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and
if
his judgment be deemed insufficient I can have no hesitation in submitting the whole case to the Commissary General
Ad
I shall lay before His Excellency the à September and December Quarterly Accounts current shewing the payments made to each Department
complete as the Vouchers rendered will permit & if those accounts be deemed insufficient by the Auditor let that Officer require from each stead of a Department a distinct quarterly abstract shewing the amount of money received from the Colonial Treasury, between the first and last days of each quarter, classified as to its disbursement under the distinct heads of
1st Established Salaries
2. Provisional & Allowances
4th Special Disbursements
and lastly how much still remains under advance to be hereafter finally vouched -
this statement if rendered with proper &
vouchers would enable me to render the authorized form of
account within one
week.
I have se
(Sd) P.M. Martin.
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Auditor.
Para. 5.
91953.
Colonial Office Victoria
Hongkong 3 February 1845
I am directed by His Excellency the
Governor to convey to you
his instructions not to make further payments out of the monies under your charge until the Accounts of the December Quarter are rendered with the exception of the special Warrant of this date for the sum of £1264.9.3½ which you are to pay to the Surveyor General
on his receipt as it comprises the Wages due to Chinese Workmen who cannot pass the period of their new year without payment However inconvenient this suspension of payment must prove to the Public Service the serious state of arrear, into which the Accounts have fallen compels His Excellency to adopt it
I have …
(Sd) GR[…]mee
Colonial Secretary
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black of Council.