(as it does here) upon a single supply ordinance, but (as it does at Hongkong) upon a variety of ordinances, this I should be shown by an analytical statement exhibiting the proportions of
the various
services which are in
by the various ordinances.
are imported
I notice that the contingencies of the Auditor General's Department are saddled with expenditure to the amount of $10,000 for printing the Government Gazette
and for the Coal and Stationery
of all the Departments. This
obviously
an
error,
and
any person who had before him only The Abstracts Pages 8 and 9 would be completely misled.
With a single exception the Estimates for "Works" and "Roads"
only the
amount to be expended during
No particulars
are given of
the total proposed cost of the Works
as required by the Treasury instructions
Audit Office.
(signed) C. I. Trevelyan, Auditor General
Straits Settlements.
Singapore, 13 October 1869.
(True Copy)
I. Gardiner Martin
Colonial Secretary
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