at the rate of two per cent per
I enclose copy of
A
that Ordinance together with copy of the report
of the Attorney General:
upon it, and have
requested the Governor
of the Straits Settlements
to transmit a copy of
the Rules
which have been made
under the Ordinance, which will show you
how the system is worked, and under what limitations the two per cent interest is payable.
5. When such
Ordinance is passed
it will not be necessary to keep
separate
account at the Banks
for Court monies, but
(I discussed this
with M. Iseminger)
Audit office 27 July
From A.O. 8 Aug
I enclose copy of correspondence
from the Controller & Auditor
General from which you will see that he concurs in
the terms of this despatch.
They will be merged
in the Treasurer's
general bank
account at the Banks, and it will probably be found
as I am informed by the Treasurer of the Straits Settlements is the case in that Colony,
that the Treasurer will be able to make use of the money in meeting calls in respect of these Court monies, the present
Even if
authorized
total
limit
for Bank Balances
is retained
the difference