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COLONIAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT.
GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS AND RULES.
ORGANISATION AND DISCIPLINE.
1. The Director of Colonial Audit is responsible for the super- vision of the audit of all public accounts in those Colonies the accounts of which are examined in the Colonial Audit Depart- ment, and he will be assisted in London by such staff as may be determined from time to time by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, who will fix the home establishment and rates of salary, and by whom all appointments will be made.
2. The work of examination and inspection of accounts will be conducted in the Colonies concerned by Auditors, who will be assisted, where necessary, by Assistant Auditors and by such subordinate staff as the circumstances in each case may require.
3. The Auditors and Assistant Auditors will be appointed, on the recommendation of the Director of Colonial Audit, by the Secretary of State, who will fix the salaries and number of the establishment in any Colony after consultation with the Governor. The Auditors and Assistant Auditors will be liable to be trans- ferred inter-colonially; in all other respects they will be subject to the conditions which apply to Colonial civil servants of corresponding rank or position, as laid down in the Regulations for His Majesty's Colonial Service and the local Regulations of the Colony in which they are serving.
4. The posts of Auditors and Assistant Auditors will be filled as far as possible by Officers who have obtained the necessary technical training by service in the Home Civil Service, the Colonial Audit Department, or Colonial Government Depart- ments. Failing qualified Officers from these sources, candidates will be provisionally selected on the understanding that their definite appointment will be subject to their undergoing a period of special training in the home establishment of the Colonial Audit Department and to their satisfying the Director of Colonia! Audit, at the end of such training, of their technical fitness to undertake the official duties required of them. During the period of training such candidates will receive an allowance, the total amount of which will be charged to the Colony to which they are assigned on appointment.
6. Auditors and Assistant Auditors will be granted the same privileges and status as are given to other Colonial Officers of corresponding rank, the Auditors being regarded as local heads of Departments in the various Colonies.
6. The subordinate staff in each Colony will be recruited as far as possible from the local general clerical staff, but, failing suitable candidates from this source, vacancies may be filled, with the approval of the Governor, from among other resi- dents. All appointments will be at once reported by the Auditor
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