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manding to Your Lordships _ favourable consideration the devirability of taking this oppor_ :s unity of establishing -effective local final Audit, and if Your Lordship should decide to do so
do not think that a better.
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officer could be found for the post of Auditor than Mr. Nicolle.
11.
I should mention
that ni making
the above re.
rendation II an ass
assuming
that the duty of the Treasurer
is to conduct a pre-audit of
expenditure, and to exercise a
general supervision over the
that the several seeing
revenue,
Departments keep their accounts
beckiing
properly,
arrd
their-
books and receipts periodically,
but making no detailed exam-
ination of every
item. If this
view is not correct, I a
e
ab a
lose ( as I have already explained
my despatch Nr 185 of the
of April) to justify the main
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kenance
of
the
Local Auditor.
present office of
expenditure
12.