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HONG KONG,
ANNUAL ABSTRACT ACCOUNT, 1922.
177
RAPORT of the DIRECTOR OF COLONIAL AUDIT on the Account
of the Treasurer of Hongkong for the year ended the 31st
of December, 1922.
As certified thereon, the above mentioned Account,
together with the Statement of Assets and Liabilities on the 31st of December, 1922, has been examined under my
directions.
2. The questions which arose in the course of
examination have been satisfactorily settled, as far as possible, but a few points still remain outstanding.
3. The balance of the Unallocated Stores Suspense
Account of the Public Works Department ($482,762.16) on
the 31st of December, 1922, as recorded in the Statement
of Assets and Liabilities, exceeded the authorised Standard
Stock ($200,000) by $282,762.16. This excess shows a very
considerable increase over the excess of $131,445.56 which
was commented upon in paragraph 3 of my report for the
year 1921.
4 The Appropriation Account for the year 1922
includes various excesses on subheads of expenditure, as
shown in the attached statement which has been furnished
to me by the Auditor, which do not appear to have been
and the Legislature, approved by the Secretary of State, as is required by
Colonial Regulations Nos: 256 and 304.
5. The question which was referred to in paragraph
5 of my report on the account for the year ended the 31st
of December, 1921, and which arose in connection with the
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