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manding to Your Lordships _ favourable consideration the devirability of taking this oppor_ :s unity of establishing -effective local final Audit, and if Your Lordship should decide to do so

do not think that a better.

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officer could be found for the post of Auditor than Mr. Nicolle.

11.

I should mention

that ni making

the above re.

rendation II an ass

assuming

that the duty of the Treasurer

is to conduct a pre-audit of

expenditure, and to exercise a

general supervision over the

that the several seeing

revenue,

Departments keep their accounts

beckiing

properly,

arrd

their-

books and receipts periodically,

but making no detailed exam-

ination of every

item. If this

view is not correct, I a

e

ab a

lose ( as I have already explained

my despatch Nr 185 of the

of April) to justify the main

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kenance

of

the

Local Auditor.

present office of

expenditure

12.