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In any further correspondence on this subject, the above number should be quoted, and the communication should be addressed to "The Comptroller and Auditor General.”
Sir,
EXCHEQUER AND AUDIT DEPARTMENT, SOMERSET HOUSE, LONDON, W.C. 12 FEB 96
11th February 1896:
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I am directed by the Comptroller and Auditor General to transmit to you, for the information of the Secretary of State, a copy of a letter dated 6th January 1896, received from Mr Nicolle, the Local Auditor of Hong Kong, on the subject of his leave of absence, and the arrangements to be made for carrying on his duties during the time he is away from the Colony.
2. The Comptroller and Auditor General considers that Mr Knox, the Audit Clerk, is quite capable of carrying on the ordinary work of the Office during the Local Auditor's absence and proposes, therefore, to grant Mr Nicolle's application.
3. With reference to paragraph 4 of the letter, I am to observe that, in the opinion of the Comptroller and Auditor General, Mr Knox will be entitled to some extra remuneration for the additional work he will be required to perform. He must also, of necessity, assume greater responsibility during Mr Nicolle's absence. For these reasons it would seem equitable that the Local Audit Staff in Hong Kong should be placed on the same footing as other officers in the Colony, and that paragraph 108 of the Colonial Regulations should be applied in this particular case.
4. As, however, some excess on the sum provided for the salaries of the Auditor and his Clerk must
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE, COLONIAL OFFICE.
necessarily