CO129-011 - Sir John Davis - 1845 [1-4] — Page 4

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not

was

22 January 1845; and why it should speak- of the transmission of accounts, at that earler date, of which the June Quarter

complete until the 30th December, and - the September. quarter. is not complete yet. The Auditor has very naturally, in- my opinion, guarded himself from the.. implication to which this mode of dating subjected him.

I have authority, both from your Lordship, and the Treasury Board, to make- such a modified application, to this new folony, of the Board's Instructions, as the_ neccesities of practical detail and peculiar_ circumstances render inevitable. The

ncluding Paragraph of Mr. Martin's letter_ suggests" "the propriety of diminishing. the lowest seate the Colonial quarterly advances on Impreet, which in the June accounts amount to £1,708 4 11, 13/4, and

which

to

ام

which in the September. Account_ have increased to £6, 137, 103 - - Nothing is here.

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mentioned as to the nature.

ση

those advances

of those

were.

Imprest ; but on reference to the accounts it appears that by far the larger portion in the Surveyor General's and. Chief - Magistrate's departments, and arose. the absolute necessity for paying

from

the

wages of workmen employed on public works, and the Police force.

The

numerous

that press on my

int matters

important.

attention. in-

my

duplex relations with your Lordship's and Lord Aberdeen's Departments, lead. me to deplore this species of correspondence,

which

merely aggravates the loss time_ in which it originates; and Jean. Scan only hope that the future regularity of

the Treasurer's accounts will diminish-

the probability of its

re eurrence.

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