CO129-527-8 Query concerning payment of lodging allowance in unusual circumstances 1-8-1930 - 16-1-1931 — Page 7

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Mr. Ellis,

As regards No.1. I agree that no

breach of the Colonial Regulation 283 has

occurred. Strictly of course the Hong

Kong system of providing under one Head of

the Estimates for the emoluments of a

class of officers who fill posts in a

number of Departments is contrary to

Colonial Regulation 227; but it has the

sanction of the Secretary of State.

Instead of querying the expenditure,

as a breach of Colonial Regulations 283 and

284, the Acting Auditor would have done

better simply to point out to the Colonial

Government that the Estimates ought to show

and at present do not show

the posts of a Department.

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the whole of

Even though the

money provision column is left blank because

the emoluments of the holder of a post is

provided for under another Head, the

narration column should show all the posts

so filled and thus render it possible to

see how many officers are on the authorized

establishment of that Department and so

enable