CO129-508-5 Supreme Court of Hong Kong- slackness of registry accounting methods 28-10-1927 - 23-4-1928 — Page 25

Enclosure No. 1.

Copy.

COMPID METAL No.72.

Audit Department,

Hong Kong,

16th September, 1926.

Sir,

S

I have the honour to refer you to my report

dated the 17th of December 1925, and a joint minute by the Colonial Treasurer and myself last March contained in 0.5....... U.S.U.No.1048/25, and to inform you that on the 6th of September in conjunction with Mr. Haughan the Senior Clerk and Mr. Chan Awai In of this department, I made a survey

of the money in the custody of the Shroff of the Supreme

Court.

2.

The result of the survey and a subsequent inspection of the records of the Registrar revealed a state of affairs which I will term as unsatisfactory. As far as

I was able to ascertain the Maintenance and Companies Fees

20peared to be in order. The Stamp Imprest showed a

deficiency of 24 cents.

Possession Fees showed a deficiency

of $119.95 on the collections since the last payment into

the Treasury, and there would appear, according to the ent-

ries in the Possession Fees Book, as they appeared at the

time of the survey, a further sum of $172., which should

have been in the custody of the Shroff, but which was not

produced.

In view of the fact that owing to no receipts being given

at the time payments are made into the Court, and no book

of account exists shewing the transactions, it became

necessary to try and arrive at a statement as to the amount

The Hon. The Colonial Secretary,

of

Hong Kong.