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Windward Islands; in which, without departing from strict principle to any appreciable extent, accommodation was given to the Governor's wishes in regard to details of accounting: and to state that if the intention of the Colonial Office to make a new departure generally on the lines of this compromise had been notified to this Office, its circumscribed application would have been explained.
In the circumstances the Comptroller and Auditor General accepted the Colonial Office Instruction, not however without anticipation that in the practical working of the scheme difficulties might arise in the larger Colonies.
It will be remembered that in December 1891 at Malta, after personal inquiry and conference, it was found desirable to recommend a system more in consonance with "expense" accounting proper, of which Lord Knutsford expressed his approval in a letter addressed to the Comptroller and Auditor General, dated 30/12/91: and it will be seen by the Letter from this Office to the Auditor at Hong Kong dated 18th February last (of which a copy is enclosed) that provision was made to meet any difficulty that might present itself in the development of the Scheme of 16/6/91, at Hong Kong by communicating the details of the revised Malta System to him for future possible use.
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