AUDIT OFFICE ERROR

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 7 February 1907, Page 2

AUDIT OFFICE ERROR

AliUl'X Xl5O OUT. TAKANAKJ COINXY IWXCIL U! iJI-X'TiS. A special nieeling of t|,e Xaranaki County Council was held fin Momlav to pass the half yearly balance sheei. whicii iiad been "tagged'' as usual. The Audit UDice ler.bel ran as follows: "Uxainiiied. and found correct, except as follows: Separate account numbered I is charged with more than the amount of money provided for i,. Tie; special rate which was made, and which it was necessary lo levy over a portion of the district to secure the. J'.llhain road loan of Uiitiiiii S/S was not collected lo a suHieient amount to pay the interest. (Note.—A similar exception appeared 011 the balancesneet Of ]|)()li.) Special rates amount,mg;- to £lOl 15/U applicable onlv to tne payment of interest on loans 'have lieen unlawfully used for oilier purjHKCN." L

I'll"! third exception, lie said,. «-as in'•"rrcel for U] r,.-, 7/s ] av - j„ t | l( . h . l||k ll «- erclit of (he bridge loan ac"lUNt. Tllis was (.he only loan account l>e kept as a separate ae counl. The Auditor (ieneral inlcinl't seemed, (0 take these rxcep; i„„s K 'l long as (ho Gounod had an ovcidi'alt a( tile banlc, evidently hol.line tmit , there was aD overdraft ilio nlereM Uiusf, liiive been used illegally. 1 U:|i •' ™'y fi»e pniiil. 'n, is ~x. ccption, however, could ~iil\ IIUrl lUr ''leuce (~ the ,-Cli 8/1. ihe credit „( , |,e -I'ariki Special rai", lie wroie to the Department ami the replv was to (he ellrel dm I, (hough (lie li ; .|l|-e, nii.dit be u-ron K . thai could not nll'ecf '(he "Ini'l'ils" of tile CNeeplion. Cl-. Steven- moved thai the balance sheet be not pis-cd lllllil j| had lieen ''.V II"' Audiloi- (,'eneral in such a way thai it would „„(; be misleading- (n (he ratepayers. < r. Iloj^ou Tll, ' eliaii'inan said thai now (hat (lie Council had slarlcd to <-<>!!,.,•; (lie separate rates, (he .\ndit n.-parlnicnl; was makiii.e- more fuss llian under (ne dill svslciii of ill,.gaily |Mvin»- the Kir Uiain and Tariki loan iiitercsl „„( „( '(lie ecnera'i accoiiul. I Tin- motion was earrieil, incinbcrs deciding (o ''baitle if olll,"