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and Auditor General will almost
certacivly of the
4.
be
et by
by the reduction existing staff of Fudit Clerks.
I think the obvious.
| conclusion to be arrived at from
the
foregoing As
A.
is that:
regards expenditure, the head of the department is responsible for
the
accuracy
of his requisitions, and the
that he
Treasurer for secring furnishes proper certificates. 6. As regards revenue, the
examination of receipts is to be the special duty of the
Local Auditor.
ل
rms does I releve this Treasurer
Up to the present hime
the above has been practically the
Treasury
view of
the method in
system is to be
which the new
conducted, but it has also been
neognized
account.
sed that supervision over the
Reeping of the various
departments
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the
departments, and occasional surprise visits, us laid dower by paragraphs 2 and 12 of Financial Justructions, also form part of the Treasurer's duties.
The difficulty
which
1
at present presents itself is us to the :
correct interpretation of the final paragraph of the Financial sustri.c_ rious, which words prima facis ––– appear to be in direct antagonisur
the to the explanation given by
State when urging upon
Secretary of
the Colony the advisability of –
instituting some budit. The paragraph in question runs as pollar.
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"The Local Auditor's duty is that of
general supervision and inspection,
to see that financial regulation ware
"observed and that books are
" kept
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• properly
in accordance with instructions, rather than that of continuous ands
"murute detail examination, and,
"although