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any further correspondence on this subject,

the above number should be quoted,

and

the communication should be

addressed to

The Comptroller and Auditor General”

EXCHEQUER AND AUDIT DEPARTMENT”.

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SOMERSET HOUSE,

LONDON, W:0

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ditor to EPA.D.

Rocas Audiber

Sir:-

I am directed by the Comptroller and Auditor General

to transmit to you, for the information of the Secretary of State, copy of correspondence with the Local Auditor of

3/ij/Go Hong Kong, as noted in the margin, on the subject of a pro-

6/3/1900

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posal that Mr Nicolle should act as Treasurer of the

Colony during the time that officer was on leave of absence.

2.

With reference to the Comptroller and Auditor General's decision not to sanction this arrangement, I am

to state that it accords with Mr Secretary Chamberlain's ruling in the previous cases of the Local Auditors of Zululand and Lagos, as conveyed to this Department in Sir Robert Meade's letter, "Gov 21597" of 7th December 1895 and Mr Antrobus's letter, No 28408, of 24th October 1899.

I have the honour to be,

sir,

Your obedient servant

R. Luna Woods.

Lennox

The Under Secretary of State,

COLONIAL OFFICE.

E. & A, D, Form 1b.

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