CO129-590-11 Commission of Enquiry into irregularities in Immigration Departments 22-4-1941 - 19-12-1941 — Page 138

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IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT IN UIRY

"econd day cont'd.

Fresent:

H.H. Sir A.D. . Macüregor (Chairman)

Mr. C. Bernard Brown

Mr. David Drummond

Mr. Too Hang-Za

Hr. K..

Barnett (ecretary)

Mr. R... D. Forrest, Immigration Officer, and Mr. Putney, ccountant-General, altended.

Council Chaboer, 2.30 p.m.

lir. Forrest, before I leave the purely financial side of your evidence there is one other point on which I would like your assistanou. You have told us about the system which you introduced wizreby a mono-changer paid in by cheque the aggregate of the Hong Kong equivalents of the cavunte he had

taken in deposits. ho made a last of the depositors in

those cuses?

Mr MOTCH: In a strict sense there was no list except what wAS

prepared eftermris in my office from the deposit counterfoils. Bach deposit receipt is made out with carbon copy counterfoil and a list is prepared from those after return of the counter-

foil book to my office.

as that made out by the Immigration Officer on board?

It is made up by one of the clerks in he Department,

ho was on board ship?

No. It is made up from the evidence furnished in the ship

by the counterfoils.

6. The actual receipts and counterfails were made out ....*

...by the Immigration Officer on board.

Not in any case by the money-changer?

lio.

and in due course that was translate into the form of in

ordinary voucher?

A. Yes, the supporting list for the voucher.

Chalaman:

Thank you.