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1. des. to No 6 of Jan 1890.

до

4.

The proposed alteration may possibly cause a

slight excess on the sum of $10,000 fixed in 1890 for the

The

total annual cost of audit of the Hong Kong Accounts,

average annual expenditure on this service from 1891 to

1898, both years inclusive, has been $9,433-17, or a total

saving on the annual Votes during the period in question,

of $4,534-59, notwithstanding that the exchange compensation

which for all other Departments is charged to a special

Head, has, in the case of the Local Auditor and his clerk

been charged to the Audit Vote.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your obedient servant

F. Phillip