not a separate appointment, still a man has
no
right to act
& no
right
to combine
appointments without taking the responsibilities.
Blame therefore
seems to me to attach to him, but not more than would be covered
by a
reprimand.
M. Mitchell Innes, holding, not as an acting
Poster's
3 exhaust's
the consolidated office of Treasurer.
incurs the
greatest
It is fair to him to
say
blame.
A representation will be made to the Governor in the matter.
It was not until
May. Beste
I am not sure if
issued
quickly
whether there are
any extenuating circumstances
11. The defalcations happened in 1888, 89,
90, 91, 92
For the first three
years
he was not Treasurer, and during six months of the two years
years 91-2
he was on
leave!
Alan
can with
Therefore
Bear - tell
in
'Months'
The was in charge for eighteen
the
only out of question, and during five years and during his rule, to judge from the figures given
on large
dollars
of the
report, less than 16000 out of a total of broadly 63000 disappeared.
2. He came to the Treasury young and
by
625
inexperienced, he found rules laid down
by
his
predecessor
M. Innes, who stood exceedingly
high
in reputation as a man
as a man of business,
others a rule, which apparently largely contributed
was high
to the defalcation, that Alwes should be allowed
to sign receipts instead of M. Carvalho
cashier. Similarly he found
defalcations
the
similar.
-257
Megist the time of relief.
It is I have
matu-1-33.
chief
an old
State including M-Carvalho, who has just retired, and who was looked upon, before the
Treasurer, was made a
separate appointment, as
a shroff
being for ordinary business purpose:
or sub-cashier, who could not even read
English!!,
and other old clerks who
before the a short time back we got
thought well
in almost too harsh a way; and
When in Holland he furnished for an English
Now it is quite
clear
that
are not a valid excuse, and that a man
ought to take an
the work successfully
Youth and inexperience
are not
it if he cannot do
It is true that
his
he was given financial instructions for
guidance: but it is human nature for a young
man, not at once to alter a
system
and to accept rules of experienced predecessors, and to be chary of upsetting old and
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