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$10,000 per day that is speaking from samory.
There is a considerable amount of cash coming in and a considerable amount of cash going out, is that not so?
You mean by repayment of deposits?
Yea. So if we deduct the amount received as fees for passports and immigration documents, the actual cash landled by our office would
be double the amount?
You would have to double the amount of deposits, which is about half
the total.
The only other remaining item is passport and examination fees, of the amount which I pay in to the Treasury?
If I could have been given some idea that I would be asked these questions I would have brought the figures. If I recollect rightly the passport and permit fees amounted to $120,000 in the month of
The amount of deposits received was about the same amount
Februery.
And it had to go both ways?
Yes.
That comes therefore to $240,000 per month?
Yes.
Mr. Forrest:
Divide that by say 30 it comes to $8,000 a day, rather
less than I thought.
Mr. Pudn@yı I think you said $80,000 to $60,000.
Yes
that was wrong.
Then do you think it is possible to handle
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that amount per day within the hours set by the Auditor as regards the security and with the number of shroffs so secured at my
disposal?
The amount of cash received by a shroff during the course of a day
It is paid over to the
There is no need for him to
is not necessarily in his hands all at once. cashier or in to the Treasury or bank. hold that amount the whole day and in any case 38000 divided by the number of shroffs comes to less than the average shroff's security. Which means that an unsecured officer ought regularly to handle cash
NO.
How do you propose cash to be taken care of when it is not in the
custody of a shroff?