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Enclosure

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Extract from Colonial Treasurer's letter No. 48

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of 20th. July 1891.

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Rece Rad 30 MON 91

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In forwarding the estimate of

expenditure for the department for the year 1892 I have the

honour to invite attention to certain increases in the staff

renderea necessary by the new Audit arrangements and other

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causes.

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Auuit.

In the Auditor General's Report on

Lora Knutsfora's Circular aespatch of 18th September 1880 will be found the following passages:-(Par.6) "the auuitional labour thrown upon lecal departments by having to furnish in duplicate all vouchers, contracts, tenuers, powers of At-

torney etc, would involve a considerable increase of cleri-

cal labour and I doubt whether the Public Works, Police,

Medical and Treasury Departments could as their work with-

8. / each" (Par.)

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●ut an extra copying clerk

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I do not think

that under any circumstances the present Audit Staff could

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be requced. It consists of only four clerks."(Par. 9) There

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would be ne decrease in the amount of time required of the

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参考

In Lord Knutsfora's despatch No. 6 of

16th January 1890 the following passage occurs:-'

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meantime