CO129-356 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1909 [4-6] — Page 326

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Before passing on to review the remaining objections it will be well for me here to deal with the practical side of the question. I have referred above to the paucity of queries on the Public Works Recurrent and Extraordinary Accounts. The number raised on all accounts during the five years 1903-1907 were:-

1903 18
1904 21
1905 3
1906 13
1907 5
Total 60

The corresponding figures for Revenue were:-

1903 165
1904 102
1905 94
1906 80
1907 79
Total 520

A rough analysis of the total number of queries raised on the expenditure side shows that 30 per centum were formal applications for authorities, 20 per centum for additional supporting vouchers or receipts, while 20 per centum related to small overpayments, a number of which had been adjusted before the queries reached the Colony, about 8 per...