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my Subordinates. This not recessary in my opinion

the Auditor General to make personal Audit of the accounts of the Supreme Court. There

for

A

are

other Departments which

importance

More

of for than the Supreme Court, and

my

whole time would not

auffice if I had to personally, andit all the more important Departments of Government_

I have frequently been to the Inpreme Court to ascertain by personal inspection that

properly

the auditing

ix

conducted. The accounto since

the begining of 1879 have been

audited, and this is now done regularly every month. So far

ax

expenditure is concerned

I think the present system of checks will prevent any Officer of the Court from appropriating monies that have been paid in and brought to account - Every item of expenditure is also checked by

a voucher. But in

Bandrupley and Insolvency

there is no

nothing to prevent money being received and not brought to account at all, and after speaking to Beads Jackson & Hotton on this subject

have some to the conchiaion. that the only possible cheath on such practices would be by the Creditors taking some interest in Bankruptcy envia

and supervising

what is done by the Official Assignee - This unfortunately is not done, and