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Audit
The Governois objection
are very
larely based upon his preference for "pre audit, and it is this feeling. which gives point to his objection
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to the delay in examining vouchers. It is important that he should be put right on this point, Expe and it should be very
clearly laid down that the Heads of Departments cannot be relieved of the responsibilit
of seeing that all accounts for their respective departments are correct, before passing them on
No reliance must for payment.
be placed on the Auditor in this respect : "overcharges" and
"inaccuracies" must be detected
before payment, as the peril of the Head of Department concerned.
But there will be no objection to Heads of Departments seeking, before payment, the covering authority of the Cal. Secretary, or (through him) If the Governor, in any cases
of
in which they feel doubt, and it
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