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of duty on the part of the Treasurer

and Acting Treasurer, which prevented him from duly discharging his duties

as Auditor.

(vi) The Oterke

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dytles

duties from

6 from

he year

1854

the

drcival of Mr.Nicolle.

3. The officer to whom the

heaviest amount of blame must be attri- buted is unquestionably Mr.Mitchell Innes; and I regret to observe that he has not improved his position by the tone and temper of his defence. He, no doubt, misapprehended the relative duties of a Treasurer and an Auditor; but in considering the weight to be attached to this excuse, it must be borne in mind that upon his appointment as Treasurer, he received special instruc- tions as to the responsibilities and

Nomaly iterac duties of his office, which were con- veyed in my predecessors despatch No. 194 of the lith of September 1890; and

Fear also that in the same Financial In- structions for Hong Kong were drawn up, which, if they had been followed with even ordinary intelligence, would have

prevented

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