the supervision of the Committee of inspection and should at least be certified by them. Mr. Nicolle is mistaken.
in this speaking of this document. It is not a statement of business done by the bankrupt. It is headed "Memo of accounts to be handed to the Official Receiver" and it is nothing else. It could not be certified by the Committee of inspection because they would know nothing about it till they inspected his books and accounts later on. The Bankrupt was allowed to manage and work his business himself, subject to inspection from time to time, but he did not wait for these inspections to pay monies he had in hand.
The next paragraph is, I regret to say, quite uncalled for and ought not to have been written. Its only object is again to attempt to throw blame on the Official Receiver and contains at the end a statement which is altogether unwarranted.
I must set it out at length and then proceed to state the facts. It follows:-
The paragraph is as follows:-
The voucher for the $363.99 consists of an account current between Messrs Reynell & Co. of Myoge and the bankrupt extending over several years. It shews a balance in favour of the former of $337.83. Some bunga-low belonging to the estate was sold to Messrs Reynell & Co. for $700 and the difference between this sum andthe balance in favour of the former of $337.83.