.I.Q.S., A.C.Arb.
2.23. This Unit in its second year continued to check that construction work and materials were properly tendered for, contract agreements properly entered into and bills finalized under each sub-department's
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progress was made towards finalizing contracts re-entered in the previous year and, in one case, the Department was authorized to meet some $102,000 sub-contractor's wages arrears as a charge against the main contractor, the employees having assigned their rights under a Court award to Government. In general, however, the position on these re-entered contracts at the year end could not be considered satisfactory. Efforts continued to obtain settlement of the $99,547.83 owed by one contractor as liquidated damages and cost of extra work, but at the end of the year it had still not been possible to locate the proprietor of the firm in question to obtain judgement against him.
Military Works and Services
2.20. As shown in Appendices I and J, the expenditure on maintenance, new services minor works and capital works handled by the Public Works Department under the Defence Costs Agreement totalled $15,512,000. This represents an increase over the corresponding 1967-68 expenditure of 76%.
2.21. Although many of the administrative and procedural problems associated with the take-over of these commitments from July 1967 had been resolved by the beginning of the year, fresh problems continued to arise and these, coupled with the increased workload, resulted in the accounts staff being hard-pressed to maintain satisfactory records and returns for accounting control and statistical purposes.
Accounting services
2.22. The 1967-68 report on the Public Works Department accounting services prepared by the Senior Treasury Accountant was re-examined during the year and revised, in consultation with sub-departments, to incorporate changes in departmental work patterns and to determine priorities for accounting re-organization. This review was completed shortly before the year end and the revised submissions were forwarded to the Colonial Secretariat with recommendations for the early deployment of the additional accounting staff required.
TECHNICAL AUDIT
Chief Technical Examiner:
D. M. HARDING, F.R.I.C.S., F.I.Q.S., A.C.Arb.
2.23. This Unit in its second year continued to check that construction work and materials were properly tendered for, contract agreements properly entered into and bills finalized under each sub-department's
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