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A.
the Department are not what would be kept by a business
man.
In fact, not only a business man for his business, but hardly sufficient for a business man's private affairs.
I am afraid I must confess that we have trusted to the
auditor to call our attention to any such defect as that; that if he thought there was a possibility of Government Stores being stolen as a result of inadequate bookkeeping, he would have called the attention of the
Government to the matter.
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Q.
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Does the man in charge of the Depot sign the bills as soon as the Chief Inspector requisitions for them ?
A.
Which Depot are you referring to ↑
95- Q.
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A.
For instance, we will say a Chief Inspector says we
we 15.875 want to order 1,000 gallons of Jeyes Fluid.
But a Chief Inspector never asks for an order for 1,000 gallons of Jeyes Fluid. He requi: Itions the
Secretary for enough to go on with, and it is the
Secretary who orders stock.
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From the store keeper ?
A.
No, whereever it is got from.
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And then?
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The Chairman:-
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Puts it in the godown.
Wait a minute. Between the time he orders it from the /5898
shop, and the time it goes to the god me, supposing
he orders 1,000 gallons, 500 gallons is put in the
and the other 500 gallons are divided between
godown,
the Inspector and the store keeper. Would the Secretary
be able to find that but ↑
Supposing you order 1,000 gallons, and you only get
500, that is the question.
Is there a connecting link between the Secretary, and
the stock book tone anould tally with the other. Do
they ↑
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