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determination of the Colonial Office to substitute a Local for an Imperial Audit.
4.
Since that time,
the various Treasury Instructions
which have been issued, have
formed the basis on which
the local audit administration has been carried on. Various
changes and
and impr
improvemente
have been made, and, so-
far
as
I
can ascertain there
has occurred nothing, which furnishes
me with
any strong
very
strong ground, for urging upon The Legislative Council the expediency of a change. I am not insensible to the cogent arguments of the Comptroller and Auditor General, in favour of
audit which is independent the Local Excentive, and
of
an
if
it were made clear to
me that this object could only be attained
by
the
proposed method, I should have less difficulty
in
advocating