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Q.-Don't you keep a book in the Treasury?
A- We have a book which shows every cheque that passes out of our hands and the bank account which is sent to the Colonial Secretary's Office every week.
Mr. Bird.-Showing every payment made into the Bank?
A.--Every day we get a receipt from the Bank.
The Chairman.--Don't you enter that in a book?
A.-It would not go into a book specially kept for the Bank, but into our ordinary cash book.
Q.--In the ordinary book is there not an account with the Bank ?
A.-There is one in contemplation.
Mr. Bird. Sometimes, Mr. Carvalho told us, the Treasurer's private cheques got mixed up with the Treasury account?
A.-It may have done so prior to my time. We can practically at any time tell what our balance at the Bank is.
Q.-What from?
A. From the entries in the Cash Book and entries in the cheque book.
Q.-You take the Bank's account to be correct?
A. Yes, I can. If I could look at the books I would show you how it is done.
Mr. Thurburn. -Our idea was that the Bank might put in amounts that were not
correct.
Mr. Bird.-Banks are not infallible.
A. R. Madar called.
The Chairman.-What is your name
Witness.-A. R. Madar.
Q.--You have taken your pension?
A. No, I have not.
Q. Are you still in the Treasury?
A.-I am in the Registrar General's Department.
Q.-You have been transferred from the Treasury?
A. Yes.
Q-How long were you in the Treasury?
A.--Twenty-five years.
Q. Were you in charge of the collection of taxes?
A.-I was.
Q-Is this the book you kept? (produced).
A. Yes. (Witness looks at, and identifies the valuation book for 1890 and 1891).
Q. Did you fill up these columns ?
A.--Yes, for the first quarter.
Q. Where were you in 1891?
A.
I was in the Treasury.
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