CO129-494 - Governor Sir Clementi - 1926 [9-10] — Page 573

Auditor,

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I have to report that on the 19th instant

made a survey of the cash collected by the Shroffs of the Treasury. The monies checked amounted to $2,057.07.

This sum had been paid into the Treasury by the public between the hours of 2p.m. and 4 p.m., and for which

the Treasury has given no receipts to the payees.

It appears to me quite irregular for the Treasury

to accept monies from the public and not give official

receipts at the time. There is also the undesirability

of allowing the Shroffs to collect monies which cannot be checked by the receipt books, as it is impossible

under the present conditions to verify whether the

amount actually shown by the Shroffs in their possession

as having been collected, represents the total payments

made to them.

I also consider it necessary that the Treasury

should keep a general collection book, in which would

be entered the daily total of collections under each

head of revenue, so that the Treasury can balance

their accounts daily. At present this is impossible

without taking the daily collections from each

separate Collection Book and, in addition, going

through each separate counterfoil receipt book for any

receipt which might have been made after the daily

payments into the Bank.

I bring this matter to your notice in view of

past events in other departments, so that if you

concur with my views, you may wish to record this

department's objection to a practice, which, in my

opinion, is most irregular.

(Sed)

T.DALLIN.

Assistant Auditor.

23.9.24.