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REC
P18/
Report on the Local Audit Office and on the
Revenue and other Accounts of the Colony of HONG KONG
examined by the Local Auditor for the year ended 31st
December, 1895.
1.
The extent of the examination is indicated
by the monthly Progress Returns sent home, and they will
show that the programme approved for the year was practi-
cally carried out in its entirety. This programme embraced
the examination in detail of nearly the whole of the
Revenue Accounts of the Colony with the exception of the
Assessed Taxes.
2. In the Report on 1894 it was stated that good
work had been done in getting the accounts of Squatters'
Licenses and Village House Rents into better order and this
good work has been continued in 1895. As regards Squatt-
ers' Licenses, the authority of the Secretary of State has
been obtained for writing off $770.07 which was irrecover-
able, and sanction has been asked for writing off further
sums