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determination of the Colonial Office to substitute a Local for an Imperial Audit.

4.

Since that time,

the various Treasury Instructions

which have been issued, have

formed the basis on which

the local audit administration has been carried on. Various

changes and

and impr

improvemente

have been made, and, so-

far

as

I

can ascertain there

has occurred nothing, which furnishes

me with

any strong

very

strong ground, for urging upon The Legislative Council the expediency of a change. I am not insensible to the cogent arguments of the Comptroller and Auditor General, in favour of

audit which is independent the Local Excentive, and

of

an

if

it were made clear to

me that this object could only be attained

by

the

proposed method, I should have less difficulty

in

advocating