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Suggests that a usemablı
wd. be the Salary
alfand from Imperial Junos
of one Assist. Andă.
? To D.c.a. for obsus.
Mr: Collins,
BCA
JJP. 1/4.
In this despatch my comparison with the Straits is, in my opinion, dismissed without good
rounds. I should point out that the estimated cust
of audit in the Straits Settlements in 1920 ($61,017) quoted in minute un 40401/20 included only $1,050 for "Transport, and Other Allottances"(as compared with $500 for "Transport and Travelling" in Hungkung) and that, therefore, it does not appear that in the former dependency "considerable expenditure must be incurred
in travelling" this rendering the comparison which I
de "necessarily fallacious". But perhaps I need
nut 1 hour this point any further.
I observe that, in the Hongkong Estimates for
1921 (which I assume have been approved) $10,700 has
been provided for the salary of the Auditur, which, at
$10.70 to the £,equals £1000 and that, in addition, it is proposed that he shall continue to receive the £75
er amus for the audit of the Weihaiwei accounts,
while two anuurte of $8,560 (£800) have been provided
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for the salaries of the Assistant Auditors - the
Personal All trence in the case of the Auditor and
the Duty Pey in the case of the Assistant Auditore
being merged in the salaries. In these circun-
stances I have no further observations to offer
rogerding 10 ese salaries.
I am prepared to admit that the employ- ment of a second Assistant Auditor is dua very
largely if not wholly to the circumstance that a
considerable portion of the time of the Aitor
is uccupied ir connection with the audit of the
accounts of Weihaiwei and the China Pustul
Agencies and I think therefore that there is good ground for the suggestion that Imperial Funds
should bear, by way of annual re-irîursement * th Culuny, the amount of the salary of une v
the Assistant Auditore.
Mr. Grindle
Te
EA.
18.5. 2/
need not pursue this contro-
versy with the Gov. But I wd. now write to
Treas. asking them to agree to the reim-
bursement of the salary of one of the Asst.
Audd., saying that the Gov, has asked for
it/and that the D.C.A. considers that there
11/an
is good ground for the suggestion.
A.E.C. 18.5.21
as an alternative to some other arrangement
being made for the audit of WW. and Postal
Agencies Accounts.
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