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doubt, viz. whether it would not be possible to obtain all the advantages of an Imperial Audit, without its disadvantages, by the periodical visits of a similar officer, who would be responsible only to Your Lordship

or to the Imperial Audit Department, and be :entirely independent of the Local Executive, (except perhaps as regards the duty of furnishing it with copies of his reports ) . A system similar to that_

suggested

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suggested is in

force in connection with several of- the Local Banking Institutions,

reason

and I do not see at the moment any strong. - why it should not be adopted by the Government. As – compared with Audit_ in England, it would

certainly save much time, and I should think much

also, especially

money

if the services of

officer

one

were shared by:

several