at 3 p. m.
On each day all monies received previous to that hour, and subsequently to 3 p. m. on the previous day, are paid into the Bank. An exception, however, to this rule is made when the total receipts do not amount to $100, that sum is retained in the Treasury until the following day.
On a payment being made into the Bank, a receipt is furnished, and this is on the same afternoons, lodged in the Audit Office. Further, the Treasurer has every week a Day Book, which is forwarded to the Audit Office that the Accounts already transmitted may be checked.
178 What I may term an elaborate procedure is gone through to prevent the improper drawing out of money on public account. Salaries and departmental expenses are paid after the Schedules have been examined in the Audit Office. All other payments are made after Warrants, prepared in the Audit Office, have been signed by the Governor and countersigned by the Colonial Secretary. On receipt of a Warrant at the Treasury, a cheque for the amount stated is drawn by the Cashier of the Treasury, who sends it to