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COLONIAL AUDIT DEPARTMENT.
Appointment of Assistant Auditors.
27974/10.
1. The Director of Colonial Audit, assisted in London by a small staff, is responsible for the supervision of the audit of all public accounts in the following Colonies and Protectorates :-
West African-Gambia, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Southern Nigeria, Northern Nigeria.
East African.-East Africa, Uganda, Nyasaland, and Somaliland Protectorates.
Eastern. Hong Kong, Mauritius, Seychelles, and Weihaiwei. West Indian.-British Honduras,
Mediterranean.-Gibraltar and Cyprus.
Miscellaneous. Fiji, Falkland Islands, St. Helena, and Bechuana- land Protectorate.
2. The work of examination and inspection of accounts in the above Colonies and Protectorates is conducted by Auditors, who are assisted, where necessary, by Assistant Auditors and by such subordinate local staff' as may be required.
3. The Auditors and Assistant Auditors are appointed, on the recommendation of the Director of Colonial Audit, by the Secretary of State. They are liable to be transferred at any time from one Colony or Protectorate to another or to the central establishment in London without compensation; in all other respects they are 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 or Protectorate in which they are serving.
4. The posts of 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 or Colonial Government Depart- ments. Failing qualified officers from these sources, candidates will be provisionally selected for these posts 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 Colonial 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 at the rate of £150 a year.
5. The rates of salary paid to Auditors and Assistant Auditors vary, according to the Colony or Protectorate in which an officer is serving, between the following limits:-
Auditors
Assistant Auditors
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(27744-2.) Wt. 33970-683. 250. 1/18. D & S
£400-£800 £250-£540
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6. Auditors and Assistant Auditors are entitled to 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.
7. The local discipline of Auditors and Assistant Auditors in any Colony will be under the control of the Governor and will be subject in all respects to the Rules contained in Section 5 of the Colonial Regulations.
8. Leave of absence to officers of the Colonial Audit Depart- ment in each Colony will be granted by the (iovernor according to the Regulations in force for other public officers in the same Colony. A brief summary of the more important of these regu- Iations will be found in the appendix.
9. All applications for appointments as Assistant Auditors should be addressed to the Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Downing Street, S.W. Candidates not already in the service must be not less than 23 and not more than 26 years of age.
Preference is given to unmarried candidates. Forms are supplied by the Private Secretary, on which the candidate must furnish full particulars regarding his career and qualifications, and name two referees who will answer from personal knowledge for his character and capacity. The form should be returned to the Private Secretary with originals and copies of testimonials (not more than six). The originals will be inspected and returned to the candidate, and the copies retained for record in the Colonial Office. He will then probably be asked to call on the Director of Colonial Audit at 41, Charing Cross, S.W. If he is considered suitable, his name will be noted on a list, and will then be con- sidered with those of other candidates as vacancies from time to time occur;
but no promise can in any case be made, and no definite
prospect whatever can be held out that the Secretary of State will be in a position to offer employment to any particular candidate. If a candidate is offered an appointment, he can usually be allowed sufficient time to make preparations and to terminate the employment in which he may be engaged. Attempts to influence the Secretary of State's selection through Members of Parliament or other persons icho are not personally well acquainted with the applicant are useless, and will be regarded as indicating that the applicant himself does not consider his qualifications sufficiently good to justify his appointment on his own merits. They can in no case operate to the advantage of a candidate, and may seriously prejudice his chances of success.
10. It is impossible to foresee the occurrence of vacancies, and the Secretary of State cannot undertake to give any information as to the likelihood of a vacancy or vacancies occurring. Nor can he undertake to keep candidates or others informed of the actual occurrence of vacancies. When candidates have been noted on the list of applicants, their names come up for consideration whenever a vacancy in that class of appointment occurs; a communication will then be addressed to the candidate or candidates whom the Secretary of State is prepared to place on his select list for the particular
vacancy.
COLONIAL OFFICE,
December, 1912.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
Reference :-
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APPENDIX.