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2851.

&asken.

739

You would have to sit down, and add up all those 23149

No Humpling

2114

Q.

figures, in order to strike a balance ?

A.

1 think it is balanced in a certain place.

R.

It is added up, but there is no balance struck. There

must be some balance of stores in hand.

23160

A.

The Chairman: -

A.

б

..

23/5 1

(Indicating entry) That settles it. There are 500

boots received, on one siɑs, and 500 issued.

Supposing the auditor came along unexpectedly, and

said "I want to know exactly how many stores you

have got; what is the value of the stook in hand, at

the present moment". What book would you refer to, to

find it out?

The auditor refers to that.

23/52

He would have to take an individual balance from each

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of those books you have there ?

A.

63 Q.

A.

A.

$59.

A.

5620

And mi

mind you, he also has his account with the

Crown agent, shewing what articles he has received,

and he checke them in that way.

23158

It practically amounts to this, as far as I

understand, that your books are not balanced. You

keep a day to day ledger, and then the auditor comes

along, and he accepts that, and he makes his own

balance, and says it is correct. As a matter of fact,

you have nẻ sirmary such as a shop or firm would have?

I am not well acquainted with book keeping, my-elf,

but that is the method adopted, and it satisfies

the Government.

23/5-4

At the same time, you have no more summary than that ?

No.

25/55

You dont strike a balance every week, or every day *

Of course,

there is a balance every month.

Balance of cash, is it not ↑

23.136

A.

Expenditure.

57 Q.

But I mean in stores ?

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