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no discusion on them bill the outgoing Mail has left, but my object in transmitting them to Your Lordship is entirely unconnected with the policy of the proposed expenditure or the discussions to which its details may give rise.

2. It appeared to me, since receipt of your Lordship's Despatch No. 194 of 26th March last, and also since receipt of instructions for the discontinuance of an Audit in Europe of Colonial Accounts, that it was more necessary than ever to frame the Estimates in a less perplexing system than had been usual, when the various items forming the total expenditure of any one establishment could only be brought to light by a skilful search in various and distant pages of the Estimates - part under "Civil List", part under "Rent" - part under "Exclusive of Establishment" - part under Transport and part under "Establishments," and so on.

4. I had therefore always felt it a serious impediment to business that the Treasury Officers were thought to make it imperative to frame details of Figures in a manner calculated

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No discussion on them being in the outgoing Mail has left, but my object in transmitting them to Your Lordship is entirely unconnected with the policy of the proposed expenditure or the discussions to which its details may give rise.

2. It appeared to me, since receipt of your Lordship's Despatch No. 194 of 26th March last, and also since receipt of instructions for the discontinuance of an Audit in Europe of Colonial Accounts, that it was more necessary than ever to frame the Estimates in a less perplexing system than had been usual, when the various items forming the total expenditure of any one establishment could only be brought to light by a skilful search in various and distant pages of the Estimates - part under "Civil List", part under "Rent" - part under "Exclusive of Establishment" - part under Transport and part under "Establishments," and so on.

4. I had therefore always felt it a serious impediment to business that the Treasury Officers were thought to make it imperative to frame details of Figures in a manner calculated

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217 3 no discusion on them bill the outgoing Mail has left, but my object in transmitting them to Your Lordship is entirely unconnected with the policy of the proposed expenditure or the discussions to which its details may give rise. 2. It appeared to me, since receipt of your Lordship's Despatch No. 194 of 26th March last, and also since receipt of instructions for the discontinuance of an Audit in Europe of Colonial Accounts, that it was more necessary than ever to frame the Estimates in a less perplexing system than had been usual, when the various items forming the total expenditure of any one establishment could only be brought to light by a skilful search in various and distant pages of the Estimates - part under "Civil List", part under "Rent" - part under "Exclusive of Establishment" - part under Transport and part under "Establishments," and so on. 4. I had therefore always felt it a serious impediment to business that the Treasury Officers were thought to make it imperative to frame details of Figures in a manner calculated Page 217 appears to be delineated by the context, but exact page numbering lines as described are not present in the given text. However, based on the content and the given rules, the above is the corrected version. Tide S.S.b Gor 1100. of gut July 1869. Tavary 6829 597 13437 Here is the revised response in HTML format as requested: 217 3 No discussion on them being in the outgoing Mail has left, but my object in transmitting them to Your Lordship is entirely unconnected with the policy of the proposed expenditure or the discussions to which its details may give rise. 2. It appeared to me, since receipt of your Lordship's Despatch No. 194 of 26th March last, and also since receipt of instructions for the discontinuance of an Audit in Europe of Colonial Accounts, that it was more necessary than ever to frame the Estimates in a less perplexing system than had been usual, when the various items forming the total expenditure of any one establishment could only be brought to light by a skilful search in various and distant pages of the Estimates - part under "Civil List", part under "Rent" - part under "Exclusive of Establishment" - part under Transport and part under "Establishments," and so on. 4. I had therefore always felt it a serious impediment to business that the Treasury Officers were thought to make it imperative to frame details of Figures in a manner calculated 59713437Tide S.S.b Gor 1100.of gut July 1869. Tavary 6829
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