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transactions should in such cases invariably be brought daily into a General Cash Book, the Balance of which will shew the total amount of money for which the Accountant is answerable in his public capacity.
(b) It is stated that "there were no written "Rules" for the guidance of this Officer, but that the Postmaster General gave him "verbal instructions from time to time." The looseness of such a system needs no observation. It should be remedied without delay.
(c) There is no evidence that the sums advised to the Crown Agents as repayable in London were checked with the Entries in the Cash Book; and indeed, it is evident that they were not, for Mr Nicolle gathers that "the amount embezzled is the "difference between the lodgments in the "Treasury and the Advices to the Crown "Agents."
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