retary of State (Earl ~
Aud
The Secretary Granville replied that the question had been under consideration in England ; requested a report as to the additional precautions which should be taken to _ secure the effic
a
efficiency of
the local Andit.
à bout to be relieved from Imperial supervision :
4:
This
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followed by a despatal
from the Earl of Kimberly, intimating to the Governor the final determination of Her Majestijo Government Imperial Audit of Hong Kong Arommet, and desiring the local Audit Offices to be
ment to discontrine the
gosided
in their duties by the Treasury
Instanctions of 1859.
a & request.
made for
LOANQ.
time,
was, at the
for a report
on
the shamster and
efficiency of the precautions taken to exeure
that the Coval Andit should be conducted
"promptly, honestly,
and searchingly,
and without & any interference " of the Executive :"
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on the part
A Report was forewarded
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requested, the Anditor General (M: Gardiner. Austin) stating that "it was impossible
ble to
have a closen investigation of the accounts - from
initiation through all stages to "completion " " A minute detail was
of
• given
the examination to which all vouchers
were
were
6.
subjected, and of the sheaks which -adopted
کا
secure accu
accuracy
With references to the Secretary
of State's lignular Despa to h of the 18th September last, calling attention to the arrangements at present in force for the audit of the accounts of the Colony, and proposing that the Comptroller and Auditor General England should be invited to undertake the whole work of audit, upon repayment of the actual cost, Iam of opinion the proposal
advantages,
on that
would not be without its and that, as ikadoption
appears at present, to be intended only
ao an ex
experiment, there could be little tion to it trial.
objection to
At the same
time, I think there
are