CO129-256 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1892 [8-12] — Page 75

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rrarides for the audit of all trustees accounts by the registrar or by any person named by the Court but as

Receiver is a

Govern

the Official ment Officer appointed by

Governor,

there is no

the

wow

why the

additional precaution of a Government

audit should not be resorted to

when he is trustee. Prusters other than

Re

the Officia", de rciver are of

a

COURSE On

different footing. Moreover they are required to furnish security buck the Official Receiver is not.

The audit will not in-

volve

increase of work on any auditors part as the Official Assignees

always subject to -

the

accounts were

audit.

By. Section 13 of Ordinance.

6 of 1892 it is provided that the Official Receiver shall open in his name as Official Receiver

arv

account at a

Bank

Bank

shall

approved by the Governor and

to the credit there of all

pay

sums received by him as such Official Receiver'

Om Ad

Trustes..

I understand, that no par. ricular bank has been approved. I

thunk that the nomination should.

be made at once and I think it

would be well at the same time.

a direction, which should

to give also be formally

the Bank,

3

coumunicated to

a to the effect that monies placed to the Account of the Official Receiver shall be paid out only upon cheques or orders signed by the Official Receiver and, countersigned by the Registrar of the

the Bankruptcy

Covert.

diction 9 of

Ordinance which provides that the- Official Receiver shall act under

the

general authority

and directions.

of

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