CO129-467 - Governor Sir Stubbs & Acting Governor Claud Severn - 1921 [1-5] — Page 160

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The right to claim reimbursement of Expences

entailed

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The audit & W. HW

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accounts

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Patal Agencies

admitted in our deep. of 24-12-20

Goo 51557/20. Goo.

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Suggests that a usemablı

wd. be the Salary

alfand from Imperial Junos

of one Assist. Andă.

? To D.c.a. for obsus.

Mr: Collins,

BCA

JJP. 1/4.

In this despatch my comparison with the Straits is, in my opinion, dismissed without good

rounds. I should point out that the estimated cust

of audit in the Straits Settlements in 1920 ($61,017) quoted in minute un 40401/20 included only $1,050 for "Transport, and Other Allottances"(as compared with $500 for "Transport and Travelling" in Hungkung) and that, therefore, it does not appear that in the former dependency "considerable expenditure must be incurred

in travelling" this rendering the comparison which I

de "necessarily fallacious". But perhaps I need

nut 1 hour this point any further.

I observe that, in the Hongkong Estimates for

1921 (which I assume have been approved) $10,700 has

been provided for the salary of the Auditur, which, at

$10.70 to the £,equals £1000 and that, in addition, it is proposed that he shall continue to receive the £75

er amus for the audit of the Weihaiwei accounts,

while two anuurte of $8,560 (£800) have been provided

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for the salaries of the Assistant Auditors - the

Personal All trence in the case of the Auditor and

the Duty Pey in the case of the Assistant Auditore

being merged in the salaries. In these circun-

stances I have no further observations to offer

rogerding 10 ese salaries.

I am prepared to admit that the employ- ment of a second Assistant Auditor is dua very

largely if not wholly to the circumstance that a

considerable portion of the time of the Aitor

is uccupied ir connection with the audit of the

accounts of Weihaiwei and the China Pustul

Agencies and I think therefore that there is good ground for the suggestion that Imperial Funds

should bear, by way of annual re-irîursement * th Culuny, the amount of the salary of une v

the Assistant Auditore.

Mr. Grindle

Te

EA.

18.5. 2/

need not pursue this contro-

versy with the Gov. But I wd. now write to

Treas. asking them to agree to the reim-

bursement of the salary of one of the Asst.

Audd., saying that the Gov, has asked for

it/and that the D.C.A. considers that there

11/an

is good ground for the suggestion.

A.E.C. 18.5.21

as an alternative to some other arrangement

being made for the audit of WW. and Postal

Agencies Accounts.

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