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(d) SCHEDULE OF IMPERFECT VOUCHERS PASSED BY THE AUDIT OFFICE UNDER PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 73 AND 75, PUBLIC REVENUES ACT, 1926 Section 73, which requires the Audit Office to disallow payment of any sum where the voucher for the actual receipt and payment has not been produced, empowers the Minister, on satisfactory evidence being produced that the requisite papers have been lost or destroyed and that it is not possible to obtain or replace them, to authorize the Audit Office to pass the payment. Section 75 provides that when a voucher produced for payment is defective from the want of any certificate, the Audit Office, on proof to its satisfaction that the defect was not due to wilful neglect of the accounting officer and that the sum named in the voucher had been actually and properly paid, may pass the voucher as a sufficient discharge. The following is a schedule of payments passed by the Audit Office under authority of these two sections

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Department and Particulars. Keason. Amount. Amount. Agriculture £ s. d. £ s. d. Costs of manufacture of deseeder .. .. .Receipts unobtainable .. 318 16 5 Purchase of stores .. .. .. • • Vouchers lost .. .. 6 0 7 Salaries .. .. • • • • • • Vouchers lost .. .. 34 3 10 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. • • Vouchers lost .. .. 40 7 10 399 8 o Air Cable charges and toll accounts .. .. Vouchers lost .. .. 8 4 10 Freight charges .. .. • • ■ • Vouchers lost .. .. 0 13 4 Pay and allowances.. .. •• •• Vouchers lost .. .. 1 1 2 Purchase of stores .. .. •• •• Vouchers lost .. .. 24,320 2 3 Travelling-expenses.. .. •• •• Receipts not obtained .. 81 17 5 24,411 19 0 Army Freight charges .. .. • • • • Receipts unobtainable .. 15 9 6 Medical treatment .. .. •. • ■ Vouchers lost .. .. 6 5 9 Pay and allowances., .. .. •• Vouchers lost .. .. 33,060 19 7* Purchase of stores .. .. •• •• Vouchers lost .. .. 43,914 16 7 Toll accounts .. .. • • • • Vouchers lost .. .. 5 7 Travelling-expenses .. .. .. • • Receipts unobtainable .. 26 6 9 ———— 1 1 ■■ — / / j U«50 «> «* Customs Travelling - expenses of official representative Receipts unobtainable .. 124 14 10 travelling in the United States of America — — 124 14 10 Education Cost of publications .. . • • ■ Vouchers lost .. .. 2 2 10 Freight charges .. .. • • • • Receipts unobtainable .. 0 7 6 Salary .. .. .. • • •• Receipts unobtainable .. 13 12 3 Travelling-expenses .. .. • • • • Receipts not obtained .. 8 14 11 External Affairs Travelling-expenses .. .. . • • • Receipts not obtained .. 2 0 0 jJ \) \) Government Insurance Cost of publications .. •• ■ • Vouchers lost .. .. 3 6 2* Freight charges .. .. ■ • ■ • Vouchers lost .. .. 1 14 8 5 0 10 Health Medical services .. .. • • • • Vouchers lost .. .. 189 13 6 Salary .. .. .. •• Receipt unobtainable.. .. 2 16 8 Travelling-expenses .. .. . ■ • • Vouchers lost .. .. 20 11 5 Industries and Commerce, Tourist and Publicity Pettv Expenses Account .. .. Vouchers lost .. .. 4 9 J Salary .. .. . • • • • • Vouchers lost .. .. 484 16 8* Travelling-expenses.. .. •• Receipts not obtained .. 11 4 3 Travelling-expenses of Supply Mission .. Receipts not obtained .. 136 3 1 .— OoO lo 3 Internal Affairs Cost of publications .. .. • ♦ Receipt unobtainable.. .. 2 2 8 Travelling-expenses.. .. .. •• Receipts not obtained .. 6 5 2 —_—.—— o 7 i.U Justice and Prisons Freight charges .. .. • • • • Receipt not obtained .. 0 11 b Salary .. .. • • • • • • Voucher lost .. .. 4 5 0 Travelling-expenses .. .. •• •• Receipts not obtained .. 7 2 8 11 19 9 Labour Purchase of stores .. .. . • • ■ Receipt not obtained .. 2 o 0 Salary .. .. •• •• •• Receipt unobtainable.. .. 15 3 3 —— 17 8 3 Land and Income Tax Refund of tax .. .. . • • • Receipts unobtainable .. 2 0 0 Lands and Survey Refund of rents .. .. .. •• Voucher lost .. .. 217 19 11 Salary .. .. Voucher lost .. .. 4 7 7 Travelling-expenses .. . . • • • • j Receipt not obtained .. 12 0 * These figures mainly represent vouchers lost as a result of enemy action.