now existing for
the local audit,
and that you
Concur in
my
view
that some alteration
is required. I
desire haces, to
say that I have no
Whilla
ad though Jeannot
regard. the
system
a
wish to make any saksfaction
reflection upon
the manner
in
which the Col. Secretary
has carried out
his audit work, and I have no
reason to suppose that this has been
inefficiently. performed by the
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his
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disposal. The multifarious
and increasing
duties falling
upon the Col. See? make it, however, clearly impossible that he should give
The
to audit that
Continuous
personal attention f which the importance of The Hongkong finances now
demands.
I
have accordingly
felt no hesitation
in coming to the
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