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the several

the receipt of the Contractor accompanied by the proper certificates, that the work- Las been performed, are sufficient to pass the

agreed pay.

& paymento under the same Warrants as other expenditure; and it is only when the balance due at the completion of the work, is paid that a Special Warrant is required, which should sat forth the whole expensed, the advances already made, and to balances to be paid in full discharge.

The future proceeding upon this plan

will, we have no doubt, obviste munt of the difficulty which Lusheen experienced and facilitate every object necessary to be kept in vili

As regards other Advances, it _

appears to us,

that

every

advance which

is strictly an Imprest, should be made

Imprest Warrant, upon --

accounting

Officer

under

the receipt of the an at the head of the Department, for the service of which the Impaest is made, to be considered as a, personal Advanced

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to such Officer; for which he would be held are ountable until the detailed payments to be brought forward.

nouched expenditure under the usual

Contingent

tay

at Warranty are made;

when the Treasurer would discharge the imprested Officer, by debiting himself with the amount of the advance, thereby settledon recovered ; and at the same time he would take

Credit for the vouched Expenditure.

Sonpresto might Law.

Lowever

&

ever be very much further lessened by limiting then to cases in which detailed payments are required to be made daily or weekly to Police Labourers, or for Imull Contingent expenses. for although the Accounty are made up greantely, the Abstracts should be prepared and submitted for approval and warrant of the Governon monthly, for all such payments as it may be necessary to make monthly, and the recripto of the parties should be taken at the time of suck-payments, and be charges in 180 Accounts als final payments..

This course of proceeding, will be quite in accordance with the Spirit of Four. Lordships instructions, and will, as it appeas to us, obvisté the whole difficulty which

have is apprehended. We hand to

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as

(signed) It. t. Luttrett

Stenry Arbuthnot

et. Grant.

at once