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and to see that they have been
correctly entered in the Cash Book.
8. This being the case, it would
appear that there were no
grounds for
the severe condemnation
passed upon me in your letter.
10. You will excuse me
for doubting whether your opinion on
the statement in your
letter referred to the subject is
by any means conclusive,
but I now learn from you that;
though you did not expect that I
should check each receipt into the
departmental books,
you considered
that I ought to have proceeded on
the same lines as those followed by
you in Ceylon.
9. This, so far as I can learn,
is the basis of the
11. The Bankers, to whom you
confidently referred me, informed me,
as I fully expected they would, that
such work is not considered by
them part of their personal duty, and as
I have already pointed out to you,
whether it had been undertaken by them
or not, the defalcations would
have remained undiscovered, as no
clerk intending to defraud would,
in view of existing checks, be so
foolish