98.
No.
In any further correspondence on this subject, the above number should be quoted,
and
the communication should be
addressed to
Comptroller and Auditor General.”
EXCHEQUER AND AUDIT DEPARTMENT,
SOMERSET HOUSE,
374
LONDON, W.C.
30th April,
1896.
"S.C
E&AD to Loc: Aud: 10/2/96
Loc: Aud: to E&AD 23/3/96
Sir,
9446
REC[Prof 2 MAY 26]
I am directed by the Comptroller and Auditor General
to transmit to you, for the information of the Secretary of
State, and for any directions he may consider it necessary
to give, copy of correspondence, as noted in the margin,
with reference to a payment of $437 out of the "Sikh Passage
or Chundah Fund", for the establishment of an "Indian
Mess Fund"
2. It will be seen from the correspondence that
the amount paid out of the Chundah Fund consisted of a
surplus balance, which, it is explained, has probably
accumulated in consequence of men having left the Police
Force without drawing their contributions, or owing to the
Estates of deceased members not having been credited with
the amounts due to them.
3. In ordinary circumstances any unclaimed
surplus balance of this description would, it is presumed,
be transferred to the revenue of the Colony, and, for this
reason, the action of the Governor, in handing it over for
the establishment of an "Indian Mess Fund" would seem to
require the covering sanction of the Secretary of State.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE,
COLONIAL OFFICE.
Your obedient servant
R. Landr