CO129-248 - Public Offices & Others - 1890 — Page 721

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All AI Reviewed

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express the entire concurrence of the Comptroller and Auditor General in the terms of Lord Knutsford's Despatch of 11th September last which leaves nothing for him to say:

The thorough investigation which has been instituted into the mode of conducting the business connected with money Orders and Postal Notes can leave no doubt as to the culpability of Mr. Barradas; and as regards Mr. Freire, the very imperfect and inefficient check which he gave to the Accounts submitted for his Audit afford ample evidence of his unfitness for the duties committed to him, but in both cases there appears to have been an extraordinary want of control on the part of the superior officers, which seems to the Comptroller and Auditor General fully to justify the observation of the Secretary of State as to neglect on the part of ordinary precautions on the Hong Kong Government.

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17870 717 20773 RECP 2 express the entire concurrence of the Comptroller and Auditor General in the terms of Lord Knutsford's Despatch of 11th September last which leaves nothing for him to say: The thorough investigation which has been instituted into the mode of conducting the business connected with money Orders and Postal Notes can leave no doubt as to the culpability of Mr. Barradas; and as regards Mr. Freire, the very imperfect and inefficient check which he gave to the Accounts submitted for his Audit afford ample evidence of his unfitness for the duties committed to him, but in both cases there appears to have been an extraordinary want of control on the part of the superior officers, which seems to the Comptroller and Auditor General fully to justify the observation of the Secretary of State as to neglect on the part of ordinary precautions on the Hong Kong Government.
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17870

717

20773

RECP

2

express the entire concurrence of the Comptroller and Auditor General in the

krms of Lord Knutsford's Despatch of 11th September last which leaves nothing for him to say:

The thorough investigation which has been instituted into the mode of conducting the business connected with money

mo

doubt as

Orders

and Postal Notes can leave as he thinks

to the culpability of Wr Barradas; and as regards Mr. Freire, the very imperfect and inefficient check which he gave to the Accounts submitted for his Audit afford ample evidence of his unfitness for the dukes committed to hun, but in both cases there appears to have been an extraordinary want

of contral part of the superior officers, which seems to the Comptroller and Auditor General fully to justify the observation of

the Secretary of State as to neglect of

the part of ordmary precautions

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the Hong Kong Government.

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