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Mr. Thurburn.--Was a book like that kept all the time you were in the Treasury?
A.-All the time.
Q.--Did Mr. Nicolle make any alteration in it?
A. Not to my knowledge.
Q. When did you leave?
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A.-In March, 1892.
Mr. Thurburn. Did you ever take a balance out?
A. Yes.
Q. How often?
A. Sometimes once a year, sometimes twice a year.
Q.-You balanced it ?
A. Yes, in order to know what balance to carry forward for the next year. Q.-The total amount you ought to have received and the amount of arrears should balance with the amount of cash you actually did receive?
A. Yes.
Q.-That balance was taken out more than once a year?
A. Yes.
Mr. Bird. How did you do that if the columns were not added up?
A.--We knew from the valuation table what we ought to receive and then we went to the ledger and saw what had been received.
The Chairman.-Do you say that when all the arrears were entered the book was balanced ?
A. Yes, it was bound to balance.
Q. It was added up?
A. Yes.
Q. You have a lot of trouble to get the taxes in ?
A. Yes, in fact we had to trouble the Crown Solicitor every quarter to assist us.
Q. Did you ever receive any money sent direct to you?
A.- No.
Q. All money came to the shroff ?
A. Sometimes a cheque was addressed to the Treasurer.
Q.-Then whom did the cheques go to?
A. Sometimes they came to me to check with the book and if it agreed I should of course hand the cheque to the shroff. He keeps it until the account closes at 2.30 p.m. for the day and then he hands it to Mr. Carvalho, the cashier.
Q.--And you say all the books prior to 1890 have been added up?
A. Yes.
Q. Do you know whether they have been compared with the amounts in the ledger?
A.
Yes.
The Commission then adjourned until Saturday, March 18th, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon.
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