shewn in the return of the Treasury Balances on the
inadvertently
31st of Bra
Lao
not included in the Statement
of Funds in custody of the Government.
The Acting Colonial Treasurer having been called upon for an explanation of the origin of the mistake,
states that the omission
an error"
occurred through in the preparation of the
statement of accounts, which
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to his great regret escaped
his notice at the time. He adds that he drew attention to the mistake on the gand of July, and that as it was then too late to forward amended return, he
explained to the late Colonial Secretary what
had occurred.
There being
3.
record in the Colonial
Secretary's Office of the information conveyed
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to
the