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"have been of

some

except

a.o

much value.

amount.

showing

air

which tallied with one

"

entry

of the

I disagree with Mr.

Nicolle when he

says

the

was worthless; the

question was,

what

had the official Receiver received?

The

only

voucher that he could

produce, was

the

party

who

one from paid in the

money, and this he has done,

whether this person had been

authorised or

not

to receive.

could not in

any

way affect the amount so

paid in, and

and therefore in

opinion the voucher was

quite, and satisfactory, the oath

or declaration of the collector

could

not

have added to its

authority,

for if the Official Receiver did

not account in

his books for the true amount paid in, he

was in collusion

with the collector who would

not hesitate under these circumstances to make

a false affidavit or declaration.

14.

Whether the collector

had paid in

all that he

received was, I submit,

a question for the Official Receiver and the Creditors, and

if they were satisfied,

I do

not see

any good in further examination or

inquiries by

the auditor.

The law

could do, as I have before remarked, the question for the auditor

was whether

the Official Receiver had re-counted for everything

he had received.

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