CO129-607-1 Enquiry into loss of public money 22-5-1948 - 26-10-1948 — Page 32

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APPENDIX 5

1.

In connection with the recent complaints made at Taipo and Pingshan about payment of travelling expenses, please note that you

You should read through the General Orders covering accounting.

Finance General Orders 233 to 439. will find them under Chapter II Many of them do not concern us, but you should at least get the hang of those which do.

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Having done so, you should go through the account books in your offices, to familiarise yourselves with them, and to help you to understand the General Orders concerned. I fully realise that all

You must do it as opportunity this cannot be done in a day or a week. arises.

3.

Later on you should from time to time inspect the books to make sure that things are being done as they should, reporting to me anything which seems to you irregular.

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