CASE OP MR. MACANDREW.

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D.—No. 1.

Superintendent said or the Superintendent must have made an erroneous statement. He had no part of the Road money in his hands. In reference to the amount stated to be outstanding, £016 13s. 4d. was the balance of Provincial moneys in the Superintendent's hands. 38. The Auditors on the 24th 'October last found the full balance of 30th September, 1860, lodged at the Bank : state how the deficiency of the previous quarter's account had been made good ? By the payments received from the Superintendent, part of the Eoad money in my hands, and the sum in my hands for petty cash. * # * Note by the Commissioner. —The Eoad Board money was paid in on 24th October, so that it could not have been used for the purpose stated; and the petty cash remained in the hands of Mr. Street. 39. Did you make the repayments into the Bank or hand the money to Mr. Street ? and did you explain to Mr. Street what moneys they were, and did you instruct him to treat them as petty cash P lam not quite sure if any of the money was paid into Bank. I did not explain to Mr. Street, so far as I remember, what moneys they were, but I may "have done so. Some of the Superintendent's payments were, I think, known to Mr. Street to be applied as petty cash. All moneys I pay out of the chest are handed to Mr. Street. 40. Did you take a receipt from Mr. Street for each sum handed to him as petty cash ? No ? I received jottings from Mr. Street of sums wanted by him, which I keep till I see the vouchers, and then destroy. 41. Have you any other documents to hand in in support of your statement that the moneys were advanced from the Provincial accounts, and not from private funds ? I have other two notes of the Superintendent; but as one bears " Tear this up and put it in the fire," and the other bears " Tear this up at once," I have scruples about giving them in without the Superintendent's consent, or a peremptory order on mo to give th»m in. And I beg to explain that these and the other notes having been put into my drawers on receiving them, have been preserved without premeditation. *#f The whole of the questions from Ito 41, with the replies, were left with the Superintendent for his remarks. His observations will be found under the evidence given by His Honor. 42. In the month of February, IS6O, there was a deficiency in the Bank account, after allowing for the sums lent to Mr. Macandrew, of about £500. In that month you retired a bill at the Union Bank. Have you any explanation to offer ? There were two bill transactions for the same amount, viz., £300. The first bill was for my accommodation : but, in respect of the second, I did not require the money, and allowed Mr. Macandrew to keep the proceeds, ho (Mr. Macandrew) retiring the bill. I would wish, however, to refer to my papers, and then make a further statement. Mr. McGrlashan handed in a written statement on the Ist February, 1861, as follows: — " The bill referred to was retired by Mr. Macandrew, not by me ; this is the bill I have alluded to, the proceeds of which I gave to him; but, in mentioning the bill, I said its amount was £300. This is an error. I spoke to the best of my recollection; but never having imagined that the transaction would become a subject of public inquiry, I kept no regular record of it. Believing that I must have some documents under Mr. Macandrew's hands, showing that he got the sum less the discount, I have made a search but have only discovered the following jotting in a memorandum book, which jotting has so far revived my recollection as to enable me to state distinctly what is above said, viz., that he got the proceeds and paid the bill. " M'And.'s I O U, £488 Novr. 12 Int. nr.nn Bill paid ioOU 7th Feby." The Provincial Treasurer's "bjmd cannot be found in the Superintendent's office. Do you know where it can be found ? That is a most untoward circumstance. The bond was delivered to Captain Cargill to be kept by him, and I have never seen it since. It was signed and delivered. Captain Cargill kept public papers in an iron chest that stood in a stone safe adjoining his own room, and if it cannot be found among the papers that were kept in that chest or safe, I have no idea where it can be found. The Superintendent's clerk, Mr. Logan, had charge I believe of Captain Cargill's official papers, and if he has never seen the bond the present Superintendent s"hould be inquired at, whether he, as executor of the late Mr. Proudfoot, has seen it among Mr. Proudfoot's papers, who was private clerk to Captain Cargill when I entered into office. You state in your public address that you effected a loan to enable you to close the Treasury Accounts, and that Mr. Macandrew knew nothing of it until the accounts were closed: was the sum of £650, which was given to the Accountant in cash and not by cheque on the Bank, paid out of the loan to which you alluded ? I applied part of the Eoad money to supply Mr. Macandrew's deficiency, when I found from his repeatedly deceiving me that it was likely he would not repay me before 30th September, and I applied also some private funds for that purpose. I reserved the loan to make up any ultimate deficiency by Mr. Macandrew, Part of it was ultimately applied for that purpose, and the most part of the remainder I have since invested, having borrowed the money for three years. "Will you state the amount you raised by loan, and from whom you received it; and show that the money was not permanently used for making up the deficiencies of the public balances ? The amount was £1000; the lender was Mr. John Jones ; the date on which I got the money was 24th September, 1860, but I had arranged for it a month before that. Personally I have no objection to show that the money was not permanently or otherwise used for making the deficiency of the public balance (except the deficiency that remained after the last payment received from Mr. Macandrew ; but as thereby I must necessarily disclose private affairs of another, which I am pledged not to do, I must decline doing it. lam not unaware of the suspicion I may incur in consequence. If entertained by those who are to judge me, it will be one of the misfortunes of my unhappy position. I shall therefore only hint that the social relations existing in this place are such, that it ought not to appear strange that I have come under such a pledge.