Outstanding on 31st May 1883
and recovered afterwards.
98
Ra.
"Yatinuwara
Lower Dumbara Upper Dumbers Udapalata
90.21 26.88
- 1,971.81 578. 0
In all Ra. 2,596.40
that is, more than two-thirds more arrears than I had left; and the police tax, Rs. 263.23, that is, Rs. 20 less.
13. I now leave the matter in your Lordship's hands, trusting that you will order an inquiry to be made into the statements I have put forward, and, if they are found to be correct, that you will absolve me from the charge so unjustly preferred against
me.
The Right Hon.
The Secretary of State for the Colonies,
Downing Street, London.
I am,
&o.
(Signed)
C. J. La MarvaIER,
Annexure A.
NUWARA ELIYa District.
Statement showing the Amount of Arrears of Paddy Commutation Tax outstanding for each year from 1878 inclusive and at the close of each year to 31st December 1883.
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WITH reference to the Colonial Secretary's letter to the Auditor-General, No. 408, of the 28th May last, I have in accordance with instructions ressived prosseded to Kandy on the 10th instant, and, with the Government Agent's permission, inspected the books of the Kachcheri, and beg to submit the following report an the result of that inspection.
In the cash book of the Government Agent, Kandy, for December 1882, the sum of Rs. 8,788.12 appears debited to “ Deposit Road Committee Fund,” under date 29th December, and credited to revenue under the following heads of receipta, vis. :--
Ra
4
“Land revenue
Taxes"
·
-
8,090.43 757.69
while these dues were actually received in osah on the dates specified below ---
Dumbers District :
Ba.
Ba.
4th January 1883
153.60
5th
"
77.26
27th
11.42
5th February 1889
41.96
284.24
Yattinuwera:
5th January 1889
146.49
6th
19
162.92
8th
"
-
96.76
6th February 1888
278.40
"
678.57
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
TIC.O. 882
سائسسالسا
5 PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON
ALLY WITHOUT PERMISSION OF THE BE REPRODUCED PHOTOGRAPHIC- COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH—NOT TO
1970.
1879.
1880.
1881.
1881.
1388
Total
This statement is arrived at by adding together all suma recovered after the close of each year, 1880 to 1883, inclusive, until the accounts for the years 1878 to 1883 inclusive were closed; excluding sums collected and misappropriated by koralas in the early part of 1881, and afterwards recovered through the district court from them.
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M
Balance outstanding on 81 Dec. 1800|1,423 | 11|| 7,085 | 64 |29,944 | 49||
1881
1883
1688
-
584 || 28||| 9,317 | as
100 47 1,300 $4
7,009 68 20,086 48
—
605
3,148 10 |8,224 | 89 | 18,888
1,528 48 2,224 00 3,973 | 80 |4,845 | 58
10
$1,495 | 48
30,457 863
95,188
11,824 44
Tumpane:
9th January Harrispattu :
4th January
214.53
18.96
12th
99
57.01
26th
80
2.88
30th
4.88
88.68
Lower Dumbers:
15th January
789.20
16th
19
567.04
17th 29th
#
146.33
5.94
1,508.51
Upper Dumbers :
19th January
81st
10
955.64 392.02
Rs. 13,909.49
8,720.60 20,988.90
1,347.66
ǝ it..
280.75 223.85
504,60
(No. 389.)
248.95 103.73
352.68
81st January
176.07
Annexure B.
NUWARA ELIYa District.
Paddy commutation tax recovered from—
SIR,
14 June to 31 December 1880
1 January to 14 June 1881
14 June to 81 December 1881
Enclosure 2 in No. 17.
Audit Office, Colombo, June 21, 1890.
LETTER from MR. Lx Masuria to the SECRETARY of State.
In reference to your letter of the 28th May last, I have the honour to state that the late Auditor-General, during his illness, instructed the Assistant Auditor to send the chief clerk of this office to Kandy to inspect the books of the Kachcheri, and to report on the two cases specifled in the letter from Mr. Le Mesuríer to the Secretary of State, annexed to your letter.
The chief clerk proceeded to Kandy, and I have now the honour to forward to you his report, which is dated the 14th June, the day on which I assumed the duties of this office.
The Hon. the Colonial Secretary.
I am, &o. (Signed) F. B. SAUNDERS,
Acting Auditor-General.
Lower Hewahetta:
23rd January 28th "
Udapalata:
24th January 97th
Upper Bulatgama :
Udapalata:
24th January
Upper Dumbers, arrears prior to 1882
19.42 119.09
Rs. 5,299.05
The above sums were originally entered in the office oopy of the Government Agent's cash book on the dates above specified as receipts on socount of “Land Revenus" for 1882, but subsequently altered to “* 'Deposita."
In the ledger also the amounts are entered as received on the dates given above, but these dates were subsequently altered to 29th December 1882; no equivalent entries are, however, made in the deposit ledger or deposit oɛah book.
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