Mr James Smith : Well, Mr Chairman, I was one of those who contributed my meed of applause to the remarks that fell from Mr Edmund Smith, but I did it on this ground. I do not profess to be an accountant. Like most lawyers, I may say I possess little knowledge of accounts, but my experience has shown me this : that the system of audit generally in use in this city in kindred institutions to this Bank, and in large mercantile establishments, does not appear to bo by any means sufficient to check gross fraud in some cases and great irregularities in others.. Now it is far from my intention to impute that there i 8 anything but the greatest regularity and propriety in the conduct of the business of this
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Otago Witness, Issue 1653, 28 July 1883, Page 17
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