CO129-253 - Public Offices & Others - 1891 — Page 384

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The accounts in question of course

form

no

pact of the Treasurer's decount, there is

no

neci

recessity for their

comung

under

audit, either by the Comptroller and

therefore

any Auditor General

by Local Auditors, in

Colonies with which this Department has no

Concern

On the other hand, in the case of these Accounts as in those of Savings Banks, there can the Comptroller and Auditor General presumes,

be no

question of the Government's liability

in trust

in regard to Funds held by it and administered by its Judicial Officers.

In this Country.

as the Secretary of State

7

is no doubt aware, a large and expenswe branch is under an Act of Parliament, maintained at the expense of the Vote for this Department, which is entirely concerned with Suitors êtunds, under the Supreme Court of Judicature, and which not only

Audits