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I am to enquire to what extent the Auditor has hitherto supervised the balances at the Agencies.
Are
personal visits made by the Auditor or an Officer of his Department, and, if so, with what frequency? If not what are the existing arrangements for periodical inspection of the balance of Cash, stamps, &c.?
It is presumed that the Hong Kong Auditor, in the matter of the Agencies, acts as a check on the Hong Kong Post Office on behalf of the Hong Kong Government; but it is desired to know whether he also acts as a check on the Agencies on behalf of the Hong Kong Post Office or whether the Post Office itself undertakes this work.
6. Agency buildings (Colonial Office letter of 7 December 1910 and enclosures No. 36184/10.)
(A) elsewhere than at Shanghai
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At seven of the Agencies viz. Canton, Foochow, Hankow, Hoihow, Ningpo, Wei-hai-wei and Che foo, no provision is made under the heading of rent in the Hong Kong Estimates for 1910. At Canton, Foochow, Hankow, Hoihow and Ningpo the Agents are, it is understood, Consuls or Consular Officers.
May it be assumed that Office accommodation is provided without cost to the Hong Kong Administration (a) at the se
five Agencies in Consular buildings belonging to the
Crow (b) at Weihaiwei in premises provided by the Weihaiwei
Administration, and at Chefoo, where a merchant is understood
to be Agent, in the merchant's premises without charge for
the accommodation?
At Amoy there is an item of 120 for rent and at Swatow
of
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