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24.

25

206

on the subject,

we

terminated the examination

and

of

there fore

to

witnesses this day, and have now the honor be forward

did not include it in the public loss.

You Committie

have to state with regret that

they have been unable to discover the mode in which

our

1

report.

The

faels elicited

by your

Your Committee show,

the deficiency,

arose.

3rd

that the actual deficiency, instead of being #3255,

is $ 3480. this discrepancy

arose

from

the Cashier

not including the sum of $ 200 (the Salary of

an

official) which had been marked off in the

bashier's books as

from the

was

paid, though not actually delivered Treasury, and (as the leashier considered) it

therefore to be held as being a deposit in the hands

of the 1st Shroff of the Treasury and not public money, also a farther sum of $25 which having been placed. in notes amongst the Silver, and representing silver, was transferred to the accounts of notes by the - bashier, and this sum of $25. the Cashier held

think the p! Shroff

nas

personally responsible for;

You Committee ascertain most clearly that

the 12! Shroff of the Treasury, had the entire Custody

of,

and was

chest.

hold responsible for the money in the Treasury

The 12! Shroff

who, in any way

in the chest, or

thereti

41k

facts

or at

was

the

only Treasury Officer

any time counted the balance

the sumes taken from

or added

You

Committee

finix

the

following to be the

attending

the

deficiency

and the mode, and

time of it's discovery. On the 20th of September, the

bolonial Freasurer obtained a Warrant

deposit of $15,000 in the Public Vault, and

for

the

for

this object, the three

officers

holding the

Keys of the