CO129-255 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1892 [5-7] — Page 525

30.

This Account was

opened

524

ad

Suspense Account but the Secretary of

537/6. State though approving of

the

system generally "q" "I took exception to treating the account as

a

suspense account.

51.

52.

53.

The Secretary of State further raised the question of adjusting the Expenditure on stores in the past.

the

On first commencing the stores Account it became necessary to take over all the stores then in charge of the Department and place them Stores Books irrespective of the actual heading of account to which they had been charged.

to

you

be

Seer

OVL

From the balance sheet. I submitted the 24th of March last it will the value

of

stores

in

Water & Drainage Department

the 31th of

charge of the

$86,710.42.

The value.

of

the stores in charge

December 1891 was

54.

of

$37

the

Surveyor General's Department at the

$21,759.100.

same date was

In order to adjust the past I now submit that the most practicable course will be to obtain the authority of Council for the procedure adopted and in future close the store Account each year, carrying any cash balance to the credit of revenue Miscellaneous receipts and informing the Council Each

the value of

year of

stores in hand at the

of

the

56.

commencement

Burung

Expenditure

year

Should however

on stores be anticipated during the following

10.

year