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PUBLIC FINANCES

AUDITORHSENERAL’S REPORT

PARLIAMENTS CONTROL OF EXPENDITURE.

WELLINGTON, August 7

Several items t»f interest are contained in tljo annual report of the Auditor ftnd;,.CQptroller-General presented to Parliament to-day. Under the section dealing with irregularities ill connection with public moneys and Stores there appears the statement : “Public Works Department irregularities by departmental officers—theft of-'-stores, falsification of documents apd records, forgery and overpayhienfp; the police decided not to prosecute' several officers dismissed from the service.’’ In view of the pressing need for ecopomy the Controller suggests the introduction of legislation for the consolidation of loan authorities which hav© been passed, so that there would be onlyippe consolidated authority for eftch account, Regarding future legislation fpr raising additional loans, he suggests that instead of passing a new Act wIfPU the original authority is exhausted an - amendment extending the amount authorised is all that is necessary. is that in one case Over forty Loans Acts from time to tiipe have been passed for the one account.

' Thi Public Debt.

f it. 1* Indicated that legislation will be introduced to authorise the inclusion of the State Advances loan in the ppblip debt and it is suggested that ns there can be no question that Rural Advances loans are a. debt bn the Govei;nn|en’t, they should be brought, into the public debt accounts as part of the public debt of the Dominion.

! During the, year vouchers were submitted supporting the claims for fees payable to 1 two superanmutants who were appointed to a commission to liear cases of: hardship arising out of the operation ;of the s P ec ' I»’Ul Lax. rfhe fees ! exceeded, together with suix>rannuation, the amount allowed by law Tlie voucher s.vyere not passed until the .Finance Minister lnid given an assurance that fjie matter would be validated by legislation. The Controller again sees in recent legislation p tendency to weaken the proyi»ions pf the Public Revenues Act so far| as tltpy; relate to the control of expenditure--by Parliament.

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Hokitika Guardian, 10 August 1931, Page 2

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PUBLIC FINANCES Hokitika Guardian, 10 August 1931, Page 2

PUBLIC FINANCES Hokitika Guardian, 10 August 1931, Page 2

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