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It appears, however, that the Treasurer had no intimation or knowledge of the existence of these small surplus accumulations, but that when his attention was
directed to the subject, he found that the small Surplus had been put aside weekly
in a separate bag,
The amount to 31st Dec. 1848 was
£32, 8.2,
which would appear to be the sum accumulated.
He would be cognizant of the fact that the Shroff alone was responsible for the calculations from Payments, the details of which passed exclusively through his hands. It appears that the same Individual has acted as Shroff, during the Treasurerships of Mr Stewart & Mr Marling, both of whom have placed much trust in his integrity and correctness; & the sum of £32. 8.2 may be assumed to be the whole of the Surplus accumulated on
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and
payments
by the Shroff since Sept. 1843,
It is at the same time difficult to understand, how the separate Bag of coins, the Surplus could have remained in the Treasury Chest, as Mr Mercer states they were, without being noted in the Surveys or in the Chart, which purport to give an exact account of each Coin existing in the Treasury, the Amount of which was made to correspond with the Balance shown by The Treasurer's Books, no portion of the accumulating Surplus having been included in the Treasury Books until December 1848.
Although we have thought it right to submit these remarks, on which our observations have been obtained, We beg leave to observe, that as regards the early period prior to July 1843, it is known that there was but one Account for the Receipts & payments. Money Chest for the Services of the Hong Kong Government, the Superintendency, & the Special Mission; that there were errors in the Records of the actual cash transactions.
and that when Mr Stewart took charge of the Chest, in July 1843, he found, of actual Money, sufficient only to satisfy the Balance exhibited in the Account of the Hong Kong Government, so that any surplus which may have existed, without being entered in the Accounts, prior to that date,