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HONG KONG.

ANNUAL ABSTRACT ACCOUNT, 1912.

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REPORT of the DIRECTOR OF COLONIAL AUDIT on the Account

of the Treasurerof Hong Kong for the year ended 31st December, 1912.

As certified thereon, the above mentioned Account,

together with the Statement of Assets and Liabilities on

the 31st December 1912, has been examined by officers

acting under my directions.

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2. The questions which have arisen in the course

of examination, with the exception of those referred to

below, have been satisfactorily settled, as far as possible,

as also have the outstanding questions in connection with

the account of the previous year.

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3. The Head "Public Works Extraordinary

eous" includes a sum of $3744.15, purporting to be on

account of the improvement of Ap Liu Village, which was

not properly chargeable as final expenditure within the

year. When attention was drawn to this irregularity the

account for the year had been closed but an adjustment

has been made in the account of the following year.

4. Claims amounting to $7316 were made in 1911 by

the British Section of the Kowloon Canton Railway against

the Chinese Section for the estimated loss due to the

suspension