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Orders: He shall see that no expenditure other than that
authorised in the Colonial Estimates is incurred without
first obtaining the authority of the Board " I take it that
that order is always compled with?
A: No, As a matter of procedure all the expenditure is provid-
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I mean to say it is your duty to see that no expenditure other than that authorised is incurred without first obtain- -ing the authority of the Board. I presume that order im
carried out ?
As a matter of procedure, I have never obtained the authori- -ty of the Board in connection with any expenditure. The President as administrative head authorises extraordinary expenditure and I act practically as sub-accountant in connection with the Treasury.
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As a matter of fact no expenditure is incurred which is not authorised by the estimates.
Q: Therefore this clause is practically a dead letter?
Therefore it is a dead letter.
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