MISSING BOROUGH FUNDS.
[pErGrESS ASSOCIATION. J •CHRteTcMJ’R f dH, 'TKsTayv At the Kaiapoi Borough Council last the; auditors reported a; deficiency 6l,'.s'lj9£’ju;the ■ accounts for t)ie post; year,., - The report ,on-the special) accounts since .that most of the dog-tax and note books and numerous vouchers are missing, and that no petty cash accounts had been kept since July, 1874. Since the Stamp Act came into force, not more than 25 per cent, of vouchers had been stamped, and cheques frequenblyihadi been pbidfbefote vouchers were signed. There haAjbeeu great laxity every year in ahdifihg-'a’c'connts, but in the absence of books mentioned, it was Utterly impossible to find out deficiences. There■ ,\y.<w f> qsunr pf : £250 found m the. cash .bp.pk-to;general:accpuntjibutqbqre! was .-•BOi entryirin .'the bank ; passbook:or, .the! cashier at f the bank!'cpuldii not-say' what had 1 becomd'Pf it.; 1 TRe : report was 1 refCrfed bade to' the’‘andiibFYdfl'fiVrtßer'' information. v ;., .-,r
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1026, 25 April 1883, Page 3
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148MISSING BOROUGH FUNDS. Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 1026, 25 April 1883, Page 3
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