CO129-300 - Administrator Major Gen Gascoigne Governor Sir Blake - 1900 [7-9] — Page 347

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the Imerd and Outward List Books.,a counter book of or- ders issued and prid which had hitherto been in use was discontinued on the 31st.December last. As the Postma s-

ter there has, however, been instructed to keep a cash 1,

book and open an account with the Bank, this counter book is therefore necessary in order to enable him to readily ascertain for posting the total amount of each day's transactions-orders issued and orders paid.

I have revived, and entered in, this

book all the transactions since the 1st. inst.

Instead of keeping the inward London Lists and Local money order advices on separate files they have been pasted into old disused books, some of

which could only be found after a prolonged search. Moreover the applications for Money orders, mostly on t slips of peper instead of on the proper form, are not systematically arranged for reference and had to be

hunted up from various files.

had a surprise audit been instituted

great difficulty would have been experienced in find-

ing the necessary documents to check the accounts.

This state of affairs has now been rent-

died, as I have caused all the money order documents to

be kept by themselves. pwww Monthly files are to be ¦ made of all applications for money orders, and the psid

orders are to be filed in the same manner. The advices

of money orders from pinces other than London to be kept on one file (monthly) and 45 te those from London (which are listed) to be kept on half yearly bundles.

When paying orders the date is to be

- set off at once in the money order advice of list and

at the close of the day when posting up the counter

book, a similar entry ismade in the Inward List books.

This double setting off of dates of payment(as is in

force here) will prevent great inconvenience should

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