CO129-248 - Public Offices & Others - 1890 — Page 603

The appointment of Mr. Nicolle to be local Auditor of Hong Kong at the Salary named, from 22nd January 1890. The date for his leaving this Country not yet fixed, and it will be desirable that he should be allowed to remain some short time longer in England; but it is proposed that he should take the duties of his new post at the beginning of April.

In connection with Mr Nicolle's appointment, the Comptroller and Auditor General has again referred to the Correspondence of last year on the subject of the Cyprus Audit. In the letter from this Department dated 5th December last it was suggested that, provided the Governor and Council could see their way to strengthening the check over the collection of Revenue by the Receiver General, the proposed system of Audit might possibly come into operation from the 1st of April next.

Upon receiving confirmation of this suggestion, the Comptroller and Auditor General will be prepared to select a Successor to Mr Nicolle, and he would propose that the Salary of the new local Auditor should for the present be limited to £400 per annum.

The amount of Staff which will be necessary for the local audit must depend in great measure upon the arrangements to be made for what is termed the "Field Audit".

I have the honor to be,

Your obedient servant,

N. Haeli's Niets

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The appointment of Mr. Nicolle to be local Auditor of Hong Kong at the Salary named, from 22nd January 1890. The date for his leaving this Country not yet fixed, and it will be desirable that he should be allowed to remain some short time longer in England; but it is proposed that he should take the duties of his new post at the beginning of April.

In connection with Mr Nicolle's appointment, the Comptroller and Auditor General has again referred to the Correspondence of last year on the subject of the Cyprus Audit. In the letter from this Department dated 5th December last it was suggested that, provided the Governor and Council could see their way to strengthening the check over the collection of Revenue by the Receiver General, the proposed system of Audit might possibly come into operation from the 1st of April next.

Upon receiving confirmation of this suggestion, the Comptroller and Auditor General will be prepared to select a Successor to Mr Nicolle, and he would propose that the Salary of the new local Auditor should for the present be limited to £400 per annum.

The amount of Staff which will be necessary for the local audit must depend in great measure upon the arrangements to be made for what is termed the "Field Audit".

I have the honor to be,

Your obedient servant,

N. Haeli's Nielson

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