THE AUDIT SYSTEM.
• NO 'BASIC ALTERATION. ■ ' ■ — '■" ' - '-^fll [BY TELEGRAPH.--'SPECIAL COEEESPO^Dgaf^^^ - Wellington-, Thursday. - It appears that confusion has arisen in _'| the minds of some people as to the effect i of the Government's proposals with re- | gard to ; the ' audit of the accounts of | borough councils and city councils in the Municipal v| Corporations. Amendment Bili- ' The Minister in charge of the Bill (the ' Hon. A. L. Herdinan) informed - a re- ; porter last night • that the reason for the amendment was that th*" present " ' system of audit is defective. Under the Act of 1910, he said, satisfactory proce- | dure was provided for the recovery 01 moneys-' unlawfully/expended Vy a local authority, but the "definition of >loca-' authority for the purposes of the Act*--tne Public Revenues Amendment Act—it was ■ considered, limited ; the powers ■■-;. of >- tne Auditor-General unduly. ■: A clause,-uii tna -ty new Bill makes the definition authority for the purposes of ; the *™*° 4 Revenues Amendment Act include horo»S£ ■ councils. The audit, he said, would w | made in precisely the same way as y ■^$|j
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15374, 8 August 1913, Page 8
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172THE AUDIT SYSTEM. New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15374, 8 August 1913, Page 8
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