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the Inasurer's salary £900., and the security given by him £xcee; whicht

£3000-;

in 1871 . the Revenne

at £190,000,

may

be estimated

the Expenditure at

salary

£ 180,000, and the

sale

£200.-

ments

instead of cash, but the effect of

has bee

only

business

to sin.

plify

arrangements,

کنه

267

this

lighten

acid

thereby

ronder practicable a diminution

Office staff, not to increase

is but

of

the

security, -as might

EL.

True that under recent arrange_ one third

of the Revenue is now

paid into the Oriental Bank

by

the

departments, whilst the public monies

ari

lodged

lieu

in the same establishment

in lion of the Treasury Fault, but

this still leaves

Tray

مسیح

very large £127,000-,) under direct

about £

Annual Collection at the Treasur

Treasury

heretofore

whilst all payments

aw

Q.s

made therefrom-

Granted that this

is now

red as well by

done by cheques signed the Colonnal Searetary

the Treasures

more rea

dishonest

employé

readily carry

mail-practices by ency

thaw by

abeques,

by easy convertible. by the old systemd

of drawing the funds

from

the

raull under sprsial wanants of the Governor

and by the

by

joint instrumentality of the Colonial Secretary, the Treasures, and the Surveyor General,

and

of faying

them out across

Counter in hard cash.

in

the

Nothing therefore has been attaine

respect to security, although the

business

to have been ments have

arrangements

greatly improved, and therefore I dont

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