CO129-246 - Acting Governor Fleming - 1890 [8-9] — Page 102

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circumlocution will be necessary on the other hand every revenue affected, the principal of which are Police Rates and taxes, the And in these a refund to Day amounting over thirteen thousand dollars a year.

Apart from these drawbacks I do not see why the Local Auditor's wishes should not be carried out. (Should they be sanctioned I must ask to have returned to me the Estimates of Revenue for 1891 which it will be necessary to reuse). I think it my duty before closing this letter to point out the position taken up by the Local Auditor in his letter, he appears to consider himself at liberty to issue direct instructions to the Treasury without reference to the Local Government and to consider all matters of accounts as affairs to be settled between himself and the Accountant General, in the treatment of which neither the Local Government nor the Treasurer are to have a voice.

If this is the case I think it will be well if the Treasury were supplied with precise instructions on the point, as under circumstances like these it would seem being addressed in the tone of authority that is apparent in the remark that the Treasury should be careful.

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circumlocution will be necessary on the other hand every revenue affected, the principal of which are Police Rates and taxes, the And in these a refund to Day amounting over thirteen thousand dollars a year. Apart from these drawbacks I do not see why the Local Auditor's wishes should not be carried out. (Should they be sanctioned I must ask to have returned to me the Estimates of Revenue for 1891 which it will be necessary to reuse). I think it my duty before closing this letter to point out the position taken up by the Local Auditor in his letter, he appears to consider himself at liberty to issue direct instructions to the Treasury without reference to the Local Government and to consider all matters of accounts as affairs to be settled between himself and the Accountant General, in the treatment of which neither the Local Government nor the Treasurer are to have a voice. If this is the case I think it will be well if the Treasury were supplied with precise instructions on the point, as under circumstances like these it would seem being addressed in the tone of authority that is apparent in the remark that the Treasury should be careful.
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circumlocution will be

cessary

of.

other hand

every

revennie affected, the principal of which are

Police Rates and taxes, the

And in these a

refund

to

Day

amounting

over lerr thuusand

dollars a year.

Apart from there

drawbacks I do not see

why

the Local Auditor's wishes

should not be carried out. (Should they be sanctioned

Inust ask to have returned

to one the Extiruvates of Revenue for 1891 which it will be necessary to reuse Ithink it my duly before closing this letter to porint out the position laken up by the Local

his letter, ste

Cinditor

appe

ars to consider huniself

ab

mi Werke smyr

about these t

Chussst weli

without komme

100

at liberty to issue direch instructions to the Treasury without reference to the Local Government and

to consider all matters of accounts as

affairs to be

settled between himself

and the accountant Leural, in the treatment of which nuther the Local Government

or the Treasurer

Ch

vorce

are to have

If this is the case I think it will be well if

the Treasury

with

were supplied

precise instructions: on the point,

oromary

as under

circum

mstances

lo

bue would denu

beiing

addressed in the torie

of authority that is apparent in the remark that inn

fuline the treasury

shined

Carefull

}

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