643
received the sanction of the Secretary of State - Proposal No5 contained in that
Memorandum laid down that, "at the
"commencement of each Quarter, the Comptroller "and Auditor General should draw upon "the Crown Agents for the estimated amount "required to be paid by each Colony "during the ensuing three months, and that "the Crown Agents should pay the sums
"so requisitioned into an Account to be "opened at the Bank of England in "the name of the Comptroller and Auditor "General, charging them against the
to the "respective Colonies, and producing to "Colonial Treasurers, as their Voucher, the "Requisition of the Comptroller and Auditor "General. These sums will be classified
"by the Treasurers in their Accounts as
"charges to the Audit Vote
In accordance with this arrangement a sum of
was included, for Hong
Kong,
of £157
in the Requisition made upon the Crown Agents in January last, and
this