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report and scheduled to that was a copy of the draft bill to be intro-
duced into the Legislative Council of the Straits Settlements.
A. Yes.
You must have been aware that the department would have the handling
of a very large amount of Government revenue?
A. Yes.
d. That you were holding permits of various kinds against cush which
had to be accounted fort
A. Yes.
4. At the end of October I find A.J.C.Taylor of the Accountant Deneral's
office had given you a minute on ta various accounting books that
he recommended you should keep?
A.
Yes.
And I think about the same time you in fact instituted an accounting
system for the Macau office very comparable to what Mr. Taylor had
recommended for you?
A.
For liacao?
Yest
A.
In Octoser?
Sonetize shortly afterwards?
A. 1 don't remember.
A.
A.
A.
You in fact did start the Macao accounting system?
I did, but i had an idea it was much later.
The system was initiated by you and in essence involves the use of
books such as Mr. Taylor recommended for you?
Yes.
what accounting system did you in fact, in the two months of grace
that you had before the office actually opened to the public,
institute foruse in your head office?
I did not institute any, Sir. As 1 explained, I was fully occupied
at that time, or reasonably fully occupied with duties as P.M.G. I
had occasional conferences with Mr. Lee and Mr. Middlebrook and i visited
the Special branch of the rolice where the passport office was then located and saw the accounting system kept in regard to passports.
le books were at that time kept by Mr. Tsui and having regard to their